Thomas Spittler, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Germany)
Professor of Telematics in Healthcare, European Campus Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Programme Director, Health Informatics, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Spittler has held the professorship in Telematics in Healthcare at the European Campus Rottal-Inn of Deggendorf Institute of Technology since 2018 and leads the Health Informatics programme. His core areas are the digitalisation of healthcare, Digital Health, data analytics and applied artificial intelligence, health services research, science communication, digital health literacy and prevention for migrants. His projects include VISAKI, ERASMUS+ Hybrid Healthcare and KI meets vhb. He received his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich in 2017, after working as a research associate at its Heinz Nixdorf Chair of Medical Electronics. Before joining DIT he worked as a software and hardware developer and as a senior consultant, on software for the avionics, automotive and healthcare sectors.