Department of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Stein

Tenure Track Professor

Head of the Department 
Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering
Garbenstraße 9
Room 108/17
0711 459 22532

           

Office hours: by arrangement

Research interests

  • Intelligent AgTech Systems
  • AI-supported Digital Agriculture
  • Agricultrual and Swarm Robotics
  • Robust Machine Learning
  • Resource-efficient AI

For this purpose, we apply methods of computer science, especially from the fields of artificial intelligence as well as systems engineering:

  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Distributed and multi-agent AI
  • Organic Computing
  • Self-adaptive and self-organizing systems

Academic Service

  • Chairperson of the Society for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry and Food (GIL e.V.)
  • Spokesperson of the specialist group Organic Computing within the German Informatics Society (GI)
  • Member of the Senate Commission on Information Management
  • Member of the committee of the Agricultural Experiment Station Hohenheim
  • Member of the KTBL working group `Definitions and legal framework for outdoor robots'
  • Member of the steering committee of the Society of Informatics (GI) Computer Engineering division
  • Member of the think tank "Digital Transformation at the University of Hohenheim
  • Deputy Managing Director Institute 440
  • Deputy Chair of the Examination and Admission Committee of the Master's programs in Agricultural Sciences, Agribusiness, Renewable Resources and Bioenergy

Curriculum Vitae

Since 03/2020Tenure Track Professor for Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim 
11/2019 Doctorate in Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Computer Science, University of Augsburg, Academic Degree: Dr. rer. nat.
07/2014 - 03/2020 Research Associate, Chair of Organic Computing, University of Augsburg
01/2013 - 06/2014 Student Assistant, Chair of Organic Computing, University of Augsburg
2012 - 2014Master's Degree in Computer Science and Information Management, Faculty of Applied Computer Science, University of Augsburg, Academic Degree: M.Sc.
2008 - 2012 Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Academic degree: B.Sc.