Katharina Breininger

Katharina Breininger serves as Professor of Pattern Recognition at the University of Würzburg, leading the Pattern Recognition group within the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS). Based at Campus Hubland Nord (John-Skilton-Str. 4a, room 04.B.03), she maintains active research operations with office hours by appointment and direct contact via phone (+49 931 31-81914) and email.

Her research pioneers robust machine learning methodologies for biomedical applications, emphasizing representation learning, domain shift resilience, and human-AI collaborative systems. She develops open-source tools for semi-automatic annotation workflows and applies these innovations to intraoperative imaging, multimodal medical analysis, and computational pathology solutions.

Current research initiatives include multiple funded doctoral and postdoctoral positions (100% TV-L E13) in brain mechanics and clinical research, demonstrating active grant support. Her work bridges computer science with clinical medicine through interdisciplinary partnerships, advancing AI deployment in real-world healthcare settings.