Research Interests

• Recurrent Neural Networks, especially Echo State Networks (ESNs)
• Service Robots 
• Fault Identification, Diagnosis and Removal for autonomous systems (FDD)
• Automated short answer grading (ASAG)

1976 - 1984
Diploma degree in Mathematics and Physics, University of Dortmund

1979 - 1980
Masters course Mathematics, Physics, UCB Berkley, scholarship of Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e. V.

1984 - 1985
Research assistant University of Dortmund, Department of Mathematics

1985-2010
Junior scientist at GMD / senior at Fraunhofer IAIS

1998
first participation in RoboCup 98, Paris

2000
Dissertation at Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus: Timing Estimation and Optimization in Embedded System Design

2003
Assistant Professor at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University

2004
Full Professor Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University Autonomous Systems

2005-2009
BMBF Project DESIRE, lead in work package Architecture

2006-2009
EU FP6 Project XPERO, lead in work package software engineering and development framework

2011-2012
BMBF Project "German Russian Robotics Initiative" (GRRI)

2014-2015
BMWI Project "Accelerating the Innovation Cycle in Service Robotics" (AICISS)

Advised Students:

Past:

• Aaqib Pravez Mohammed
• Abheek Kumar Bose
• Abishek Padalkar
• Adam Cwientzek
• Ahmad Drak
• Ahmed Faisal Abdelrahman
• Alan Orlando Gomez Torres
• Alan Preciado
• Aleksandar Mitrevski, Dr. (RWTH)
• Alex Juarez
• Alex Moriarty
• Alexander Hagg
• Alexander Moriarty
• Alexey Ozhigov
• Ali Uygar Kücükemre
• Alvaro Gabriel Calderon Toledo
• Amirhossein Pakdaman2ter
• Amit Malyala
• Anand Ajmera
• Anastassia Kuestenmacher, Prof., Dr. (RWTH)
• Andrii Kuch
• Angela Patricia Enriquez Gomez (2ter)
• Anirudh Narasimamurthy Jayasimha
• Argentina Ortega Sáinz
• Arka Malik
• Arpita_Chakraborty
• Artem Vinokurov
• Arun Rajendra Prabhu
• Ashish
• Ashok Sundaram
• Ayodeji Shittu
• Azamat Shakhimardanov, Dr. (KU Leven)
• Azden Bierbrauer
• Bach Ha
• Beate Jost
• Beatriz Leon, PhD
• Ben Thompson
• Benedict Sierck
• Benjamin Maus
• Benny Wolters
• Bhargavi Mahesh
• Bipin Kumar
• Biswas Saugata
• Carlo Wiesse
• Chaitanya Hebbal
• Chetan Sidnal
• Christian Atanas Müller, Dr. , Uni Bremen
• Christian Rempis
• Christophe Quignon
• Chun Kwang Tan
• Daiem Nadir Ali
• Damodaran Marimuthu Kannan
• Daniel Alberto Vazquez Urena
• Daniel Höller
• Daniel Paurat
• Daniel Pyka
• Danning Wang
• David Droeschel
• David Fröhlich
• David Gargiulo
• Deebul Sivarajan Nair
• Deepan Chakravarthi Padmanabhan
• Depaak
• Desiana Nurchalifah
• Deyan Qiu
• Diego Ramos Avila
• Dimitri Unrau
• Dirk Holz, Dr. , Uni Bonn
• Djordje Vukcevic, PhD cand., KU Leuven
• Domink Opitz-2ter
• Duy Khoi Tran
• Eduardo Cervantes
• Elizabeta Shpiva
• Emi Mathews
• Enes Dayangac
• Erenus Yildiz
• Erick Kramer
• Ethan Massey-2ter
• Evgenyia Ovchinnikova
• Ewa Molenda
• Fahmi Roubati
• Farid GULMAMMADOV
• Fernando Morillo
• Florian Adolf
• Frederik Hegger
• Furkan Kilic
• Gabriela Cortez
• Ganesamanian Kolappan
• Gautam Kumar Jain
• Georgi Kolev (2ter)
• Geovanny Georgana
• German Vargas
• Gunnar Akermark
• Harsh Munshi
• Hashem Talaat
• Hasnainali Walli
• Hassan Al Bana
• Heinstein Fotso Kamgne
• Helena Balabin, PhD cand, Uni Gent
• Heruka Andradi2ter
• Ilia Böttcher
• Iman Awaad. PhD cand, Uni Osnab.
• Inam Ul Haque
• Iryna Ivanowska
• Isnain Siddique
• Iswariya Manivannan
• Iuri Andrade
• Ivan Vishniakou
• Jacek
• Jakob Perron
• Jan Löffelsender
• Jan Paulus
• Jasmine Padhye
• Jaswanth Bandlamudi
• Jayasimha
• Jeeveswaran Kishaan
• Jeyaprakash Rajagopal
• Jimesh Thomas
• Jingang Kang
• Jonas Meier-2ter
• Joscka Rick
