Prof. Dr. Markus Rickert

Markus Rickert is full professor and chair of Multimodal Intelligent Interaction at the University of Bamberg. He received his academic degree in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inf. Univ., M.Sc. equiv.) in 2004 and his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) in 2011, both from the Technical University of Munich. From 2010 to 2021 he was at fortiss, the research institute for software-intensive systems of the Free State of Bavaria and affiliated institute of the Technical University of Munich, where he founded the Virtual Engineering and Robotics research group and the Autonomous Driving research group. At fortiss, he was deputy head of Cyber-Physical Systems from 2013 to 2016 and head of Robotics and Machine Learning from 2016 to 2021. From 2021 to 2023 he was at the Technical University of Munich and head of the TUM/Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solutions Innovation Lab.

His research interests include robotics, human-robot interaction, cognitive systems, artificial intelligence, multimodal interaction, motion planning, advanced systems engineering, and software engineering. The main application areas of his research are service robots, smart factories, cyber-physical systems, industrial robots, socio-technical systems, and autonomous vehicles.

• JAST: Joint-Action Science and Technology (EU FP6, 2004–2009)
• JAHIR: Joint Action for Humans and Industrial Robots (DFG EXC CoTeSys, 2006–2009)
• BAJA: Basic Aspects of Joint Action (DFG EXC CoTeSys, 2009–2010)
• JAMES: Joint Action for Multimodal Embodied Social Systems (EU FP7, 2011–2014)
• SMErobotics: The European Robotics Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing by Integrating Aspects of Cognitive Systems (EU FP7, 2012–2016)
• SPEEDFACTORY: Automatic Custom Manufacture of Sports Shoes and Textiles (BMWi, 2013–2016)
• FarmExpert 4.0: Architecture of an Independent Expert Network for Agriculture for the Digital Age (StMELF, 2017–2020)
• Data Backbone: Erforschung eines Data Backbone Ansatzes für den Einsatz montagef?higer Robotiksysteme in cyberphysischen Systemen (StMWi, 2018–2020)
• EmPReSs: Empowerment in Tomorrow’s Production: Rethinking Mixed Skill Factories and Collaborative Robot Systems (bidt, 2020–2022)
• VOJEXT: Value of Joint Experimentation in Digital Technologies for Manufacturing and Construction (EU H2020, 2020–2023)
• IRISS: Intuitive Roboterprogrammierung und Integration standardisierter Steuerungsschnittstellen (StMWi, 2021–2023)
• DiProLeA: Digitaler Produktentstehungsprozesses mit lernendem Assistenzsystem (BMBF, 2021–2024)
• MANNHEIM-CeCaS: Central Car Server – Supercomputing für Automotive (BMBF, 2022–2025)