Short Bio of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar 

Gerhard Kraetzschmar is a senior research scientist at the Fraunhofer
Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS). He also holds an
appointment as Professor for Autonomous Systems at the University of
Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, where he teaches in the
international Master of Science program in Autonomous Systems. He
received diploma and doctoral degrees in Computer Science from the
University of Erlangen in 1988 and 1996, respectively. In 1983/84 he
studied a year at the California State University at Northridge on a
Fulbright grant. His professional experience include positions as
research scientist at the Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge-Based
Systems (FORWISS) and as senior research scientist and research
assistant professor in the Department of Neuroinformatics at the
University of Ulm. He took a leadership role in numerous research
projects, including a DFG-sponsored Center for Collaborative Research
(SFB) and several projects in the area of educational robotics. His
research interest include robotics, artificial intelligence,
artificial life, and neuroinformatics, with a particular focus on
educational robotics, multirobot teams, robot learning, and middleware
for autonomous sensorimotor and embedded systems. He founded and led
for many years one of the top-rated RoboCup teams, and organized
numerous RoboCup events at the national and international level. He
represents the RoboCupJunior and Middle-Size Robot League in the Board
of Trustees of the RoboCup Federation.