• Jose Aguilar
• Jose Antonio Alvarez Ruiz
• Jose Sanchez
• Josef Niederl
• José Carlos Mayoral Baños
• Julian Schmidt
• Junaid
• Kai Pervölz
• Kamran Mahmood
• Karthik Reddy
• Kaviya Dhanabalachandran
• Khaled Al-Kady
• Khan Adnan
• Kiran Vasudev
• Konstantin Nasartschuk
• Krishna Chandran
• Lalit
• Lara Aquel
• Lars Weber
• Lidia Torres
• Lin Fong
• Lokesch Veeramacheneni
• Ludwig Wolf
• Madhura Thosar, Dr.
• Mahan Zoghdagr
• Mahesh Bhargavi
• Mallikarjuna Vayugundla
• Mandar Pathare
• Manuel Fabritius
• Marc Müller
• Marc Vinci
• Marc Wollenweber
• Marcel Dombrowski
• Marcel Zimmerling
• Marco Rhein
• Marimuthu Kannan
• Marius Hoffmann
• Markus Wiktorin-2ter
• Martin Fabian Thomas-2ter
• Marvin Klemp-2ter
• Maryam Matin
• Mat Roscoe
• Mathew Tintu
• Matias Valdenegro, Prof. Dr., Uni Groningen
• Matthew Roscoe
• Matthias Busch-2ter
• Matthias Salmen
• Maximillian Schoebel
• Mazin Khalid Eltayeb
• Md Zahiduzzaman
• Menaka Naazare
• Mihai Pintea
• Mihir Mulye
• Mihir Patil
• Mike Reckhaus
• Minh H. Nguyen
• Mohammad Wasil, PhD cand.
• Mohammadali Varfan
• Mohammed Shameer Abubucker
• Mohandass Muthuraja
• Moshin Butt
• Muhammad Shahzad
• Muhammad Shahzad Cheema, Dr.
• Muhammad Talha
• Muhammad Usamn Awais
• Musherah Arasi
• Nagendra Babu Donthi
• Naresh Kumar Gurulingan
• Naveed Ahktar, Prof., UW Aus.
• Negar Nikvarz Nemati
• Nga Tran
• Nicolas Laverde Alfonso
• Nimeshkumar Kharecha
• Niranjan Deshpande
• Nirmal Giftsun, PhD, Uni Toulouse
• Nitish Reddy Koripalli
• Noury Khayat
• Obada Alaqtash
• Octavio Arriaga Camargo, PhD cand, Uni Bremen
• Omar Eldahshoury
• Oscar Lima Carrion
• Ousama EL Emarani-2ter
• Padmaja Kulkarni, PhD cand, TU Eindhoven
• Paresh Yeole
• Pascal Langenberg
• Pascal Pützer BaCS
• Patrik Hartl
• Patrik Nagel
• Peter Samarin
• Peter Schöll
• Peter Wirth
• Petr Lukin
• Philipp Hessenbruch
• Pinaki Sunil Banerjee
• Pooja Bhat
• Poulastya Mukherjee
• Pradheep Krishna Muhukrishnan Padmanabhan
• Pranav_Megarajan
• Pranjal Dhole
• Praveen Ramanujam
• Pritesh Gohil
• Priyanka Vokuda
• Qiang FU
• Raghuvir Vinayak Shirodkar
• Ragith Ayyappan Kutty
• Ramineni Bhanu Siva Prasad
• Ramit Sharma
• Ravi Venkat
• Ravikiran Bhat
• Rejin Narayanan
• Rhama Dwiputra
• Rhamesh Kumar
• Richard Erdmann
• Robert Müller
• Roberto Cai Wu
• Roberto Mendieta
• Ruben Gonzalez
• Sabeeh ul Hassan Saad
• Sabine Weiland
• Sadi
• Sai Kiran Kannaiah
• Santosh George Thoduka, PhD cand, Uni Bonn
• Saravana perumal
• Sasi Kiran Gaddipati
• Sebastian Blumenthal
• Sebastian Winkler
• Segun Ajibola
• Seidel
• Senga Ndimubanzi Boris
• Senthilkumar Sockalingam Kathiresan
• Sergey Alexandrov
• Shahmi Junoh
• Shahzad Cheema
• Shameer Abubucker
• Shashank Sharma
• Shehzad Ahmed
• Shima Shahi Irani
• Shravanthi Patil
• Sidra Rashid
• Sina Trupke
• Smitha Rayala
• Sogol Haghighat
• Somesh Devagkar
• Soufi Nour
• Srikanth Reddy Mudireddy
• Srinivasa Hikkal
• Srivasura Santanam
• Stefan Christen
• Stefan Couturier
• Stefan Reinhardt
• Steffen Rost
• Stepan Pazekha
• Sunkara Chandra Sekar
• Supriya Vadiraj
• Sushma Devaramani
• Sven Olufs, Dr., FU Berlin
• Sven Schneider, PhD cand, KU Leuven
• Sven Teichmann
• Swaroop Bhandary
• Taees Eimouri, PhD, UNB Canada
• Teena Hassan-2ter
• Thomas Breuer
• Thomas Doll
• Thorsten Linder
• Tilemachos Bontzorlos
• Tim Metzler
• Timo Buhrmester
• Timur Saitov
• Tobias Haubrich
• Umair Tahir
• Umer Javaid
• Umer Kayani
• Vahid Mohammadi Gahrooei
• Vajra Ganeshkumar
• Venkata Santosh Sai Ramireddy Muthireddy
• Viatcheslav Tretyakov
• Vishal Patel
• Vishwas Sharma
• Widya Aulia
• Xiaochuan Jiang
• Xu Zhimin
• Yannick Weitz-2ter
• Yashar Abbasalizadeh Rezai
• Youssef Mahmoud
• Yun Zheng
• Zinnirah Binti Kasim
• Sabeel
• Zha Jin