Assistive Tech and CareTech: applying AI to improve the independence of individuals with impairments such as visual, hearing, or cognitive.


ELLIS created a network of outstanding AI researchers across Europe and Israel with a proven track record of scientific excellence. These scientists are top experts in their respective fields and participate in ELLIS in various ways, for example by building up cross-national research programs and ELLIS sites, and by supervising ELLIS PhD students. All scientists listed below are members of the ELLIS network, carry out own research projects at scientific institutions across Europe, and are available to provide statements on their respective field of expertise. You can filter the list alphabetically.

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Name Role ELLIS Unit ELLIS Program Spoken languages Website
Odette Scharenborg Member Delft, the Netherlands Natural Language Processing Dutch, English https://odettescharenborg.wordpress.com
Mustafa Mert Çelikok Member Delft, the Netherlands   English, Turkish https://mmcelikok.github.io
Yiming Wang Member Trento, Italy Machine Learning and Computer Vision English, Chinese https://yimingwang.it
Nadja Klein Member     English, German https://kleinlab-statml.github.io/
Nuria Oliver Fellow Alicante, Spain Human-centric Machine Learning Spanish, English, French, Catalan https://nuriaoliver.com
Albert Ali Salah Member     Turkish, English https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~salah006/
Rebecca Killick Fellow     English https://www.lancs.ac.uk/~killick
Sergio Escalera Fellow Barcelona, Spain Human-centric Machine Learning Spanish, English, Catalan https://sergioescalera.com/
Pablo Lanillos Member Nijmegen, the Netherlands ELLIS Robot Learning: Closing the Reality Gap! Spanish, English, French https://therobotdecision.com
Abhinav Valada Scholar Freiburg, Germany   English https://rl.uni-freiburg.de/people/valada
Luca Romeo Member     Italy, English https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=fRja-q0AAAAJ&hl=it
Mario Muñoz Organero Member Alicante, Spain ELLIS Health Spanish, English https://researchportal.uc3m.es/display/inv18527
Sven Behnke Member     German, English https://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/research.html
Dima Damen Member   Multimodal Learning Systems English https://dimadamen.github.io
Adrian Hilton Fellow London, UK   English https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/adrian-hilton
Iris Groen Member Amsterdam, the Netherlands   Dutch, English https://www.irisgroen.com