Thomas Baier

Thomas Baier is a Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, specializing in Communication Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work focuses on conversational agents, multimodal interaction systems, and affective computing. Ancillary activities include roles at Flashtalking GmbH since 2021. He collaborates extensively in projects like ROBOT-BOND (human-robot bonding research) and the EMISSOR platform for multimodal interaction analysis.

Research interests span formalization of emotional processes, AI ethics, and scalable agent architectures. His recent work emphasizes evaluation methodologies for conversational systems and cross-modal data integration. Projects involve creating open-source tools and frameworks to advance human-AI collaboration in healthcare and social robotics.

Key contributions include modular agent design, affective decision modeling in robots, and episodic knowledge graph applications. Current efforts focus on bridging theoretical AI frameworks with practical implementations in real-world scenarios.