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Prof. Birte Glimm is a full Professor and Chair of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Ulm. She holds leadership roles in academic governance, including as Dean of Studies for Cognitive Systems and Computer Science programs. Her research focuses on knowledge representation, automated reasoning, and semantic web technologies, with applications in autonomous systems and intelligent assistants. She has led projects like the 'Companion-Technology for Home Improvement' and contributed to standards such as SPARQL 1.1 Entailment Regimes.
Education: PhD (2008) from the University of Manchester under Prof. Ian Horrocks, BSc from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (2004), and prior industry experience in communication design.
Research Interests: Development of efficient reasoning algorithms for Description Logics, ontology-based data management, and explainable AI. Her work emphasizes scalability, dynamic knowledge processing (e.g., for autonomous vehicles), and natural language explanations of automated reasoning. She co-leads the DFG-funded KEMAI research training group and previously led the BMBF project 2LIKE.
Awards: Google Faculty Award (2017), Mileva Einstein-Marić-Preis (2016), and multiple best paper awards. She has served on numerous conference committees and editorial boards, including the OWL 2 Conformance Specification.
Teaching: Courses on Knowledge-Based AI, Semantic Web Foundations, and programming for cognitive systems. She coordinates curricula for Computer Science and AI programs at Ulm.
Labs/Teams: Institute of Artificial Intelligence; contributions to Collaborative Research Centers SFB/TRR 62 and EU projects in AI for industry.
