Vita

1967 Born in Kiel, Germany
1986 University-entrance diploma
1987 - 1989 Civilian service
1986 - 1992 Study of computer science, University of Bremen
1989 - 1992 Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung)
1992 Diploma, grade 1.0 (best possible grade)
1993 - 1996 PhD scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung)
1996 PhD, grade "summa cum laude" (best possible grade)
1996 - 2000 Scholarship of the University of Bremen at Prof. Hans-Jörg Kreowski
2000 - 2002 Research assistant, University of Bremen, Bremen institute for safe and secure systems, Prof. Bernd Krieg-Brückner
2002 - 2005 Assistent professor in the group of Prof. Bernd Krieg-Brückner
2005

Habilitation (habilition is without grade)

2006 - 2013 Senior Researcher at German research center for artificial intelligence (DFKI), Bremen
2008 - 2009 Substitute professorship "Foundations of artificial intelligence" (in place of Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nebel) at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
2011 Grant of the title "extraordinary Professor" by University of Bremen
2013 Offer of the professorship "Cognitive systems" of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (declined)
since October 2013 Professor for theoretical computer science, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2015-2016 Head of department for knowledge and language engineering
2016-2018 Head of department for intelligent cooperating systems

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