Cognitive Assistants Research Department

Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)

The Research Department Cognitive Assistants at the Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI) researches foundational and application-oriented methods for multimodal human-computer interaction and personalised assistance systems. The research department combines speech, gesture, facial expression and physical interaction with process, user, task and domain models, as well as learning methods, robotics and user modelling. Its approaches support assistance and decision-making in areas including healthcare, industry and mobility, retail, energy, housing, sport and education.