Stefan Kopp

Stefan Kopp

skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Institution: Bielefeld University
Department: CITEC
Position: Professor and Head of Social Cognitive Systems Group
https://scs.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Successful cooperation cannot be pre-trained but arises from socially intelligent, mutually adaptive interaction — enabling machines to engage in this is the key challenge.

Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human-agent interaction

Human-Aware AI, Bayesian Reasoning, Sequential Decision Making, Multimodal Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning; Computational Social Cognition, Resource-Bounded Cognition, Bayesian Theory of Mind, Socially Embodied and Enactive Cognition, Multimodal Language and Gesture; Embodied Conversational Agents, Socially Assistive Robots, Multimodal Dialog Processing, Cooperative Agents and Hybrid Teams

  • Giving AI agents a sense of control facilitates reinforcement learning in multitasking scenarios (2026)

    Authors: Annika Österdiekhoff, Nils Wendel Heinrich, Nele Russwinkel, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Plos One (Volume: 21)
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342305

  • Generation and evaluation of adaptive explanations based on dynamic partner-modeling and non-stationary decision making (2026)

    Authors: Amelie S. Robrecht-Hilbig, Christoph Kowalski, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Frontiers in Computer Science (Volume: 8)
    DOI: 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1558674

  • Using Eye Movements to Understand Sense of Control in Situated Action (2025)

    Authors: Nils Wendel Heinrich, Annika Österdiekhoff, Stefan Kopp, Nele Russwinkel

    Published at: Cognitive Science (Volume: 49)
    DOI: 10.1111/cogs.70154

  • Real-Time Inverse Kinematics for Generating Multi-Constrained Movements of Virtual Human Characters (2025)

    Authors: Hendric Voss, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Iva 2025 Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
    DOI: 10.1145/3717511.3747066

  • Am I in control? The dynamics of sensory information, performance feedback, and personality in shaping the sense of control (2025)

    Authors: Maren Giersiepen, Nils Wendel Heinrich, Annika Österdiekhoff, Stefan Kopp, Nele Russwinkel, Simone Schütz-Bosbach, Jakob Kaiser

    Published at: Consciousness and Cognition (Volume: 135)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103938

  • Fluid Collaboration in Hybrid Human-Agent Teams (2025)

    Authors: Florian Schröder, Fabian Heinrich, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (Volume: 408)
    DOI: 10.3233/FAIA250674

  • Towards Fluid Human-AI Collaboration (2025)

    Authors: Fabian Heinrich, Florian Schröder, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Aaai Spring Symposium Technical Report (Volume: 5)
    DOI: 10.1609/aaaiss.v5i1.35559

  • Multivariate Autoregressive Independent Component Analysis for Real-Time Resting-State Functional Connectivity in High-Density EEG (2025)

    Authors: Bagh, Kopp, Jahanian Najafabadi

    Published at: 2025 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1109/SPMB67169.2025.11345372

  • Towards fluid human-agent collaboration: From dynamic collaboration patterns to models of theory of mind reasoning (2025)

    Authors: Florian Schröder, Fabian Heinrich, Stefan Kopp

    Published at: Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Volume: 12)
    DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1532693

  • The Impact of AI-Based Real-Time Gesture Generation and Immersion on the Perception of Others and Interaction Quality in Social XR (2025)

    Authors: Christian Merz, Niklas Krome, Carolin Wienrich, Stefan Kopp, Marc Erich Latoschik

    Published at: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Volume: 31)
    DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3616864