Prof. Dr. Verena Hafner
Principal Investigator
Short Vita
I am Professor of Adaptive Systems at the Department of Computer Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. I am member of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence “Science of Intelligence” and Programme member of the DFG Priority Programme “Active Self” (SPP 2134).
What I find exciting about this research initiative
Social cohesion is a complex concept that is influenced by many different factors. One of these factors are social interactions between individuals and groups of individuals. I am interested in how these interactions take place in real and virtual spaces and shape social cohesion. Our research initiative investigates interaction dynamics and social cohesion from a very multidisciplinary perspective.
What my discipline can contribute to this research initiative
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence can create computational models and simulations of interactions and thus create a better understanding of the interaction dynamics in humans leading to social cohesion. My own research investigates how artificial agents can create predictive models of themselves and their interaction partners leading to intuitive human-robot interaction.