Career
Research Assistant
since November 3rd, 2014
University of Augsburg
Chair "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence"
led by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André
Task Description: research and teaching focused on human-robot interaction
Academic Assistant
October 1st, 2013 - September 30th, 2014
University of Augsburg
Chair "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence" (then called "Human-Centered Multimedia")
led by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André
Task Description: research focused on human-robot interaction
Student Assistant
February 15th, 2008 - March 31st, 2011
University of Augsburg
Chair "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence" (then called "Multimedia Concepts and Applications")
led by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André
Task Description: 3D character modeling and animation
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
October 15th, 2007 - February 14th, 2008
University of Augsburg
for Priv. Doz. Dr. Dirk Hachenberger
Task Description: tutor for the lecture "Mathematics for Computer Scientists I"
Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science
April 8th, 2024
University of Augsburg
Thesis Title: "Decision-theoretic, Personality-based Management of Turn-taking Conflicts in Multimodal Dialogue Systems"
MSc in "Computer Science and Multimedia"
November 9th, 2012
University of Augsburg
Thesis Title: "Speech and Gesture Input for Different Interaction Tasks in a Virtual World"
Bachelor of Science in "Computer Science and Multimedia"
March 9th, 2010
Universität Augsburg
Thesis Title: "Gaze Behavior Variations and Facial Expression Generation for Embodied Conversational Agents"
Invited Talks
"Gestaltung sozialer Interaktion mit Agenten"
("Designing Social Interaction with Agents")
March 23rd, 2023
"MIA-PROM Interdisziplinärer Workshop", Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
"Künstliche Höflichkeit und Frechheit. Wie erhält ein Pflegeroboter das passende Auftreten?"
("Artificial Politeness and Insolence. How does a Care Robot get the appropriate Demeanor?")
September 21st, 2021
"4. Interdisziplinäres Dialogforum 'Mensch und Endlichkeit'", Schloss Goldegg (Austria)
"Was machen soziale Maschinen heute schon?"
("What are social machines already doing today?")
February 13th, 2020
"Careum Dialog 2020", Zürich (Switzerland)
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Workshops for Teenagers
"Wie man eine Computerfigur zum Leben erweckt"
("How to bring a computer character to life")
"Girls' Day", Online Event, 2021
"Wie man einen Roboter zum Leben erweckt"
("How to bring a robot to life")
"Girls' Day", University of Augsburg, 2014-2019, 2022-2023
"Tag der Informatik" ("Day of Computer Science"), University of Augsburg, 2015/2016/2018/2019/2022
Exhibits
"Reeti als Gesundheitsberater"
("Reeti the health adviser")
May 2018
"Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft" ("The long night of science"), Augsburg City Hall
Robot Presentation and Exhibit
2014-2015
"Fädeln, Löten, Programmieren - Mechanische Wesen im Figurentheater" ("Threading, Soldering, Programming - Mechanical Creatures in Puppet Theater"), Museum of the "Augsburger Puppenkiste"
PETRA 2019 Award: Best Technical Paper
June 2019
for "Adaptive Linguistic Style for an Assistive Robotic Health Companion Based on Explicit Human Feedback"
Hannes Ritschel, Andreas Seiderer, Kathrin Janowski, Stefan Wagner and Elisabeth André
PETRA 2019 Award: Best Poster
June 2019
for "Insights on Usability and User Feedback for an Assistive Robotic Health Companion with Adaptive Linguistic Style"
Hannes Ritschel, Kathrin Janowski, Andreas Seiderer, Stefan Wagner and Elisabeth André
Doctoral Scholarship from the Innovationsfonds of the Free State of Bavaria
December 1st, 2013 - November 30th, 2014
GALA (Gathering of Animated Lifelike Agents) Audience Award
September 16th, 2009
for the live demonstration "Spectators, a joy to watch"
Ionut Damian, Kathrin Janowski and Dominik Sollfrank