CEO of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University
Antonio Krüger is the CEO and Scientific Director of Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI), as well as the Scientific Director of the Cognitive Assistance Systems research department at DFKI. Krüger has been a professor of computer science and head of the Ubiquitous Media Technology Lab at Saarland University since 2009 and is an internationally renowned expert in human-machine interaction and artificial intelligence (AI). His research focuses on intelligent user interfaces, user modeling, cognitive sciences, and ubiquitous computing. Professor Krüger studied computer science at Saarland University, completing his doctorate in the subject in 1999.
Antonio Krüger ist CEO und wissenschaftlicher Direktor der Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI) sowie wissenschaftlicher Direktor des Forschungsbereichs Kognitive Assistenzsysteme am DFKI. Seit 2009 ist er Professor für Informatik und Leiter des Ubiquitous Media Technology Lab an der Universität des Saarlandes. Prof. Krüger ist ein international angesehener Experte der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion und Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI). Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Forschungsgebieten Intelligent User Interfaces, User Modeling, Cognitive Sciences und Ubiquitous Computing . Er hat an der Universität des Saarlandes Informatik studiert und 1999 seine Promotion in Informatik abgeschlossen.
Scientific publications and more information on his teaching activities can be found on the UMTL website.
Prof. Antonio Krüger regularly engages with the media, discussing topics such as recent AI developments and trends, Twinned AI, Human-Machine-Interaction, Industrial AI, AI transfer into economy and society, Germany’s and Europe’s AI competitiveness, and Responsible AI/AI Safety.
Selected media appearances:
Das könnte der Schlüssel für autonome Roboter sein
04.04.2025, Handelsblatt
Antonio Krüger über KI-Technologien
10.02.2025, Tagesthemen
Risiken Künstlicher Intelligenz: Interview Antonio Krüger zum „AI Safety Report“
06.02.2025, Deutschlandfunk
Ist die neue KI der Chinesen wirklich ein Durchbruch, Herr Krüger?
31.01.2025, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
At the high-tech and start-up trade fair Viva Technology in Paris, the DFKI and the French computer science institute Inria presented their cooperation for a European AI ecosystem.
The DFKI and five centers at various universities form the network of German Competence Centers for Research on Artificial Intelligence. Together, these six groups represent the central core of the German AI research ecosystem.
Prof. Antonio Krüger discussed – alongside JP Feidner (Equinix), Alexander S. Gerfer (Würth Elektronik Group), and Ludwig von Reiche (NVIDIA) – how artificial intelligence (AI) could boost Europe’s competitiveness.
Prof. Antonio Krüger, the CEO of DFKI, is one of 96 AI experts involved in the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI, initiated by the British government in 2023.
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