Bernhard Nebel, born on 6 May 1956, is a German

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

scientist. He is a full professor at the

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

where he holds the chair for foundations of artificial intelligence. Bernhard Nebel received his Diploma degree from the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

in 1980 and his Doctorate from the

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

in 1989. His thesis advisor was Wolfgang Wahlster. Between 1982 and 1993 he worked on different AI projects at the

, Technische Universität Berlin, ISI/USC, IBM Germany, and the German Research Center for AI ( DFKI). From 1993 to 1996 he held an associate professor position (C3) at the University of Ulm. Since 1996 he is full professor at

. Among other professional services, he served as the Program Co-chair for the 3rd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR'92), as the Program Co-chair for the 18th German Annual Conference on AI (KI'94), as the General Chair of the 21st German Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI'97), and as the Program Chair for the 17th

International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) is the leading conference in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The conference series has been organized by the nonprofit IJCAI Organization since 1969, making it the oldest p ...

(IJCAI'01). In 2001, Bernhard Nebel was elected as an

ECCAI The European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) (formerly European Co-ordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI)) is the representative body for the European artificial intelligence community. EurAI was established in 19 ...

fellow. Throughout his entire career, Bernhard Nebel has made substantial contributions to the foundations of

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

, to

automated planning and scheduling Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

, and to the

RoboCup RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research by offer ...

initiative. Bernhard Nebel is (co-)author and (co-)editor of 9 books and proceedings, as well as author and co-author of more than 100 refereed papers in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. His CS Freiburg

team became world champion in the

mid-size league in 1998, 2000, and 2001. Bernhard Nebel and his group have also developed the first autonomous table football system. Bernhard Nebel is a fellow of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence. In 2009, he was elected to be a member of the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded ...

. In 2010, he became a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

External links

Bernhard Nebel's home page

Bernhard Nebel's research group

Web Page of the CS Freiburg RoboCup team

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nebel, Bernhard German computer scientists German artificial intelligence researchers German roboticists 1956 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Freiburg Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence University of Hamburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Ulm