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Speaker

Philipp Slusallek

Scientific Director Research Lab Agents and Simulated Reality, DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Philipp Slusallek studied physics at the Universities Frankfurt and Tübingen, Germany. In 1995 he got his Ph.D. in computer graphics at the Erlangen University and became a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University shortly thereafter. Since 1999 he has been a professor for computer graphics at Saarland University and, since 2008, a scientific director at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) where he leads the research department Agents and Simulated Reality and is now also a member of the DFKI executive board. He is a member of the High-Level Expert Group advising the EU Commission on AI and a co-founder of the European CLAIRE initiative, bringing together all of AI across Europe (claire-ai.org). His focus is on Trusted AI Technology By Design.

Company

DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent solutions for the knowledge society The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, with sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen (with an associated branch in Osnabrück) and a project office in Berlin, is the leading German research institute in the field of innovative software technology. In the international scientific community, DFKI ranks among the most recognized "Centers of Excellence" and currently is the biggest research center worldwide in the area of Artificial Intelligence and its application in terms of number of employees and the volume of external funds.