Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology

Obituary for Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider

It is with deep sadness that we have learned today of the passing away of our esteemed colleague, Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider. He passed away quite unexpectedly. From the very beginning, Werner Schneider and his research have played an extremely important role for CITEC; he was closely associated with and actively involved in CITEC for nearly two decades. He had a significant influence on CITEC’s scientific agenda. Werner Schneider was a sharp thinker, an extremely precise researcher, and a very reliable and valued collaborator. He never shied away from tackling the challenging topics at the research frontier of cognitive science. His work on attention and situational models has been truly seminal. He also was a dedicated teacher and mentor who inspired generations of students and young researchers. He had a good sense of humour and in private he was an avid mountain-biker and had a keen interest in painting and modern art. We will miss him and feel committed to honoring his scientific legacy. May he rest in peace.

 

Welcome to CITEC

Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology at Bielefeld University

Making the interaction with A.I. and future intelligent systems truly human-compatible - this is the mission of CITEC. We funnel and catalyze Bielefeld University's multidisciplinary expertise in studying natural and artificial intelligent agents that interact with and learn from different kinds of environments. Going beyond short-cut learning or emulating human-like behavior on the surface, we aim to unravel and model the cognitive abilities needed to make interaction technology compatible with humans' values and expectations about how meaning and actions are shared or information is communicated.

CITEC has been established in 2007 as part of the Excellence Initiative funded by the Federal and State Governments, and is now a central academic institute of Bielefeld University.