Jörg Hoffmann
Also known as Jorg Hoffmann
Jörg Hoffmann studies how AI systems choose actions and how researchers can test and explain their behaviour. Hoffmann began the FF planning tool during his doctoral research. It won the fully automated track of the 2000 International Planning Competition. Hoffmann completed his doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 2002. His thesis received the EurAI Dissertation Award for that year.
- Now at
- Saarland University
- Works
- 169
- Citations
- 1,988
- h-index
- 21
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2000
FF planning system
Hoffmann began the FF planning tool during his doctoral research. It won the fully automated track of the 2000 International Planning Competition.
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2002
Doctorate in planning
Hoffmann completed his doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 2002. His thesis received the EurAI Dissertation Award for that year.
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2009–2012
Research appointments
Hoffmann joined INRIA as a research director in 2009 and became a professor at Saarland University in 2012. His group works on foundations of AI action-decision problems.
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2021
Research recognition
AAAI elected Jörg Hoffmann as a Fellow in 2021.
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As of October 2026
Reliable action policies
His research group explores methods to explain, verify, test, and visualize learned action policies. This extends planning research toward questions about trust in systems that choose actions.
Sources and credits
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