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Dr. Almut Sophia Koepke is a junior research group leader and TUM Junior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and University of Tübingen. She leads the multi-modal learning research group focusing on video understanding through sound, vision, and text integration. University: Technical University of Munich School: TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology Department: Informatics 9 Academic Rank: Researcher Her research spans multi-modal learning, audio-visual foundation models, and cross-modal attention mechanisms. Key themes include: Advancing zero-shot learning through language-guided audio-visual models Developing explainable AI systems via attention pattern translation in VQA Exploring temporal understanding in video-adverb retrieval Building robust multi-modal representations for self-driving applications Recent publications analyze foundation model capabilities in audio-visual tasks (ICCV 2025), temporal reasoning (ACMMM 2024), and cross-modal attention frameworks (ECCV 2022). She co-organizes CVPR workshops on foundation model evaluations and serves as area chair/reviewer for major conferences.

• Multi-Modal Learning
• Computer Vision
• Audio-Visual Processing
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Michael Sammler is an Assistant Professor leading the Programming Languages and Verification Group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). He holds a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) and was a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. His research focuses on formal verification of low-level systems code, combining foundational proofs with automation. Key projects include RefinedC (C verification), Islaris (assembly code verification), and DimSum (multi-language interoperability). Education: PhD at MPI-SWS/Saarland Informatics Campus, postdoc at ETH Zürich. Research interests emphasize tool development for safety-critical systems, including Rust verification (RefinedRust), OCaml/C interoperability (Melocoton), and decentralized multi-language semantics (DimSum). Awards: Runner-Up for Informatics Europe 2024 Best Dissertation Award, Dr. Eduard Martin Prize, Distinguished Paper Awards at PLDI/POPL/USENIX, and Google PhD Fellowship. Labs/Teams: Programming Languages and Verification Group at ISTA, collaborations with MPI-SWS and international researchers. His work bridges foundational theory with practical tools for industry-relevant verification challenges.

• Formal Verification
• Programming Languages
• Systems Programming
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Yan Zhang is a scientific leader at Meshcapade and a guest lecturer at ETH Zurich's Computer Vision and Learning Group (VLG). He previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich (2020-2023) and research intern at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (2018-2020). His research focuses on generative human foundation models, human motion and behavior synthesis, 3D human perception, and applications in AR/VR, embodied AI, and interactive avatars. He has pioneered methods for scene-conditioned motion generation, contact-aware reconstruction, and egocentric interaction modeling. His recent publications (2025-2020) span Real-time motor models for avatars (PRIMAL, ICCV'25) Diffusion architectures for motion (RoHM, CVPR'24) Scene-population algorithms (Odysseus, CVPR'22) Physics-aware reconstruction (EgoHMR, ICCV'23) Whole-body grasping models (SAGA, ECCV'22) Multi-modal datasets (EgoBody, ECCV'22) Scientific recognition includes the Qualcomm Innovative Fellowship Europe 2023 . He organized workshops at CVPR'25, ECCV'24, and ECCV'22, and served on senior program committees (AAAI'26) and area chairs (CVPR'25). As co-supervisor, he mentored student projects on diffusion-based hand motion capture, 3D pose estimation, body-scene interaction, and mixed reality navigation at ETH Zurich (2020-2023). His work bridges computer vision, machine learning, and computer graphics to advance human-centric AI systems.

• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Vision
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Aron Hirsch is a researcher and Assistant Professor specializing in Semantics & Pragmatics , with affiliations including the ERC project Realizing Leibniz’s Dream: Child Languages as a Mirror of the Mind (Research Area 4). His work bridges theoretical linguistics and cognitive modeling. Current Role: Assistant Professor (since August 2023) Past Role: Researcher in the ERC project on child language and semantics Research Interests Aron Hirsch investigates the syntax-semantics interface, particularly focus particles like 'only,' type disambiguation, and logical strength in language. His research explores how cognitive constraints shape linguistic structures and how pragmatic principles interact with formal semantics. Recent Publications Aron’s publications (2022–2024) focus on semantic operators, cumulativity in questions, and register variation. He collaborates with leading scholars such as Bernhard Schwarz and Itai Bassi , contributing to major venues like Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) and Sinn und Bedeutung . Labs & Collaborations He works within the ERC project Realizing Leibniz’s Dream , focusing on child language as a window into the mind, and collaborates with international teams at institutions including University of Rochester and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México .

