Projects
Collaborative Research Projects
- Current Projects
- CRC 1646: Linguistic Creativity in Communication (2024-2028) [DFG]
- ERC Synergy Grant Water Futures (2021-2027) [European Research Council ERC]
- SustAInable Life-cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems (SAIL) (2022-2026) [State of NRW]
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Everyday Activity Science and Engineering (EASE) (07/2017-06/2025) [DFG]
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it's OWL (2020-2025) [BMBF]
- SFB TRR 318 Constructing Explainability (2021-2025) [DFG]
- Dataninja Research Training Group (2021-2024) [State of NRW]
- SPP 1999 Robust Argumentation Machines (RATIO) (2017-2023) [DFG]
- Completed Projects
Focused Projects
German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Current Projects
- The Interplay of Emotions and Convincingness in Argument Mining for NLP (EMCONA 07/2023-06/2026) [DFG]
- Datengetriebene Modellierung von mehrstufigen Stanzbiegeprozessen (StaBiePro) (06/2023-05/2026) [DFG]
- Semantic Environment Models for Implicit Action Coordination (12/2022-11/2025) [DFG]
- Computational cognitive modeling of the predictive active self in situated action (COMPAS) (01/2019-12/2024) [DFG]
- Laughter in Conversation: Form, Function and Multimodality (LAUGH) (2021-2024) [DFG]
- Deep speech representation learning for research in phonetics (2021-2024) [DFG]
- Completed Projects
- DEEP-HAND: deep sensing + deep learning for myocontrol of the upper limb (03/2020-02/2022) [DFG]
- Development of iconic co-speech gesturing in preschool children (EcoGest) (01/2018-03/2021) [DFG]
- Continuous quality control for research data to ensure reproducibility: an institutional approach (CONQUAIRE) (02/2016-04/2019) [DFG]
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TACT-HAND: Improving control of prosthetic hands using tactile sensors and realistic machine learning (04/2016-03/2019) [DFG]
- Cognitive mechanisms of motor planning (CogMech) (2016-2019) [DFG]
- Chess Expertise from Eye Gaze and Emotion (CEEGE) (02/2016-02/2019) [DFG]
- Sensorimotor processing and reference frame transformations in the human brain (2012-2019) [DFG]
- Robots Exploring Tools as Extensions to their Body Autonomously [REBA+] (10/2015-11/2018) [DFG]
- The predictive role of preverbal gestural communication for the development of language and preschool skills: A longitudinal study emphasizing language delay and bilingualism (11/2012-10/2015) [DFG]
- Robot self-calibration and safe physical human-robot interaction inspired by body representations in primate brains (RobotBodySchema) (09/2011-10/2014) [DFG]
- Real-time Acquisition and Dynamic Modelling of Human Faces, Upper-Bodies, and Hands (D-A-CH/LAV) (10/2010-09/2013) [DFG]
Federal and State Government Funding
- Current Projects
- Hybrid Living (AP3-5 MMI) (2023-2027) [BMBF]
- Evaluation for Text Generation (Metrics4NLG) (09/2022-08/2025) [BMBF]
- Learning to plan with Deep Neural Networks (L2PWDNN) (10/2021-12/2024) [MKW]
- Empathic Artificial Intelligence (EKI) (12/2020-11/2024) [BMBF]
- Scalable hybrid Avatar-Agent-Technologies for everyday social interaction in XR (HiAva) (09/2021-08/2024) [BMBF]
- Intelligent Assistance Systems for Technical Apprenticeships / Training (iAtA) (2021-2024) [MKW NRW]
- AI-based decision support for antibiotic therapy (KINBIOTICS) (10/2020-09/2023) [BMG]
- Multimodal Physics and Sensor Simulation for Synthesizing Training Data for Robot Manipulation (Sim4Dexterity) (10/2021-09/2023) [BMBF]
- AI Marketplace (KI-Marktplatz) (01/2020-12/2022) [BMWi]
- Completed Projects
- Tactile sensors for Humans and Robots (Robomantic) (02/2021-07/2022) [MWIKE]
- A cognitive and mobile assistance system to provide individualized audiovisual action support in the modern working world (AVIKOM) (05/2019-04/2022) [BMWI+ESF]
- Development and evaluation of an intervention to avoid rebound effects triggered by energy refurbishments (ENVIRON) (09/2018-04/2022) [BMBF]
- A lively social robot who creates trust and builds friendship (VIVA) (08/2018-12/2021) [BMBF]
- Machine decision support in welfare state institutions: Options for Use, Implications and Regulatory Needs (MAEWIN) (01/2018-09/2021) [MKW]
