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Administrative Assistant

Daniela Milanese

Daniela Milanese

+49 711 685 60049 +49 711 685 51082 Pfaffenwaldring 5a, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany SimTech Building, Room 01.021  


ELLIS Unit Coordinator


IMPRS-IS Coordinator

Christine Schreiber

Christine Schreiber

+49 711 685 63150 Nobelstraße 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany  


Postdocs



PhD Students










Alumni

2022 - 2026
Dr. Matteo Bortoletto PhD student, summa cum laude, now AI Researcher at kapa.ai
2021 - 2025
Annika Thierfelder PhD student, now Data Scientist at Immatics
2022 - 2025
Prof. Dr. Zhiming Hu Postdoc, now Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
2021 - 2025
Dr. Adnen Abdessaied PhD student, summa cum laude, now AI Researcher at Black Forest Labs
2022 - 2025
Dr. Lei Shi Postdoc, now Postdoc at Örebro University
2021 - 2025
Dr. Francesca Zermiani PhD student, magna cum laude, now Postdoc at University of Valencia
2020 - 2025
Dr. Guanhua Zhang PhD student, magna cum laude, now Applied Scientist at Zalando
2020 - 2025
Dr. Florian Strohm PhD student, magna cum laude, now Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer IPA
2019 - 2024
Dr. Ekta Sood PhD student, magna cum laude, now Postdoc at the University of Colorado Boulder
2020 - 2023
Prof. Dr. Mihai Bâce Postdoc, now tenure-track Assistant Professor at KU Leuven
2019 - 2023
Dominike Thomas Research assistant, now Technical Writer at Amplisys
2017 - 2022
Prof. Dr. Teresa Hirzle PhD student, now tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen
2016 - 2020
Dr. Philipp Müller PhD student, magna cum laude, Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI-IS
2014 - 2019
Dr. Julian Steil PhD student, summa cum laude, now at Bosch
2019
Prof. Dr. Sven Mayer Postdoc, now Professor at TU Dortmund
2017 - 2018
Dr. Michael Xuelin Huang Postdoc, now Research Scientist at Google
2014 - 2018
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khamis PhD student, now Full Professor at the University of Glasgow
2013 - 2018
Prof. Dr. Xucong Zhang PhD student, summa cum laude, now Assistant Professor at TU Delft
2014 - 2017
Prof. Dr. Yusuke Sugano Humboldt Research Fellow, now Professor at the University of Tokyo
2010 - 2015
Dr. Jayson Turner PhD student, now at the BBC
2010 - 2015
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Velloso PhD student, now Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sydney
2010 - 2015
Dr. Mélodie Vidal PhD student, now at North
2010 - 2015
Dr. Yanxia Zhang PhD student, now Senior Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute

Master Students

2026
Lin ZhangYao Wang
Ning DingAnna Penzkofer
Patrick BaischAnna Penzkofer and Constantin Ruhdorfer
Ziya Can SelimMayar Elfares
2025
Arjit YadavAnna Penzkofer
Selim ElbindaryConstantin Ruhdorfer
Marius KrumweideConstantin Ruhdorfer
Philipp FörsterConstantin Ruhdorfer and Fabian Kögel
Paul Erik HofmeyerConstantin Ruhdorfer
Busra BalabanConstantin Ruhdorfer
2024
Mitul Mukesh ChauhanYao Wang
Ibrahim MaherMayar Elfares
Deniz BickiciLei Shi
Kaiyang ZhuGuanhua Zhang
Mengze LuLei Shi
Jonas AllaliConstantin Ruhdorfer and Matteo Bortoletto
Nan JiangConstantin Ruhdorfer and Anna Penzkofer
Benjamin CaddellConstantin Ruhdorfer
Rui YangConstantin Ruhdorfer
Jan-Philip ThewesMatteo Bortoletto
Yingpeng MaYao Wang and Susanne Hindennach and Ekta Sood
Yuxuan ChengChuhan Jiao
2023
Jiahui XuZhiming Hu
Michael ErdemannSusanne Hindennach and Matteo Bortoletto
Constantin RuhdorferMatteo Bortoletto
Jayakumar Ramasamy SundararajAnna Penzkofer and Constantin Ruhdorfer
Weitian WangLei Shi
Jonas KettleburgerMayar Elfares
2022
Shangrui NieEkta Sood and Florian Strohm
Stoyan DimitrovEkta Sood and Yao Wang
Nithyasree PushpalathaGuanhua Zhang
Jamie UllerichFlorian Strohm
Anna PenzkoferFlorian Strohm
Nishan ChatterjeeAdnen Abdessaied
Chuhan Jiao (Aalto University)Mihai Bâce
Abdelrahman MechraouiMihai Bâce
Fabian KoegelEkta Sood
Ann-Sophia MuellerEkta Sood
Manuel HochmeisterAdnen Abdessaied
2021
Mariia PodguzovaEkta Sood and Florian Strohm
Cagri TasciDominike Thomas
Keerthana JaganathanEkta Sood
Qi DaiYao Wang
Fabian MaurerDominike Thomas
Meghdut SenguptaDominike Thomas
Jiaqi QinYao Wang
Anandavalli VeerasubramanianGuanhua Zhang
2020
Gauri RasaneDominike Thomas
Adnen AbdessaiedEkta Sood
2019
Florian StrohmEkta Sood

