Elisabeth André
Elisabeth André is a computer scientist who holds the Chair for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at the University of Augsburg. Her research covers multimodal user interfaces, affective computing and social robots. In the 1990s she became one of the first researchers worldwide to analyze linguistic and non-verbal communication algorithmically. She studied computer science at Saarland University and worked at DFKI in Saarbrücken until 2001. She became a full professor at Augsburg in 2001, was elected to the Leopoldina and the Academy of Europe in 2010, and received the Leibniz Prize in 2021.
Timeline
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1988–2001
Research at DFKI in Saarbrücken
She studies computer science at Saarland University and then works at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken from 1988 to 2001. Her diploma thesis describes SOCCER, a system that generates natural-language descriptions of time-varying scenes. In the 1990s she becomes one of the first researchers worldwide to analyze linguistic and non-verbal communication algorithmically.
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2001
A chair at Augsburg
She becomes a full professor in 2001 at the University of Augsburg, where she takes up the chair for Human-Centered Multimedia.
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2010
Membership in two academies
The Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Europe elect her in 2010.
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2013
Fellow of EurAI
She is inducted into the EurAI Fellows in 2013, a program that recognizes researchers who have significantly shaped the field of artificial intelligence.
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2017
Election to the CHI Academy
She receives an ACM SIGCHI Award in 2017 and is elected to the CHI Academy, an honorary group of leaders in human-computer interaction.
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2019
Ten formative minds in German AI
The Gesellschaft für Informatik names her one of ten formative minds in German AI history in 2019.
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2021–2022
A Leibniz Prize
In 2021 she receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most important research funding prize, for her work on multimodal human-machine interaction. In 2022 she is awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit for outstanding services to the Free State.
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As of October 2026
Chair of Human-Centered AI
She holds the Chair for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at the University of Augsburg, where her research covers multimodal user interfaces, affective computing and social robots.
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