Advisory Board

Die Teilnehmenden der Kuratoriumssitzung 2026 vor der Wendeltreppe des Fraunhofer IKS.
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Participants in the 2026 Advisory Board meeting: From left to right: Dr. Reinhard Stolle (Fraunhofer IKS), Dr. Núria Mata (Fraunhofer IKS), Dr. Kathrin Jaenicke (Fraunhofer IKS), Dr. Johannes Luyken (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Prof. Ph.D. Betty H.C. Cheng (Michigan State University), Prof. Dr. Axel Müller-Groeling (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Prof. Ph.D. Philip Koopman (Carnegie Mellon University), Dr. Anna Bauer-Mehren (Roche Information Solutions), Dr. Corina Apachiţe (Continental Automotive GmbH), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mario Trapp (Fraunhofer IKS), Karsten Roscher (Fraunhofer IKS), PD Dr. habil. Jeanette Lorenz (Fraunhofer IKS), Dr. Stefan Wimbauer (Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy) and Dr. Gereon Weiß (Fraunhofer IKS). Not pictured: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz (Technical University of Munich), Dr. Ranja Reda Kouba (Google Cloud Deutschland), Prof. Ph.D. Danica Kragic (Royal Institute of Technology KTH) und Dr. Niels Syassen (SICK AG).

The members of advisory board support the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS in the professional orientation of the institute. The advisory board currently consists of nine experts from industry, science, and civil service.

 

Members of Advisory Board

Dr. Corina Apachite (chair of advisory board)
Continental Automotive GmbH

Prof. Ph.D. Philip Koopman (deputy chair of advisory board)
Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Anna Bauer-Mehren
Roche Pharma

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz
Technical University of Munich

Prof. Ph.D. Betty H.C. Cheng
Michigan State University

Dr. Ranja Reda Kouba
Google Cloud Deutschland
Head of Customer Engineering, Financial Services Industries

Prof. Ph.D. Danica Kragic
Royal Institute of Technology KTH

Dr. Niels Syassen
SICK AG

Dr. Stefan Wimbauer
Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology
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