Susanne Biundo-Stephan
Also known as Susanne Biundo
Susanne Biundo-Stephan is a retired German computer scientist known for her work on AI planning. She completed her doctorate at Karlsruhe in 1989 and worked at DFKI until 1998, when she became a professor at Ulm University. She was elected a fellow of ECCAI in 2004, and ECCAI is now the European Association for Artificial Intelligence. From 1998 to 2003 she coordinated PLANET, the European Network of Excellence in AI Planning, and from 2009 to 2017 she led the Companion-Technology research centre at Ulm. In 2019 the Gesellschaft für Informatik named her one of ten influential minds in German AI history, and she retired from Ulm University in 2021.
Timeline
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1989–1998
Doctorate and a DFKI post
She completes her doctorate at Karlsruhe in 1989 and works as a senior researcher on intelligent user interfaces at DFKI until 1998.
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1998–2003
A professorship and PLANET
In 1998 she becomes the first woman offered a computer science professorship at Ulm University, and from 1998 to 2003 she coordinates PLANET, the European Network of Excellence in AI Planning.
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2004
An ECCAI fellowship
In 2004 she is elected a fellow of ECCAI, the body now called the European Association for Artificial Intelligence.
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2009–2017
Heading the Companion-Technology centre
From 2009 to 2017 she leads the Companion-Technology research centre at Ulm, becoming the first woman in Germany to head a computer science collaborative research centre.
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2017–2021
Directing Ulm's AI institute
She heads the artificial intelligence institute at Ulm from 2017 until 2021.
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2019
One of ten influential minds
In 2019 the Gesellschaft für Informatik names her one of ten influential minds in German AI history.
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Since 2021
Retired from Ulm University
She retires from Ulm University in 2021.
Sources and credits
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- Prof. Dr. Susanne Biundo-Stephan - Universität Ulm
- SIC researchers honored as influential minds in German artificial intelligence - Saarland Informatics Campus
- Local computer scientist Susanne Biundo-Stephan shapes the field of artificial intelligence - Universität Ulm
- Susanne Biundo-Stephan - Wikipedia
- Awards | European Association for Artificial Intelligence
- Susanne Biundo-Stephan honored as one of the ten formative researchers of German AI history - Universität Ulm