Research Projects

2026
Abdelmonem EissaYao Wang and Souptik Majumdar
2024
Lin ZhangYao Wang
Timo HüttnerYao Wang and Zhiming Hu
Obaidah TheebLei Shi
Yao TongLei Shi
2023
Ayush MittalMayar Elfares
John Pravin ArockiasamyMatteo Bortoletto
2022
Shangrui NieEkta Sood and Florian Strohm

Bachelor Students

2026
Maysa AbualqumbozFabian Kögel
 
Egemen KayaFabian Kögel
 
Faris UhligYao Wang
2025
Yucong JinFabian Kögel
 
Alexander MaihöferFabian Kögel
 
Yichi ZhangFabian Kögel
 
Lea GramsConstantin Ruhdorfer
 
Jonathan KlenkSusanne Hindennach
 
Yucong JinSusanne Hindennach
 
Friedrich PaulyFabian Kögel
 
Martin NagelAnna Penzkofer
2024
Levi OtterbachAnna Penzkofer and Matteo Bortoletto
 
Sawelij MödingerAnna Penzkofer
 
Xiwen FengSusanne Hindennach
 
Eric PfitzenmaierSusanne Hindennach
 
Amtal Mateen HinaSusanne Hindennach
 
Tobias KostorzTakumi Nishiyasu and Yao Wang
2023
Michael LinderFlorian Strohm
 
Lewin FritzenschaftFlorian Strohm
 
Abdullah Abdelhafez (German University of Cairo)Yao Wang and Mayar Elfares
 
Ramazan SaricaSusanne Hindennach
 
Hossam ElfarMayar Elfares
 
Tobias StegmaierAnna Penzkofer
 
Mah-Rukh ChaudhrySusanne Hindennach
 
Abel GitzingFrancesca Zermiani and Ekta Sood and Chuhan Jiao
 
Jo HollenbeckYao Wang
 
Sichun ZengYao Wang
 
Marcel KächeleSusanne Hindennach
 
Ruben WerbkeMatteo Bortoletto
 
Ruben WerbkeLei Shi
 
Manuel SchwartzGuanhua Zhang
2022
Markus KalteneckerFlorian Strohm
 
Sarra BakhchaliYao Wang
2021
Hendrik HenkelmannDominike Thomas
 
Jiaxuan HeGuanhua Zhang
 
Verena SchützNele Quast
 
Britta SchulzFlorian Strohm
 
Timo HüttnerDominike Thomas
 
Jonas MückeAnnika Thierfelder
 
Tamás FreibergerNele Quast
 
Michael HersamNele Quast and Susanne Hindennach
 
Daniel Sampaio-AzevedoNele Quast
 
Jiacheng QianNele Quast
2020
Ahmed AbdouEkta Sood and Dominike Thomas

Interns

2026
Giulia BenintendiConstantin Ruhdorfer
Federica TonoliAnna Penzkofer
2022
Christophe Romein (Utrecht University)Mihai Bâce