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Syntax
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L. Thomas van Binsbergen is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, affiliated with the College of Science & Health. His work focuses on language design, formal methods, and policy-based systems. His research explores Executable formal specifications of programming languages Modular meta-language frameworks (e.g., iCoLa+, eFLINT) Data-dependent grammars for network protocols Purpose-based access control derived from GDPR Functional parsing algorithms (GLL, Happy-GLL) Policy enforcement in distributed systems Recent publications (2020-2025) demonstrate trends in language parametric design, security policy formalization, and exploratory programming environments. Notable collaborations include Damian Frölich, Tim Müller, and Tom M. van Engers. Van Binsbergen earned his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London (2019) and contributes to conferences like GPCE, SLE, and workshops on programming language theory and data security.

• Programming Languages
• Software Engineering
• Formal Methods
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Prof. Dr. Annette Schmiedchen is a Professor at the Institute for Asian and African Studies (IAAW) at Humboldt University Berlin, specializing in premodern Indian history and Sanskrit epigraphy. She leads the subproject 'From Deccan to Arakan' within the ERC Synergy Grant 'DHARMA – The Domestication of 'Hindu' Asceticism and the Religious Making of South and Southeast Asia' (2019–2025). Her academic journey began with Indology studies at Humboldt University and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, culminating in her habilitation at MLU in 2009. Humboldt University Berlin: Research Associate (1998-2006), Professor (since 2019) Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: Acting Professor (2008/09), Habilitation (2009) ERC Project FOUNDMED: Research Associate (2012-2017) Dr. Schmiedchen's research focuses on inscriptional corpora of the Maitraka and Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasties in western and central India, examining complex issues of religious foundations in Buddhist, Brahmanic-Hindu, and Jainist contexts, as well as questions of power representation and legitimacy in premodern Indian culture. She has made significant contributions to understanding how religious institutions were established and maintained through royal patronage and endowments. Her extensive publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output across multiple decades, with recent work increasingly focusing on comparative religious studies across South and Southeast Asia. The DHARMA project represents a major interdisciplinary effort to reconstruct how Hinduism developed as a religion and social model by bringing together epigraphic sources, archaeological finds, and normative texts. Monographs: Ruler Genealogy and Religious Patronage: The Inscription Culture of the Rastrakutas, Silaharas, and Yadavas (8th to 13th Centuries) (2014) Edited Volumes: Special Volume on Epigraphic Evidence on Patronage and Social Contexts of Buddhist Monasteries in South and Southeast Asia (2021/22) As project leader of the DHARMA subproject, she oversees research staff including multiple doctoral researchers, indicating her role in mentoring the next generation of scholars. Her work bridges historical, religious, and archaeological approaches to provide a comprehensive understanding of medieval South Asian societies and their religious foundations.

