Elisabeth André

Elisabeth André is a German Computer Scientist from Saarlouis, Saarland who specializes in Intelligent User Interfaces, Virtual Agents, and Social Computing.[1]

Education
  • 1988—Computer Science diploma at the University of Saarland[1]
  • 1995—Computer Science PhD at the University of Saarland[1]

André's research interests include Affective Computing, Embodied Conversational Agents, Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction, and Social Signal Processing.[2]

Career
  • 1988-2001—Research associate at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence[1]
  • 1995—Senior researcher[1]
  • 1999—Principal researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Saarbrücken, Germany[1][2]
  • 2001-present—Computer Science professor and the Founding Chair of Human-Centered Multimedia at the University of Augsburg.[1][2]
  • 2004-2006—Managing Director at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Augsburg[1]
  • 2007—Representative of the German Research Foundation on Artificial Intelligence, Image, and Speech Processing[1]
  • 2008-present—German Research Foundation review board member[1]

André was also the General and Program Co-Chair for multiple ACM SIGCHI conferences.[2]

Achievements
  • 1995—European Information Technology Information Award[1]
  • 1998—RoboCup Scientific Award[1]
  • 2000—Best Paper Award for the International Conference of Intelligent User[1]
  • 2005—Convivio Best Demo Award for People-Centered Agent Technologies[1]
  • 2007—Alcatel-Lucent Fellowship at the International Center for Arts and Culture[1]
  • 2007, 2008, 2009—Best Paper Finalist at the International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents[3]

References
  1. "Mitgliederverzeichnis". www.leopoldina.org (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  2. "2017 SIGCHI Awards". ACM SIGCHI. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. "Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.