SSNAD 2012 - The 2012 International Workshop on Semantic Social Network Analysis and Design (SSNAD)

Dominikus Heckmann is working as senior researcher at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, where he is affiliated to the Intelligent User Interfaces Group. He has studied computer science at the Saarland University and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. His PhD research has been supported by the International Post-Graduate College of Language Technology and Cognitive Systems. His recent project GRAPPLE aims at delivering to learners a technology-enhanced learning environment that guides them through a life-long learning experience, automatically adapting to personal preferences, prior knowledge, skills and competences, learning goals and the personal or social context in which the learning takes place. The same learning environment can be used and accessed at home, school, work or on the move using mobile handheld devices. Last year he completed the project BAIR “User Adaptation in Instrumented Rooms” that focuses on foundational research on the role of the cognitive and affective state of the user for the adaptation of information presentation in instrumented environments.