We are a research group at the Cluster of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology CITEC (EXC 277) and part of the Faculty of Technology of Bielefeld University.

We study social behavior and social minds in humans and artificial systems: How can cognitive systems understand and predict other agents? How can they communicate efficiently and adapt dynamically during interaction? How do humans perceive and interact with them? We investigate these questions by developing computational accounts of the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms needed to become a socially intelligent interaction partner. These are embodied in interactive systems like 3D avatars or social robots, which we apply and test in novel human-machine interaction scenarios within assisted living, educational, or industrial contexts.