• Premodern Indian History
• Sanskrit Epigraphy
• Religious Foundations
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Dr. Mathis Richter is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI), part of the Faculty of Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He has been affiliated with the INI since 2008, progressing from Research Assistant to Research Associate, and currently serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher since July 2018. At the INI, he contributes to both the Embodied Cognition group and the Autonomous Robotics group, led by Prof. Dr. Gregor Schöner. Dr. Richter earned his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D. equivalent) in Engineering from Ruhr-Universität Bochum between 2011 and 2018, following an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Applied Computer Science from the same institution. His academic journey includes an exchange year at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research centers on higher cognition, specifically concept representation, how concepts combine to form complex mental scenes, and the neural mechanisms organizing cognitive operations in time. Using Dynamic Field Theory as his primary framework, he develops mathematical models explaining how neural populations represent objects and concepts. His work demonstrates how these cognitive models connect to sensory-motor systems, often implemented on robotic platforms to validate their autonomy and functionality. Analysis of Dr. Richter's publications reveals a consistent focus on neural dynamic modeling of cognitive processes, with particular emphasis on spatial relations, language grounding, and embodied cognition. His research trajectory shows increasing sophistication in modeling complex cognitive phenomena while maintaining strong connections to robotic implementations. As an educator, Dr. Richter has taught Lab courses in Autonomous Robotics across multiple terms since Winter 2015/2016 and has delivered Lectures in Computational Neuroscience: Neural Dynamics since Winter 2018/2019. His teaching directly reflects his research expertise in neural dynamics and cognitive systems. Dr. Richter actively participates in interdisciplinary research that bridges cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and robotics, contributing to the INI's mission of understanding how organisms generate behavior and cognition through interaction with their environments.

• Higher cognition
• Concept representation
• Dynamic Field Theory
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Professor Tania Avgustinova is a Professor of Slavic and Computational Linguistics in the Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University. She serves as Principle Investigator for SFB 1102 - Project C4 (INCOMSLAV) and is Head of the Slavic Lab. Her academic career spans several decades with significant contributions to Slavic linguistics, computational approaches to language, and cross-linguistic studies. Her academic qualifications include: Habilitation venia legendi in General Linguistics (2003) PhD in Slavic and Computational Linguistics (1997) Diploma in Slavistics (1987) Professor Avgustinova's research focuses on the intersection of Slavic linguistics and computational methods. She specializes in microsyntax, intercomprehension among Slavic languages, language contact phenomena, and the processing of non-compositional expressions. Her work examines how speakers of one Slavic language can understand related languages without formal instruction, with particular attention to cognitive and linguistic factors. She has developed computational models to analyze linguistic distances and asymmetries between Slavic languages, contributing significantly to understanding receptive multilingualism. Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on experimental approaches to studying cross-linguistic comprehension using web-based platforms, eye-tracking, and speech processing techniques. There's a clear trend toward investigating microsyntactic units and non-compositional expressions across Slavic languages, with applications in language technology and education. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in natural language processing and language learning. Principle Investigator of SFB 1102 Project C4 (INCOMSLAV) Head of Slavic Lab at Saarland University Contributor to Russian National Corpus project Developer of INCOMSLAV platform for measuring linguistic distances As Principle Investigator of SFB 1102 Project C4 (INCOMSLAV), Professor Avgustinova leads research on mutual intelligibility and surprisal in Slavic intercomprehension. She has been instrumental in developing the INCOMSLAV platform for measuring linguistic distances and asymmetries in receptive multilingualism. Her leadership extends to international collaborations, including contributions to the Russian National Corpus project where she provides expertise on grammatical phenomena at the borderline between lexicon and syntax. Professor Avgustinova heads the Slavic Lab at Saarland University, which focuses on applied, experimental, and computational linguistics. The lab conducts research on Russian corpus grammar, word embedding models, sense frequencies, and microsyntax. Her work has established important connections between theoretical linguistics and practical language technology applications, particularly in the Slavic language context.

• Slavic Linguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Intercomprehension
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Jens Michaelis is a Professor at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bielefeld University, specializing in Computational Linguistics, Text Technology, and Linguistic Creativity. He serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Linguistics, Clinical Linguistics, Text Technology and Computational Linguistics, and provides academic advising for Computational Linguistics programs. His office is located at UHG U5-231, with contact details including telephone +49 521 106-6915 and email jens.michaelis@uni-bielefeld.de . Maintaining active research roles, he leads project B01 'Coercion as a creative mechanism in compositional interpretation' within the SFB 1646: Linguistic Creativity in Communication. His teaching responsibilities span modules like 23-CL-BaCL2.1 Selected methodological aspects 23-CL-BaCL5 Advanced Module 23-CL-BaCL6 Project Module 23-LIN-Ma3.1 Basics of Computational Linguistics 23-MeWi-HM3a_a Mathematical-linguistic language modeling across both undergraduate and graduate programs. His scholarly work focuses on formal grammar properties, syntactic mechanisms, and computational modeling of language. As an ordinary member of the Faculty Conference and Habilitation Committee, he contributes to academic governance while maintaining an extensive publication record in mathematical linguistics, minimalist grammars, and formal language theory.

