Wolfgang Wahlster
Wahlster led the HAM-ANS project from 1982 and became a full AI professor at Saarland in 1985. His research covers natural language dialogue and user modeling. He directed Verbmobil scientifically from 1993 to 2000. The project studied speech-to-speech translation, linking spoken language understanding with the generation of translated speech. He directed the SmartKom consortium from 1999 to 2003. His current research includes multimodal dialogue for human-centered AI. He formerly led DFKI and served as an adviser.
- Works
- 189
- Citations
- 4,762
- h-index
- 30
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Timeline
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1982–1985
Language and AI appointments
Wahlster led the HAM-ANS project from 1982 and became a full AI professor at Saarland in 1985. His research covers natural language dialogue and user modeling.
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1993–2000
Speech-to-speech translation
He directed Verbmobil scientifically from 1993 to 2000. The project studied speech-to-speech translation, linking spoken language understanding with the generation of translated speech.
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1999–2003
Multimodal dialogue
He directed the SmartKom consortium from 1999 to 2003. His current research includes multimodal dialogue for human-centered AI. He formerly led DFKI and served as an adviser.
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