Georg Trogemann has been a professor of experimental informatics at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln since 1994. In 1977, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He studied computer science and mathematics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he received his doctorate in 1990. From 1997 to 1999, and then later from 2004 to 2006, he was the pro-rector for research and infrastructure at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. His research topics include experimental algorithms, philosophy of technology, and the theory of design and artifacts.