• Computational Linguistics
• Formal Grammar
• Minimalist Grammars
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Viktoriya Ozornova is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, specializing in algebraic topology with a focus on abstract homotopy theory and higher category theory. Her work explores foundational questions in (∞,n)-categories and their applications to mathematical physics. She collaborates extensively with researchers such as Martina Rovelli, Emily Riehl, and others on topics including model structures, categorical equivalences, and homotopy coherence. Her research has been published in leading journals like Advances in Mathematics , Algebraic & Geometric Topology , and Transactions of the American Mathematical Society . She co-organized workshops on infinity categories and Picard groups of topological modular forms (TMF). She has supervised students including Julian Brüggemann (PhD) and mentored numerous bachelor and master theses on topics ranging from elliptic curves to homotopy theory. Ozornova has taught at institutions including the University of Bochum and Bonn, covering courses in topology, analysis, and number theory. Her pedagogical contributions include designing online curricula for engineering mathematics and organizing seminars on advanced topics like Lie groups and braid theory.

• Algebraic Topology
• Abstract Homotopy Theory
• Higher Category Theory
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Marion Müller is a Full Professor (W3) of Sociology with focus on Gender Studies at the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology. She has held this position since 2016 after serving as Junior Professor at the University of Trier (2013-2016). Her academic background includes a dissertation from Bielefeld University (2008) and sociology degree from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2002), with studies spanning sociology, political science, and cultural anthropology. Her research program examines complex social differentiation mechanisms through multiple lenses: Theoretical frameworks: General sociology, interaction theory, globalization studies Human differentiation: Gender, ethnicity, disability, and categorical boundary formation Embodied practices: Sociology of the body, sports sociology, pregnancy/childbirth Global systems: World society theory, institutional categorization, human rights Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on deconstructing social categorization in bodily practices—particularly in sports contexts—with evolving attention to global governance mechanisms. Recent works examine institutional categorization of indigenous peoples and disability, building on earlier sports-related gender/ethnicity research. Major recognitions include: Fritz Thyssen Foundation Prize (2014) for racial category analysis German Sociological Association dissertation award (2010) Bielefeld University dissertation prize (2009) DGS qualification thesis award (2002) Teaching responsibilities span bachelor/master programs in sociological theory, gender studies, and qualitative methods. Student advising occurs through scheduled office hours and thesis colloquia, though no specific grant or lab information is documented.

• Sociology of Gender
• Sociology of Human Differentiation
• Sociology of the Body
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Erkki Huovinen is a Professor of Music Education at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, since 2016. Previously, he held professorships in Musicology at multiple Finnish universities and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Music. He earned his PhD in Musicology at the University of Turku in 2002, focusing on tonality perception in melodies. His research spans the psychology of music , philosophy of music , and music education , with a focus on creativity, improvisation pedagogy, and mixed-methods approaches. Key Research Areas: Music and imagination, empirical studies on musical creativity, eye-tracking in music reading, theoretical understanding of musical aesthetics. Major Projects: Led the Academy of Finland’s Reading Music: Eye-Movements and the Development of Expertise (2014–2018), exploring visual processes in music reading. Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book contributions, including works on music perception, improvisation psychology, and interdisciplinary methodologies. His research integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, such as microphenomenological interviews and eye-tracking studies. He has also contributed to textbooks like Musiikkipsykologia and edited volumes on musical improvisation. His work frequently bridges empirical research with philosophical inquiry, emphasizing the interplay between theory and practice. Grant History: Academy of Finland consortium leader (2014–2018). Teaching: Focuses on music education innovation and interdisciplinary pedagogy. Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary groups in cognitive science and music technology.

