hertzberg

From 2004 until his retirement in October 2024, Joachim Hertzberg was a full professor for computer science at Osnabrück University (UOS), heading the group  Knowledge-Based Systems. He was also affiliated with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence ( DFKI) in Osnabrück, serving as head of the Research Department on Plan-Based Robot Control in Osnabrück (2011–24), and as the inaugural managing director of the DFKI Niedersachsen branch (2022-24). He has graduated in Computer Science (diploma, Dr.rer.nat., habilitation). Awards for his work include the EurAi fellowship, received in 2014. His research areas are AI and Mobile Robotics, specifically plan-based robot control and sensor data interpretation; the research gets applied, e.g., in agricultural robotics, production, and logistics. After his retirement, he remains interested in all these areas.

© DFKI, Annemarie Popp
Prof. Dr. Joachim Hertzberg

Wachsbleiche 27
49090 Osnabrück
Phone: +49 541/969-2622

 joachim.hertzberg@uni-osnabrueck.de

Born 1958 in Kiel/Germany, final secondary-school examinations (“Abitur”) in Kiel 1977, studied Computer Science (“Informatik”) with secondary subject Law (“Rechtswissenschaft”) 1977–1982 at Technical University Braunschweig (until pre-degree, “Vordiplom”, 1979) and University of Bonn.

University Education

1982                      Diploma Computer Science (“Dipl.-Inform.”), University of Bonn
1986                      Doctorate (Dr. rer. Nat.), University of Bonn
1995                      Habilitation in Computer Science, University of Hamburg

Employment

1982–86               Scientific Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Bonn
1986–2001          Research Scientist at GMD (German National Research Center for Information Technology)
1993                      Guest Researcher, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley
1993–94               Substitute Full Professor (C4-Lehrstuhlvertreter), Computer Science Faculty, Dortmund University
1996                      Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, NZ
1998–2004          External lecturer (Privatdozent), University of Bonn, Computer Science Dept.
2001–04               Research Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS, now IAIS)
2004–24               Full Professor for Computer Science (Knowledge-Based Systems) at Osnabrück University
2007–09               Dean of the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Osnabrück University
2011–24                Head of research group Plan-Based Robot Control (PBR), German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Osnabrück
2014                      Visiting Lecturer, Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Dept. Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti (DIAG)
2019–22               Head of DFKI Niedersachsen Lab (Osnabrück and Oldenburg), consisting of four research groups, including own PBR group
2022–24               Inaugural Managing Director of DFKI Niedersachsen (Osnabrück and Oldenburg), consisting of four research groups, including own PBR group; member of DFKI Management Board
Since 10/2024    Retired professor for Computer Science at Osnabrück University

Honours (selection)

1983–84                Doctorate grant by German Academic Scholarship Foundation (“Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”)
1992                       ICSI Award of GMD for outstanding scientific research
Since 2014           EurAi (formerly ECCAI) Fellow (lifetime award)

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Regular teaching has spanned over introductory AI, Robotics, and Knowledge-Based Systems topics.