Askan Striepe, born 1960, studied computer science at the Technical
University Berlin with main focus on computer graphics. Since 1995,
he is working as a research engineer at the Production Technology Center
Berlin, comprising the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and
Design Technology (IPK) and the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory
Management (IWF) of the Technical University Berlin. His current interests
are virtual reality and WWW technologies.