Institute of Computer Science — Knowledge-Based Systems Research Group
	Professional CV of Joachim Hertzberg

Born 1958 in Kiel, Germany.

Academic record

• Diplom in Computer Science, University of Bonn, 1982.
• Doctorate (Dr.rer.nat) in Computer Science, University of Bonn, 1986.
• Habilitation in Computer Science, Hamburg University, 1995.

Professional career

• 1982-1986: Scientific Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Bonn
• 1986-2001: Research Scientist at GMD (German National Research Center for Information Technology) (GMD in Wikipedia)
• 03-07/1993: Guest Researcher, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley, CA
• 1993-1994: Substitute Professor (C4-Lehrstuhlvertreter), Computer Science Faculty, Dortmund University
• 07-09/1996: Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• 1998-2004: External lecturer (Privatdozent), University of Bonn, Computer Science Department
• 1999-2004: Head of Department Robot Control Architectures (ARC), AIS
• 2001-2004 (merger between GMD and Fraunhofer Society): Research Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS, now IAIS)
• Since 09/2004: Professor for Computer Science (Knowledge-Based Systems) at the University of Osnabrück
• 2007-2009: Dean of the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Osnabrück University
• Since 10/2011: Head of Osnabrück branch, Robotics Innovation Center (RIC), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
• 03-05/2014: Visiting Lecturer, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Dept. Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG)

Areas of scientific interest

Artificial Intelligence, knowledge-based systems, action planning, plan-based robot control, robot navigation and localization, semantic mapping, symbol grounding, embedded knowledge-based systems.

Applications of these. Currently, a focus is on Agricultural Robotics.

Publications

I have written or edited 9 books and published over 200 refereed or invited papers in books, journals or major conferences. A selection (complete starting Fall 2004) can be found at this link.

Awards etc.

• EurAi Fellow (formerly called ECCAI Fellow) as of 2014
• Award for Excellence for Springer Handbook of Robotics (B. Siciliano, O. Khatib, eds.), Chapter co-author (2008)
• 2nd place (team member), SICK AG Robot Day, indoor competition (2007)
• Nomination for Hans-Mühlenhoff-Preis for outstanding teaching, Osnabrück University (2007)
• Best Mobility Award, Best Autonomy Award (team member), Robocup German Open (2005)
• Best Paper Award (co-author), SSRR'05, Kobe, Japan (2005)
• Vice World Champion (team member), RoboCup Rescue, Lisbon (2004)
• ICSI Award of GMD for outstanding scientific research (1992)
• PhD grant by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (1983/84)

Research projects

Research community services

Current

• PC member, GIL 2018, Feb 26-27, 2018, Kiel

Permanent/Ongoing

• Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Member of the Editorial Board (since 2015).
• IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Agricultural Robotics and Automation (since 07/2014).
• MCG (Machine Control and Guidance), member of the Scientific Committee (since 04/2014).
• Vertrauensdozent (personal tutor) of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) at the University of Osnabrück (from March 2010 on).
• I have been (actually, much too frequently ...) a project reviewer for various European and German public agencies, such as EC (7th FP, Horizon 2020), ERC, BMVIT (Austrian Fed. Ministry for Traffic, Innovation, Technology), BMBF (German Fed. Ministry for Education and Research), DFG, and more.
• Co-editor of the book series DISKI – Dissertationen aus der Künstlichen Intelligenz of AKA-Verlag

Past (Some)

• Dean of the Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, Universität Osnabrück (2007-2009)
• Conference Co-Chair and local organization, KI-2007, September 10-13, 2007, Osnabrück.
• Co-Editor, KI – Künstliche Intelligenz (2009-2017)
• Co-editor, Special Issue Semantic Knowledge in Robotics of the J. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2008
• Co-organizer, Dagstuhl Seminars 12491 Interpreting Observed Actions, Schloss Dagstuhl, Dec 2-7, 2012; No. 06231 Towards Affordance-Based Robot Control, June 5-9, 2006; and No. 03261 Plan-based Control of Robotic Agents,, June 22-27, 2003 (see Proceedings of the previous seminar in 2001.)
• Member of the Comité de Pilotage (Steering Committee) of the Interdisciplinary National French Program in Robotics Robotique et Entités Artificielles (Robea).
• Member of the Executive Council of the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) (2002-2008).
• Co-chair 6th Intl. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling Systems (AIPS2002), April 25-27, 2002, Toulouse (France)
• Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI), member of the editorial committee for the area Planning and Scheduling.
• Member of the problem jury for the German National Contest in Informatics (Bundeswettbewerb Informatik).
• speaker of the SIG Planen und Konfigurieren of the German Gesellschaft für Informatik, 1989-1993
• Past involvements in conference organization are at this link.

Society memberships

Last changed: Mar 18, 2015