Bernd Neumann
As of October 2026, Bernd Neumann is a professor of computer science at the University of Hamburg, where his research includes scene interpretation. From 1997 to 2003 he chaired IFIP TC12, the Artificial Intelligence committee, and from 2001 to 2004 he was responsible for the Hamburg work on the CogVis project. In 2008 he and Ralf Möller published a paper on scene interpretation with description logics. From 2011 to 2015 he led project Z03 of SFB 950 on image-processing methods for visual manuscript and character features. In 2014 he co-authored a paper on a robot waiter that predicts events by high-level scene interpretation.
Timeline
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1997–2003
Chairing IFIP's AI committee
He becomes chair of IFIP TC12, the Artificial Intelligence committee, in 1997, and Max Bramer succeeds him in 2003.
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2001–2004
The CogVis project in Hamburg
He is responsible for the Hamburg work on the CogVis project from 2001 to 2004. The main goal of the Hamburg work is to develop conceptual structures for high-level knowledge relevant for scene understanding.
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2008
Scene interpretation with description logics
In 2008 he and Ralf Möller publish a paper on scene interpretation with description logics in the journal Image Vis. Comput.
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2011–2015
Manuscript image analysis at SFB 950
From 2011 to 2015 he leads project Z03 of SFB 950, a project on image-processing methods for visual manuscript and character features.
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2014
A robot waiter that predicts events
In 2014 he co-authors a paper on a robot waiter that predicts events by high-level scene interpretation, published in the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence.
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As of October 2026
Professor at the University of Hamburg
He is a professor of computer science at the University of Hamburg.
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