Jan Alexandersson

Jan Alexandersson is a Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he leads work in the Cognitive Assistance Systems group. His research bridges artificial intelligence and healthcare, focusing on developing multimodal systems for therapeutic applications and medical diagnostics.

His core research interests include Affective Computing, Natural Language Processing, and Human-Computer Interaction, with specialization in emotion recognition, motivational interviewing analysis, and engagement estimation. Current projects explore AI applications for mental health support, pediatric therapy, and medical diagnostics through interdisciplinary collaborations.

Recent publications reveal a strong trend toward multimodal AI architectures integrating linguistic, visual, and behavioral data. His 2024 work demonstrates increasing adoption of large language models for clinical applications, particularly in emotion regulation strategy identification and therapeutic dialogue analysis across diverse healthcare contexts.

Dr. Alexandersson actively contributes to major initiatives including MULTI-IMMERSE (virtual reality therapy for hospitalized children), GAIN (Georgian AI networking), AI@Home (elderly care risk prediction), Kitatta (corneal transplant quality assessment), and MePheSTO (digital phenotyping for psychiatric disorders). These projects collectively focus on translating AI research into practical healthcare solutions through sensor integration, behavioral modeling, and clinical validation.