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Andreas Maier

Andreas Maier is a professor whose AI research connects speech assessment, medical imaging and clinical diagnostics. At Erlangen, he develops PEAKS for speech intelligibility, then works on C-arm CT at Stanford and reconstruction at Siemens Healthcare. After returning to FAU, he leads the Medical Reconstruction Group and Pattern Recognition Lab, and contributes machine-learning methods to the 2018 4D+ nanoSCOPE X-ray project. In May 2025, his Next-generation AI for Integrated Diagnostics project receives €125,500 from the STAEDTLER Foundation; in October 2025, he presents its results at FAU, and in 2026 he coauthors a vision-language model for CT image quality. He is a professor and head of FAU's Pattern Recognition Lab.

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Pattern Recognition Lab
Born
1980
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Timeline

  1. 2005–2009

    PEAKS for speech assessment

    Born in Erlangen in 1980, he studies computer science and graduates in 2005, then receives a PhD in 2009. At the Pattern Recognition Lab, he researches medical speech processing and develops PEAKS, an online tool for assessing speech intelligibility.

  2. 2009–2010

    Stanford C-arm CT postdoc

    From 2009 to 2010, he works as a postdoctoral fellow on flat-panel C-arm CT at Stanford University's Radiological Sciences Laboratory in the Department of Radiology.

  3. 2011–2012

    Siemens Healthcare innovation manager

    From 2011 to 2012, he works as an innovation project manager at Siemens Healthcare, responsible for reconstruction topics in its Angiography and X-ray business unit.

  4. 2012–2015

    Leading FAU's Medical Reconstruction Group

    In 2012, he returns to the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as head of the Medical Reconstruction Group at the Pattern Recognition Lab. In 2015, he becomes a professor and head of the Pattern Recognition Lab.

  5. 2018

    4D+ nanoSCOPE and precision learning

    In 2018, he joins Georg Schett and Silke Christiansen as recipients of an ERC Synergy Grant for 4D+ nanoSCOPE, which plans X-ray microscopy studies of living organisms with Precision Learning methods for data evaluation. He contributes machine-learning methods for automated and statistically validated interpretation of measurement data.

  6. May–October 2025

    AI for integrated diagnostics

    In May 2025, his Next-generation AI for Integrated Diagnostics project receives €125,500 from the STAEDTLER Foundation. Led by Maier, the initiative combines AI with imaging and sensing to support earlier detection and individualized treatment of chronic diseases. In October 2025, he presents its results at FAU.

  7. 2026

    An explainable vision-language model

    In 2026, he coauthors the conference paper “Explainable Radiologist-aligned VLM for CT Image Quality Assessment,” which fine-tunes MedGemma-4B-IT to score CT image quality and generate textual explanations.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and head at FAU

    In October 2025, he holds FAU's Pattern Recognition chair. As of October 2026, he is a professor and head of the Pattern Recognition Lab.

Career

  1. Since 2005Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergProfessor and Head
  2. 2012–2015Pattern Recognition LabHead
  3. 2011–2012Siemens HealthcareInnovation Project Manager
  4. 2009–2010Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow

Education

  1. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergPhD

From the biography.

  1. 41% of people who worked abroad later worked in their country of birth among people with a recorded birth country and dated work historyIncludes Andreas Maier. Of 991 people with a recorded birth country who worked outside it, 410 (41%) later held a work position at home, led by the United States at 69%.
  2. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes Stanford University. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Maier - FAU CRIS cris.fau.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. ERC Synergy grant with HZB participation - Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) helmholtz-berlin.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. ERC 2018 Synergy Grants examples erc.europa.eu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Studies on osteoporosis prevention: ERC Synergy Grant 4D+ nanoSCOPE - Fraunhofer IKTS ikts.fraunhofer.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. STAEDTLER Foundation Supports FAU Research on AI-Powered Diagnostics with €125,500 - Pattern Recognition Lab lme.tf.fau.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. STAEDTLER-Stiftung ehrt FAU-Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden | FAU fau.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. Explainable Radiologist-aligned VLM for CT Image Quality Assessment - FAU CRIS cris.fau.de. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. Artificial intelligence: Pioneers of the boom in AI | FAU fau.eu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  9. Prof. Maier tells you everything you need to know about your studies! - Medical Engineering (M.Sc.) medical-engineering.study.fau.eu. Checked 22 October 2026.