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Dr. Ana Kirschbaum

Dr.
Faculty of Process Engineering, Energy and Mechanical Systems

Institute of Product Development and Engineering Design

Dr. Ana Kirschbaum

Campus Deutz
Betzdorfer Straße 2
50679 Köln
Room HN2-20 Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 221-8275-4238

Positions

  • Research Group Leader for Sociotechnical A.I.
  • Research Associate at Cologne Cobots Lab

Research fields

  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Social Robotics
  • Virtual Agents
  • Groupinteractions
  • Human-Machine-Interaction
  • Socially Interactive Agents
  • Skilled - Socio-Empahic AI-Based Dialogues
    From Code to Empathy - The research project "Skilled" enhances the use of social robots and digital avatars in public spaces through interdisciplinary research on socio-empathic human-machine interaction. The insights gained from integrative and agile research and development are being tested in the innovation labs of the Cologne Cobots Lab, real-world laboratories, and long-term field settings at transport hubs, museums, and city administrations. Here, AI becomes not only smarter but also more human.
  • HINT – Post-COVID app facilitates communication
    Many people affected by post-COVID syndrome (PCS) have difficulties finding medical support. In addition, language barriers can make communication difficult. Using an interactive, multilingual application (app), affected persons should be able to access medical care independently and communicate easily with medical staff. In close cooperation with people affected by PCS and medical staff, the team researching in the HINT project is developing a multilingual application. The avatars in this app enable the recording of symptoms by voice input. A visualised representation not only supports those affected in understanding their own illness, but also helps them to overcome language barriers when communicating with medical staff. The use of multilingual avatars contributes to low-threshold health education and makes it possible to better understand the course of post-COVID-19 disease in the long term. Based on the data collected in the app, researchers can develop treatment strategies tailored to individual needs.
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  • Chojnowski, Oliver; Kirschbaum, Ana; Neef, Caterina; Jeschke, Sabina; Richert, Anja (2026): Exploring the Role of Co-Speech Gestures: An In-the-Wild Study with a Virtual Agent in a Museum. In: HAI 2025 : Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction; Yokohama, Japan; 10.11.-13.11.2025., S. 133 - 140. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1145/3765766https://doi.org/10.1145/3765766.3765800
  • Chojnowski, Oliver; Eberhard, Alexander; Schiffmann, Michael; Müller, Ana; Richert, Anja (2025): Human-like Nonverbal Behavior with MetaHumans in Real-World Interaction Studies : An Architecture Using Generative Methods and Motion Capture. In: HRI ’25 : Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. HRI’25: 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; Melbourne, Australia;04.05-06.05.2025., S. 1279 - 1283. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI61500.2025https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI61500.2025.10973925
  • Chojnowski, Oliver; Eberhard, Alexander; Schiffmann, Michael; Müller, Ana; Richert, Anja (2025): Human-like Nonverbal Behavior with MetaHumans in Real-World Interaction Studies: An Architecture Using Generative Methods and Motion Capture. In: De.arXiv.org., S. 1 - 5. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.10713
  • Müller, Ana; Jeschke, Sabina; Richert, Anja (2025): Are We Generalizing from the Exception? An In-the-Wild Study on Group-Sensitive Conversation Design in Human-Agent Interactions. In: 2025 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN); Eindhoven, Netherlands; 25.08.-29.08.2025., S. 1974 - 1979. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN63969.2025https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN63969.2025.11217533
  • Kirschbaum, Ana (2025): Gruppeninteraktionen mit sozial interaktiven Agenten im öffentlichen Raum: Von der Analyse zur Gestaltung neuer soziotechnischer Interaktionsmodelle. Bochum. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.57684/COS-1302
  • Bensch, Christoph; Müller, Ana; Chojnowski, Oliver; Richert, Anja (2024): Beyond Binary Dialogues: Research and Development of a Linguistically Nuanced Conversation Design for Social Robots in Group-Robot Interactions. In: Applied Sciences : Open Access Journal. Vol. 14. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3390/app142210316
  • Müller, Ana; Richert, Anja (2024): Connecting the Dots: Advancing the Understanding of Group-Robot Interactions in Public Spaces Through Ego Network Analysis. In: 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN). 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN); Pasadena, Kalifornien, USA; 26.08.-30.08.2024., S. 2169 - 2174. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024.10731467
  • Müller, Ana; Neef, Caterina; Richert, Anja (2024): Human vs. Machine? Learning from Each Other! The Importance and Limitations of Accessibility in Human-Machine Interaction. In: Politics of the Machines - Lifelikeness & Beyond, Aachen 2024. Politics of the Machines: Lifelikeness & Beyond (POM 2024) ; Aachen, Germany; 22.04.-27.04.2024., S. 258 - 268. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/POM24.0https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/POM24.35
  • Müller, Ana; Richert, Anja (2024): Egocentric Robots in a Human-Centric World? Exploring Group-Robot-Interaction in Public Spaces. In: De.arXiv.org. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://bibliografie.th-koeln.de/servlets/DozBibEntryServlet?mode=show&id=bibthk_mods_00012896
  • Müller, Ana; Schiffmann, Michael; Neumeister, Anke; Richert, Anja (2023): Exploring Beyond the Exhibits : Creating Knowledge for Social Robots in Public Spaces. In: Thiel, Sonja; Bernhardt, Johannes Christian (Hrsg.): AI in Museums : Reflections, Perspectives and Applications. Bielefeld: transcript (Edition Museum), S. 273 - 285. (Open Access) https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839467107
  • No One is an Island - Investigating the Need for Social Robots (and Researchers) to Handle Multi-Party Interactions in Public Spaces
    Presented at the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2023)
    IEEE RO-MAN 2023
  • Investigating Gender-Sterotyped Interactions With Virtual Agents in Public Spaces
    Presented at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2023), Neapel Italy
    01.09.2022
    IEEE Explore
  • Skilled: Interdisciplinary, mixed methods investigations towards Socioempathic AI-based Dialogues.
    Poster presentation at the 12th Media Psychology Conference, Aachen Germany
    09.09.2021
    MediaPsych

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