- Offene, modulare und skalierbare Architektur für kommunikationszentriertes Computing (ZIM open-mosaic) (01/2019-08/2021) [BMWi]
- Moderne Mensch-Maschine Schnittstelle (M³S) (05/2017-06/2021) [EFRE]
- Automatische Erstellung einer Wissensbasis zur Unterstützung der Translation von der präklinischen Forschung in die klinische Anwendung bei Rückenmarksverletzungen (PSINK) (03/2016-02/2021) [BMBF]
- Echtzeit-adaptive Auditive Augmentierung für Diskretion in offenen Geschäfts- und Büroräumen (Sound Refiner) (08/2018-01/2021) [BMWi]
- Soziale Angemessenheit für Assistenzsysteme (poliTE) (11/2017-12/2020) [BMBF]
- Ein Trainings- und Kommunikationssystem für schwer hirngeschädigte pflegebedürftige Patienten (NeuroCommTrainer) (05/2017-11/2020) [BMBF]
- Interactive Intelligent Systems Thematic Network (IIS-TN) (01/2015-12/2018) [BMBF]
- Adaptives mobiles Assistenzsystem zur Handlungsunterstützung im Alltag (ADAMAAS) (05/2015-04/2018) [BMWi]
- Socially assistive companions for people who need cognitive support (KOMPASS) (04/2015-03/2018) [BMBF]
- KogniHome: Virtual dialogue assistants for smart living (KogniHome) (08/2014-12/2017) [BMBF]
- Adaptives Lern- und Unterstützungssystem Basierend auf Augmented (ALUBAR) (08/2013-07/2016) [Bund]
- Volleyballprojekt (MentPower-V) (09/2014-12/2015) [Bund]
- Sprachdialog-basierte Mensch-Technik-Interaktion für Menschen mit altersbedingten (VERSTANDEN) (06/2013-10/2014) [Bund]
- SIMulationsBackplane Automotive (SIMBA) (04/2011-03/2013) [Land NRW]
EU
- Current Projects
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Learning with Multiple Representations (LEMUR ) (01/2023-12/2026) [EU; Horizon 2020]
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Performance in Robots Interaction via Mental Imagery (PRIMI) (2023-) [EU]
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European Training Network on PErsonalized Robotics as SErvice Oriented applications (PERSEO) (01/2021-12/2024) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Prêt-à-LLOD (2019-) [EU]
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- Completed Projects
- Low Energy Toolset for Heterogeneous Computing (LEGaTO) (12/2017-11/2020) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Understanding the neural mechanisms of multisensory perception based on computational principles (DynaSens) (09/2017-10/2020) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Human Brain Project (HBP) (10/2013-03/2020) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Modular Microserver Data Centre (M2DC) (01/2016-06/2019) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Child-Robot Communication and Collaboration (BabyRobot) (01/2016-12/2018) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Second Language Tutoring Using Social Robots (L2TOR) (01/2016-12/2018) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Smart Assembly Robot with Advanced FUNctionalities (SARAFun) (03/2015-02/2018) [EU; Horizon 2020]
- Wearable Haptics for Humans and Robotics (WEARHAP) (03/2013-08/2017) [EU]
- Language and Perception (LanPercept) (01/2013-12/2016) [EU]
- Developing Hardware and Design Methodologies for Heterogeneous Low Power Field Programmable Servers (FiPS) (09/2013-08/2016) [EU]
- Linked Data as an enabler of cross-media and multilingual content analytics for enterprises across Europe (LIDER) (11/2013-10/2015) [EU]
- Language Resources for Portable Multilingual Spoken Dialogue Systems (PortDial) (05/2012-04/2014) [EU]
- Multilingual Ontologies for Networked Knowledge (MONNET) (03/2010-02/2013) [EU]
- Monitoring, treatment and prediction of bipolar Disorder Episodes (Monarca) (02/2010-01/2013) [EU]
Other Funding
- Current Projects
- Bots Building Bridges (3B): Theoretical, Emipirical and Technological Foundations for Systems that Monitor and Support (3B) (05/2021-04/2025) [VolkswagenStiftung]
- Implications of conversing with intelligent assistants in everyday life (IMPACT-COG) (04/2019-03/2023) [VolkswagenStiftung]
- Accelerating motor learning with computational scaffolding (AMOLEA) (01/2020-03/2023) [German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF)]
- Completed Projects