How does thinking work? And how can we instruct machines to think? And how can we use our knowledge to make machines more useful for people?
After more than 15 years of university-based research and teaching in the areas of artificial intelligence, robotics and human-machine interaction, I wanted to bring my knowledge to use. I am proud to develop new products and services as part of the Intiuty Media Lab. Alongside I go on pursuing my research and accept jobs as a freelancer.
I am currently mostly pondering about the abililty of humans to make decisions in everyday life. I use results from psychology and behavioral economics to implement computational decision processes that resemble those of humans. The goal is not only to get better automatic responses, but also to facilitate the interaction between people and machines. The same mechanisms are interesting for defining organizational processes.

Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
since 2018 | Intuity Media Lab |
since 2018 | Independent Scientist |
2012 - 2018 | Assistant professor, Universität Tübingen |
2008 - 2012 | Junior research group leader, TU München |
2007 - 2008 | Strategy consultant, Booz & Co. (jetzt: strategy&) |
2003 - 2007 | Doctoral researcher, TU München |
Education
2017 | Positive final evaluation of assistant professorship (asserting the ability and aptitude necessary for filling a professorship), Universität Tübingen |
2008 | Doctorate in Informatics, TU München Grade: summa cum laude |
2003 | Diploma of Informatics, TU München passed with distinction |
Awards
- Adjunct member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, as a member of the Young Scolar's Programme (2012-2018)
- Carl-von-Linde Junior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study of TU München (2010-2012)
- Junior research group leader in the cluster of excellence Cognition for Technical Systems, TU München (2009-2012)
Talks and Training
October 2019 | The Technology in Autonomous Cars: A Focus on the Present, Ethics and Legislation of Autonomous Systems, Würzburg |
November 2018 | Can Robots Replace Caregivers? An Insight into the State of Robot Research, Lebensphasenhaus Tübingen |
August 2017 | The RenAIssance: Brave New World, European Forum Alpbach 2017, 6-day course, with Tarek Besold |
March 2017 | Really Bad Science, Interdisciplinary College, Rainbow Course |
July 2015 | Usable Technology: from People, for People, Kärcher Zukunftstag |
2012, 2013, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Interdisciplinary College, introductory course (4 sessions) |
2012 - 2018 | Teaching in my time an assistant professor
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2009 - 2012 | Teaching assignment for lecture Artificial Intelligence, Hochschule Deggendorf |
Projects
since 2019 | Heuristic categorization |
since 2018 | Cognitive plausibility of story-based motion representation, with Frank Papenmeier (Psychology, University of Tübingen) und Juan Purcalla (Computer Science, University of Tübingen) |
2017 - 2018 | Prevention for Artificial Ventilation Patients by Computationally Supported Feedback for Intensive Care, joint R&D project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
2014 - 2018 | Prototype-based Knowledge Representation for Everyday Objects, Funding program for assistant professors of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg |
2012 - 2018 | Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Young Scholar's Programme of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
2013 - 2016 | Model-based Opportunistic Robot Planning for Human-robot Collaboration (MORPH), German Research Foundation |
2010 - 2013 | Reasoning about Human Behavior Patterns, TUM Institute for Advanced Study |
2009 - 2012 | Planning for Adaptive Robot Assistance, Cluster of Excellence Cognition for Technical Systems |