Prof. Dr. Anna Förster

Short biography

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 13.04.1979

Married, 1 son

1993 - 1994
Deutsches Gymnasium "Prof. K. Galabov"
Sofia, Bulgaria

1998 - 2000
Technical University of Sofia
Bulgaria

2000-2004
MSc in Computer Science and Aerospace Engineering
Free University of Berlin, Germany

2004 - 2005
IT Consultant with McKinsey & Company
Berlin, Germany

2005 - 2009
PhD in Computer Science
University of Lugano, Switzerland

2009 - 2010
Postdoc
University of Lugano, Switzerland

2010 - 2014
Researcher
University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
Lugano, Switzerland

since 2015
Professor
University of Bremen

Personal Profile

Research areas:

My main research interests lie in self-organising and autonomous sensor, opportunistic networks and underground sensor networks. I apply various artificial intelligence techniques, like machine learning and swarm intelligence, to various aspects of wireless communication protocols and applications. One important aspect of my research are practical applications, which contribute to the global achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Such applications include decision agriculture, environmental monitoring, safety monitoring, health applications, and many more. Furthermore, I am very interested in usability of internet of things applications to increase their impact and usefulness.

 

Selected awards:

  • Best paper award at IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2021
  • Berninghausen award for excellence in teaching, 2019

 

Additional information:

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Memberships:

Member of IEEE, IEEE Communication Society, ACM, Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) and VDE. 

Director of the Bremen Spatial Cognition Center
(https://bscc.spatial-cognition.de/)

Board member of the Technologiezentrum Informatik
(https://www.uni-bremen.de/tzi/)

 

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