Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger

Here, you can find an overview of the professional activities of Prof. Krueger, including his research focus and current activities (including slides of his talks). Students may find information on his actual and past courses (including material). Also, most of his publications can be accessed through the corresponding link. 

Short biography

Antonio Krüger is Managing Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) and head of the department “Cognitive Assistants” at DFKI. He is a full professor of Computer Science at Saarland University (since 2009), Head of the Ubiquitous Media Technology Lab, and scientific director of the Innovative Retail Laboratory (IRL) at DFKI. Prof. Krüger is an internationally renowned expert on Man-Machine-Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. In 2010 he established the Mediainformatics study program at Saarland University and directs it to this day. Antonio Krüger is a co-founder of the Saarbrücken-based technology company Eyeled GmbH, which focuses on the development of mobile and ubiquitous information systems. Many of his research findings have found their way into applications in retail and other industrial domains. From 2004 to 2009, he was a professor of computer science and geoinformatics at the University of Münster and acted as the managing director of the institute for geoinformatics. He studied Computer Science and Economics at Saarland University and finished his Ph.D. in 1999  as a member of the Saarbrücken graduate school of "Cognitive Science." Antonio Krüger has published more than 200 scientific articles and papers in internationally recognized  journals and conferences and is a member of several steering committees, editorial boards, and scientific advisory committees.