PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Rineke Verbrugge

Also known as Laurina Christina Verbrugge

Rineke Verbrugge is a logician who bridges logic and cognitive science, and she was the first to combine dynamic epistemic logic with computational cognitive modeling to study theory of mind. After a logic doctorate at the University of Amsterdam in 1993, she turned to multi-agent AI as an assistant professor at MIT and joined the University of Groningen in 1997. At Groningen she has led the Multi-Agent Systems working group since 2002, became full professor of Logic and Cognition in 2009, and wrote Teamwork in Multi-Agent Systems with Barbara Dunin-Keplicz in 2010. In 2019 she became a co-applicant on the Designing Hybrid Intelligence project, and in 2021 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences elected her a member. She is Professor of Logic and Cognition at Groningen's Bernoulli Institute and co-founder and Director of Training and Education of the Hybrid Intelligence Centre.

Now at
Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Engineering and Hybrid Intelligence Centre
Born
1965
Works
281
Citations
2,987
h-index
27
Badges

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1988–1993

    A logic doctorate in Amsterdam

    She earns an M.Sc. cum laude in 1988 and a PhD in logic and the foundations of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in 1993. Dick de Jongh, Anne Troelstra and Albert Visser supervise her thesis, Efficient Meta-Mathematics.

  2. By 1997

    Assistant professor at MIT

    After her PhD in 1993, she works as a postdoctoral researcher at the universities of Prague and Gothenburg, then as an assistant professor at MIT and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. At MIT, she shifts from mathematical logic to artificial intelligence and focuses on logics for multi-agent systems.

  3. Since 1997

    Joining Groningen's AI institute

    In 1997, she joins the University of Groningen's Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Engineering. From 2002, she leads its Multi-Agent Systems working group.

  4. 2008–2010

    A Vici grant and a chair

    NWO awards her a Vici grant in 2008 for the programme "Cognitive systems in interaction: logical and computational models of higher-order social cognition", which starts in July 2009. She becomes full professor of Logic and Cognition in May 2009 and receives the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences' Educator of the Year Award in 2009. Her inaugural lecture in May 2010 is titled "Denken over denken over denken: logica en sociale cognitie".

  5. 2010

    Teamwork in Multi-Agent Systems

    In July 2010, Wiley publishes Teamwork in Multi-Agent Systems: A Formal Approach, which she writes with Barbara Dunin-Keplicz. The book presents TeamLog, a logical theory that explains teamwork through agents' attitudes and their interplay in teams of software agents, robots and humans.

  6. 2019

    Designing Hybrid Intelligence

    In 2019, NWO awards a Gravitation Grant of nearly €20 million to the project Designing Hybrid Intelligence, in which she is a co-applicant from the Bernoulli Institute. Six Dutch universities set out to build intelligent systems that cooperate with humans, adapt to dynamic circumstances and explain their actions.

  7. 2021

    Joining the KNAW

    In 2021, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) elects her as a member. Her research bridges logic and cognitive science, and she was the first to combine dynamic epistemic logic and computational cognitive modeling to study theory of mind. Her presidency of the Dutch Association for Logic and Philosophy of the Exact Sciences, held since 2005, ends in 2021.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor of Logic and Cognition

    She is Professor of Logic and Cognition at the University of Groningen's Bernoulli Institute, a chair she has held since 2009. In December 2024, she is co-founder and Director of Training and Education of the Hybrid Intelligence Centre, which has just received approval for another five years.

Career

  1. Since 2024Hybrid Intelligence CentreDirector of Training and Education
  2. Since 2002Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive EngineeringLeader
  3. Since 1997University of GroningenProfessor of Logic and Cognition
  4. 2005–2021Dutch Association for Logic and Philosophy of the Exact SciencesPresident
  5. 1999–2001Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAssistant professor
  6. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAssistant professor

Education

  1. 1993University of AmsterdamPhD
  2. 1988University of AmsterdamM.Sc.

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. A Research Agenda for Hybrid Intelligence: Augmenting Human Intellect With Collaborative, Adaptive, Responsible, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence2020 · Computer · 411 citationsWith Aimee van Wynsberghe, Catholijn Jonker, Frank Dignum, Frank van Harmelen, Frans A. Oliehoek and Hayley Hung
  2. Teamwork in Multi‐Agent Systems2010 · Wiley eBooks · 113 citations
  3. An agent-based model for diffusion of electric vehicles2017 · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 109 citations
  4. Children’s Application of Theory of Mind in Reasoning and Language2008 · Journal of Logic Language and Information · 107 citations
  5. Agent Theory for Team Formation by Dialogue2001 · Lecture notes in computer science · 102 citationsWith Frank Dignum

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Groningen. 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.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Includes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. People | Social Cognition ai.rug.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Rineke Verbrugge - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Denken over denken over denken: logica en sociale cognitie | Nieuwsberichten | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen rug.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Teamwork in Multi-Agent Systems: A Formal Approach | Wiley wiley.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Review of Dunin-Keplicz, Barbara Maria and Verbrugge, Rineke: Teamwork in MultiAgent Systems: A Formal Approach (Wiley Series in Agent Technology) jasss.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Gravitation Grant for designing Hybrid Intelligence | News | University of Groningen rug.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Prof. Rineke Verbrugge member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences | Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence | University of Groningen rug.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. A human should decide when it comes to matters of life or death | News | University of Groningen rug.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. Rineke Verbrugge | Institute for Logic, Language and Computation illc.uva.nl. Checked 20 October 2026.