Jörg Schäfer is a professor of Computer Science at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. He got his PhD degree from Bochum University in Mathematical Physics in 1992. After several years in the industry working as a consultant for IT and IT-Strategy projects, he rejoined academia and became appointed as a professor for CS in 2009. His main research interest is in applying machine learning and probabilistic models in ubiquitous computing applications. He runs a research group on ubiquitous computing applications.