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 |