Our Team
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel and Dr. Joachim Köhler, the University of Bonn, RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Fraunhofer IAIS as well as the associated partners TU Dortmund University and Paderborn University are working together to implement the goals of the AI Service Center WestAI.
Here you will find an overview of the managers of the subject areas — service and research — and the heads of the work packages and working groups.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel
University of Bonn
Spokesperson
Dr. Joachim Köhler
Fraunhofer IAIS
Executive Director
Press and public relations
Carmen Kern
Fraunhofer IAIS
Project Manager, Public Relations
Daria Tomala
University of Bonn
Press relations / editorial office
Maximilian Waidhas
University of Bonn
Communication design / editorial office
Service
Dr. Joachim Köhler
Fraunhofer IAIS
Area Manager Service
Laszlo Friedmann
Fraunhofer IAIS
Deputy Area Manager Service, Lead “AI Resource Hub and Experiment Space”
Dr. Anas Abdelrazeq
RWTH Aachen
Quality Manager
Hannes Behnen
RWTH Aachen
Lead "Stakeholder-Management & Communication“
Dr. Jannis Klinkenberg
RWTH Aachen
Lead „Hardware Procurement and Operation“ und „Scalable and Simple Access to Computing Resources“
Prof. Dr. Petra Mutzel
University of Bonn
Lead "Courses, Training and Education"
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kesselheim
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lead "Development Service & AI Consulting"
Fritz Niesel
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lead "Development Service & AI Consulting"
Dr. Jens Fisseler
Fraunhofer IAIS
Lead "Development Service & AI Consulting"
Prof. Dr. Sven Behnke
Universität Bonn
Lead "Adaptation and Transfer of Open Base Models for Application and Service Coupling"
Dr. Jenia Jitsev
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lead "Adaptation and Transfer of Open Base Models for Application and Service Coupling"
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Häb-Umbach
Universität Paderborn
Associated Partner Lead
Prof. Dr. Thomas Liebig
TU Dortmund
Associated Partner Lead
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gall
University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Klein
University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Jochen Garcke
Fraunhofer SCAI
Sogol Haghighat
Fraunhofer IAIS
Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage
Fraunhofer IAIS
Dr. Christoph Lange
Fraunhofer FIT
Dr. Diego Collarana
Fraunhofer FIT
Prof. Dr. Jian-Jia Chen
TU Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Müller
TU Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Bastian Leibe
RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Robert Schmitt
RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Decker
RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. John Paul Strachan
Forschungszentrum Jülich
PD Dr. Martin Schultz
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Prof. Dr. Emre Neftci
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Prof. Dr. Kristel Michielsen
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Zeynep Arslan
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hardware
Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller
RWTH Aachen University
Area Manager Hardware
Dr. Christian Terboven
RWTH Aachen University
Deputy Area Manager Hardware
Dr. Jannis Klinkenberg
RWTH Aachen University
Lead „Hardware Procurement and Operation“ and „Scalable and Simple Access to Computing Resources“
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