Prof. Dr. Verena V. Hafner
Professorin für Adaptive Systeme
Institut für Informatik, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Verena Hafner is Professor of Adaptive Systems at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Head of the Adaptive Systems Group at the Department of Computer Science. She holds a Master with distinction in Computer Science and AI from the University of Sussex, UK, and a PhD from the Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Before moving to Berlin, she worked as an associate researcher in the Developmental Robotics Group at Sony Computer Science Labs in Paris, France. She is part of the Programme Committee of the DFG Priority Programme The Active Self (SPP 2134), PI in the DFG Cluster of Excellence “Science of Intelligence”, PI in the EU H2020 project ROMI on Robotics for Microfarms (2017-2021), PI in the EU H2020 project HIVEOPOLIS (2019-2024) and PI in the EU Horizon EIC project METATOOL. She is reviewing for the EU, BMBF, DFG, AvH, journals and conferences. Her research interests include sensorimotor interaction and learning, joint attention, internal models, exploration strategies and the artificial self.
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Gremien und Kommissionen / Functions & Projects
- Studienfachberaterin Institut für Informatik
- Erasmus Koordinatorin des Instituts für Informatik (Informationen zum Erasmus Studium)
- Vorsitzende Ethik-Kommission Math-Nat Fakultät (bis 2023)
- Mitglied des Prüfungsausschusses, des Institutsrates (Stellv.) und der Frauenförderkommission
- PI im DFG Exzellenzcluster The Science of Intelligence
- Programme Committee Member The Active Self (DFG Priority Programme SPP 2134)
- PI im EU H2020-Projekt ROMI (Robotics for Microfarms), im EU H2020 project HIVEOPOLIS und im EU Horizon EIC project METATOOL
- Associated Member of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Berlin
- Co-Editor of Frontiers in Robotics and AI Research Topic “Re-enacting sensorimotor experience for cognition”
- Co-Editor of the Special Issue on Developmental Robotics in "KI - Künstliche Intelligenz", German Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Springer
- IEEE Senior Member
