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:
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/)