Elisabeth André

Elisabeth André is a German Computer Scientist from Saarlouis, Saarland who specializes in Intelligent User Interfaces, Virtual Agents, and Social Computing.

Education

André's research interests include Affective Computing, Embodied Conversational Agents, Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction, and Social Signal Processing.

1988–2001—Research associate at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
1995—Senior researcher
1999—Principal researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Saarbrücken, Germany
2001–present—Computer Science professor and the Founding Chair of Human-Centered Multimedia at the University of Augsburg.
2004–2006—Managing Director at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Augsburg
2007—Representative of the German Research Foundation on Artificial Intelligence, Image, and Speech Processing
2008–present—German Research Foundation review board member

André was also the General and Program Co-Chair for multiple ACM SIGCHI conferences.

1995—European Information Technology Information Award
1998—RoboCup Scientific Award
2000—Best Paper Award for the International Conference of Intelligent User
2005—Convivio Best Demo Award for People-Centered Agent Technologies
2007—Alcatel-Lucent Fellowship at the International Center for Arts and Culture
2007, 2008, 2009—Best Paper Finalist at the International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
2010—Elected to Academia Europaea
2017—Elected to CHI Academy