Focus

Major Subjects

• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Mobile Agents
• Data Mining

Research Interests

• Knowledge Representation and Logics
• Cognition and Cognitive Systems
• Multi-Robot Systems and Complex Systems
• Machine Learning and Periodicity Detection

Functions

• 2012-2024 Vice Chairman of Special Interest Group on Cognition of the German Informatics Society (GI)
• 2021- Deputy Head of the Doctoral Center for Engineering and Information Technologies of the Universities of Anhalt, Harz and Merseburg
• 2022-2027 Vice President for Research and Equal Opportunities of Harz University of Applied Sciences
• 2003-2005; 2007-2012 Prorector for Research and Technology Transfer including Head of Centre of Excellence for Information and Communication Technology, Tourism, and Services
• 2018-2022 Vice Dean of Automation & Computer Sciences Department
• 2004-2007 Coordinator of M.Sc. Programme in Computer Science / Mobile Systems
• 2015-2018 Coordinator of B.Sc. Programme in Computer Science
• 2006- Member of Academic Senate 2003-2007
• 2014-2022 Member of Board of Department
• 2020- Member of the Christian University Advisory Board

Memberships

• AAR: Association of Automated Reasoning (1998-)
• CLAIRE: Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (2019–)
• CSG: Carl Stumpf Gesellschaft (2015-)
• DHV: Deutscher Hochschulverband (2007-)
• EUCOG: European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics (2009-)
• EWG DSS: European Working Group on Decision Support Systems (2005-)
• GI: Gesellschaft für Informatik (1994-)
• GLP: Gesellschaft für Logische Programmierung (2008-)
• Wikipedia: Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. – Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens (2016-)

Further Interests

• Guitar, Composition, and Harmony Perception
• Cycling and Unicycling (2007-)
• Digital Photography