Ute Schmid
Also known as Ute Maria Schmid
Ute Schmid is a computer scientist whose research interests include interpretable artificial intelligence and inductive programming. She earned her doctorate in computer science at TU Berlin in 1994, after a diploma there in 1989. She became a professor at the University of Bamberg in 2004, and from 2020 to 2025 she headed the Fraunhofer IIS project group on Comprehensible AI. She was named a EurAI Fellow in 2022 and a GI Fellow in 2023, and she received the Communicator Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Stifterverband in 2026. As of October 2026, she heads the Cognitive Systems chair at Bamberg and directs the Bamberg Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Timeline
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1989–1994
Diploma and doctorate in Berlin
She earns a diploma through TU Berlin in 1989. In 1994 she completes a doctorate in computer science there.
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1994–2004
Assistant professor in Berlin
She is an assistant professor at TU Berlin from 1994 to 2001, and she spends a year as a postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University. Afterwards she works as a lecturer at Osnabrück University until 2004.
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2004–2019
Professor and dean in Bamberg
In 2004 she joins the University of Bamberg as a professor. Her term as dean of its Faculty of Information Systems and Applied Computer Sciences runs from 2017 to 2019.
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2020–2025
Comprehensible AI at Fraunhofer
She heads the Fraunhofer IIS project group on Comprehensible AI from 2020 to 2025, a group formerly called Explainable AI. Her research interests include interpretable artificial intelligence and inductive programming.
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2022–2023
EurAI and GI fellowships
In 2022 she becomes a EurAI Fellow, and in 2023 a GI Fellow.
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2025
Member of acatech
In 2025 she becomes an elected member of acatech, the National Academy of Science and Engineering.
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2026
A Communicator Prize
The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Stifterverband award her the Communicator Prize in 2026.
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As of October 2026
Directing the Bamberg AI center
She heads the Cognitive Systems chair at the University of Bamberg. She is also executive director of the Bamberg Center for Artificial Intelligence.
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- Schmid, Ute - Lehrstuhl für Kognitive Systeme
- Ute Schmid - Wikipedia
- High distinction, more networking: Prof. Ute Schmid named EurAI Fellow
- For Her Achievements in Computer Science: Ute Schmid Honoured as GI Fellow
- Communicator-Preis 2026: Ute Schmid für Wissenschaftskommunikation zu KI ausgezeichnet