Matthias Pfister Mr. Pfister studied electrical engineering and information technology at Ilmenau Technical University, at École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Informatique et de Radiocommunications de Bordeaux (France), and at Kanazawa University (Japan). His studies were focussed on automation and systems engineering. His thesis was in the area of robotics. During his studies Mr. Pfister gained practical experience among other things in the development of a simulation device for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and a collision detection software for a manipulator arm. The main technical fields of Mr. Pfister's work in our office are information and communications technology, sensing and detection engineering, robotics, controller system technology and medical systems.