Wolfgang Wahlster

Born|  (1953-02-02) February 2, 1953 (age 73)

Saarbrücken, Germany

Nationality| German
Alma mater| Hamburg University
Awards| Deutscher Zukunftspreis
Scientific career
Fields| Artificial intelligence
Thesis| Theorie, Entwurf und Implementation einer Erklärungskomponente für approximative Inferenzprozesse in natürlich-sprachlichen Dialogsystemen (1981)
Doctoral advisor| Wilfried Brauer
Doctoral students| Bernhard Nebel

Wolfgang Wahlster (born February 2, 1953) is a German artificial intelligence researcher. He was CEO and Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and full professor of computer science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken. Wahlster remains Chief Executive Advisor of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.[1] In May 2019, he was honored by the Gesellschaft für Informatik as one of 10 most important heads of German artificial intelligence history.[2] He is sometimes called the inventor of the "Industry 4.0" term.[3]

Wahlster was one of the initiators of the Hermes Award, given each year since 2004 at the Hannover Messe[4] and for many years was the Chairman of the Hermes Award Jury.[5]

In 2016, he was elected to the University Council of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.[6]

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Awards and recognition
* 3 External links
* 4 References

## Education

Wahlster graduated from the Max-Planck Gymnasium in Delmenhorst. From 1972 to 1977 he studied computer science and theoretical linguistics at the University of Hamburg, where he received his diploma in 1977. In 1981 he received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Hamburg.[7]

## Awards and recognition

Wahlster was awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis ("German Future Award") in 2001 and has been a foreign member of the Class for Engineering Sciences of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2003. In 2004, he was elected as a fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik.[8]

In 2020, Wahlster was awarded an honorary title doctor honoris causa of Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague[9] and in 2021 elected as an honorary foreign member of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic (EACR).[10][11]

## External links

* Wahlster at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

## References

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1. ↑ Rundfunk, Saarländischer (2019-01-23). "Wechsel an der Spitze des DFKI" (in de). http://www.sr.de/sr/home/nachrichten/politik_wirtschaft/wahlster_abschied_staatskanzlei100.html.
2. ↑ Informatik (GI), Gesellschaft für (2019-07-31). "GI kürt zehn prägende Köpfe und Technologien der deutschen KI-Forschung im Wissenschaftsjahr 2019" (in de-DE). https://gi.de/meldung/gi-kuert-zehn-praegende-koepfe-und-technologien-der-deutschen-ki-forschung-im-wissenschaftsjahr-2019/.
3. ↑ Szajna, Andrzej; Stryjski, Roman; Wozniak, Waldemar; Chamier-Gliszczynski, Norbert; Kostrzewski, Mariusz (22 August 2020). "Assessment of Augmented Reality in Manual Wiring Production Process with Use of Mobile AR Glasses". Sensors (MDPI) 20 (17): 4755. doi:10.3390/s20174755. PMID 32842693. Bibcode: 2020Senso..20.4755S.
4. ↑ Wahlster, Wolfgang; Beste, Dieter (2016). "Die ersten Jahre des Hermes Award" (in German). HERMES AWARD – Internationaler Technologiepreis der HANNOVER MESSE. Essentials. Springer. pp. 19–41. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-12834-0_3. ISBN 978-3-658-12833-3. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-12834-0_3. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
5. ↑ "Prof. Wahlster überreichte Hermes Award 2012 bei der Hannover Messe" (in German). German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/DFKI/Medien/News_Media/News_und_Events/Newsletter/02_2012.pdf. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
6. ↑ Darmstadt, Technische Universität. "The University Council" (in en). https://www.intern.tu-darmstadt.de/gremien/hochschulrat_3/index.en.jsp.
7. ↑ "Education | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster" (in en-US). http://www.dfki.de/~wahlster/wissenschaftliche-vita/ausbildung/.
8. ↑ GI-Fellow citation, retrieved 2012-03-09.
9. ↑ "Wolfgang Wahlster Received Honorary Degree from Czech Technical University". Czech Technical University in Prague. 21 January 2020. https://aktualne.cvut.cz/en/reports/20200121-wolfgang-wahlster-received-honorary-degree-from-czechtechnical-university. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
10. ↑ "Cena Inženýrské akademie ČR za rok 2020 byla udělena týmu CIIRC ČVUT" (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Vědavýzkum.cz. 27 November 2021. https://vedavyzkum.cz/inovace/inovace/cena-inzenyrske-akademie-cr-za-rok-2020-byla-udelena-tymu-ciirc-cvut. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
11. ↑ "Professor Wahlster als auswärtiges Mitglied in die Tschechische Akademie der Technikwissenschaften aufgenommen" (in German). idw Nachrichten. 24 November 2021. https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2021/11/24/professor-wahlster-als-auswaertiges-mitglied-in-die-tschechische-akademie-der-technikwissenschaften-aufgenommen/.

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