• Music Education
• Psychology of Music
• Philosophy of Music
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Noortje Venhuizen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University. She serves as Academic Director for the BSc Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence program since 2024, and has held academic positions at Saarland University (2015-2022) including roles as Scientific Staff member and Principal Investigator in SFB 1102 projects. PhD in Computational Semantics (University of Groningen, 2015) MSc in Logic (ILLC, University of Amsterdam, 2011) BSc in Artificial Intelligence (Utrecht University, 2009) Her research focuses on expectation-based language comprehension, neurocomputational modeling of semantic processing, distributional formal semantics, and pragmatic reasoning in discourse. Key contributions include PDRT-SANDBOX (Haskell NLP library) and DFS Tools (Prolog implementation of distributional formal semantics). Recent publications (2023-2025) explore multimodal word meaning, informativity in reference production, and neurocognitive models of surprisal processing. Her work combines formal semantics with cognitive neuroscience and computational modeling. LOT Grotevragenprijs essay contest - Second Prize She has presented research at major conferences including CogSci, AMLaP, and Sinn und Bedeutung. Current teaching includes courses on artificial intelligence, statistics, and semantic theory.

• Computational Semantics
• Discourse Processing
• Language Comprehension
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Catherine Faron is a Full Professor at Université Côte d'Azur , affiliated with the I3S laboratory and Inria center . She serves as vice-head of the Wimmics joint research team and leads the Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering (IAID) program at Polytech Nice Sophia engineer school. Habilitation à diriger les recherches (HDR) in Computer Science, UCA (2017) PhD in Computer Science, Univ. Paris 6 (1997) Her research focuses on Artificial Intelligence , particularly in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR) and Semantic Web technologies. She develops hybrid intelligent systems combining KRR with machine learning for knowledge extraction, integration, and exploitation across education, health, and digital humanities. Recent publications highlight her work on: 2025 : Knowledge graphs for historical zoological data 2024 : Semantic annotation frameworks in agronomy 2023 : Agricultural data mapping and medical record enrichment 2022 : Visual exploration of big linked data Scientific recognitions include: 2023: Best Paper Award, ESWC 2017: Scientific Excellence Award, UCA 2016: Best Demo Award, ISWC 2015: Best Paper Award, IC 2008: Best PhD Paper Award, ECPPM She has supervised 19 PhD/Master's students and leads/has led projects like D2KAB , DEKALOG , and ZOOMATHIA , with partnerships across academic and industrial institutions.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Knowledge Management
• Semantic Web
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Dr. Andreas Abele is a Tenured Lecturer at the Department of Classics, University of Tübingen, specializing in Neo-Latin Drama, Late Latin Epistolography, and Narratology. He co-leads the DFG-funded project 'Reading Symmachus’ Letters Collections by the Book' alongside Katharina Blaas, focusing on the compositional principles of Q. Aurelius Symmachus' letters and their cultural implications. His habilitation project 'Quid facto usus sit, ipse videris' examines the literary structure of Symmachus' correspondence through the lens of the 'Jeweled Style' poetics. PhD in Latin Philology (2017), University of Tübingen DFG Research Grant (2021-2022) as Principal Investigator Collaborates with Robert Kirstein (Tübingen) and Roy Gibson (Durham) on the LTC Project His research spans late antique narrative dynamics , Latin hagiography, and Jesuit school plays. Publications include analyses of spatial semantics in Sulpicius Severus' Vita Sancti Martini and the narratological structure of Symmachus' letters. He actively participates in international conferences on Late Antiquity and has reviewed works on Neo-Latin bilingualism and medieval theatrical revival. Key affiliations: European Narratology Network (ENN), Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS), Mommsen-Gesellschaft Advises Katharina Blaas on intergenerational power dynamics in Symmachus' letters Focuses on the University of Tübingen's Late Antique research through projects like 'Narrative Dynamics in Latin Literature'

• Neo-Latin Drama
• Late Latin Epistolography
• Narratology
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