Frank Kirchner: advisors and students

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Frank Kirchner

German computer scientistborn 1963

Supervised 35 doctoral students; Wikidata names Armin B. Cremers and Joachim Hertzberg as doctoral advisors and lists 1 doctoral student. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Students35

cited by a thesis record
Ajish Babu “Control of robots with hybrid locomotion capabilities”
2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Vinzenz Bargsten “Extending actuator-level control for robotic systems using distributed dynamics computation and incremental learning”
2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sara Khan “Neural feature extractor for automotive small damage detection”
2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malte Wirkus “Modular task modeling and creation of high-level building blocks for implementing complex robot applications”
2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Bingbin Yu “Design, Modeling, and Control of Robots with Link or Joint Flexibilities”
2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Gonzalo Jesús Paz Delgado “Efficient motion planning for mobile manipulation in planetary exploration”
2024 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Ibrahim Tijjani “Design enhancements and control of a lower extremity exoskeleton”
2024 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Lisa Gutzeit “Detection and recognition of human manipulation building blocks”
2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Tao Wang “A novel three-finger dexterous hand with visual-based grasp planning and tactile-based stable grasping”
2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mehmed Yüksel “An expert knowledge representation based on real world experiences in proof-of-concept robot system design”
2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marko Jankovic “Characterization and capture of space debris objects using domain ontology and optimal control”
2022 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Dennis Mronga “Learning task constraints for whole-body control of robotic systems”
2022 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Alexander Dettmann “Experience-based behavior adaptation of kinematically-complex robots”
2021 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Alexander Fabisch “Learning and generalizing behaviors for robots from human demonstration”
2020 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Bilal Wehbe “Long-Term Adaptive Modeling for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles”
2020 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Leif Christensen “Robot Navigation in Distorted Magnetic Fields”
2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Shivesh Kumar “Modular and Analytical Methods for Solving Kinematics and Dynamics of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots”
2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malte Langosz “Evolutionary Legged Robotics”
2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Thomas Roehr “Autonomous Operation of a Reconfigurable Multi-Robot System for Planetary Space Missions”
2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Florian Cordes “Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid Wheeled-Leg Exploration Rover in the Context of Multi-Robot Systems”
2018 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Javier Hidalgo-Carrió “Adaptive Localization and Mapping for Planetary Rovers”
2018 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malgorzata Goldhoorn “Prediction of Object Position based on Probabilistic Qualitative Spatial Relations”
2017 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Matthias Goldhoorn “Constraint basierte Modellierung von Komponentennetzwerken am Beispiel eines autonomen Unterwasserfahrzeugs”
2017 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mark Edgington “Learning and Using Multimodal Stochastic Models : A Unified Approach”
2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Peter Kampmann “Development of a multi-modal tactile force sensing system for deep-sea applications”
2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Daniel Kühn “Design and development of a hominid robot with local control in its adaptable feet to enhance locomotion capabilities”
2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Achint Aggarwal “Object Recognition and Localization : the Role of Tactile Sensors”
2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mohammed Nour Abdelgwad Ahmed “An Intelligent Architecture for Legged Robot Terrain Classification Using Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive Data”
2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mario Michael Krell “Generalizing, Decoding, and Optimizing Support Vector Machine Classification”
2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marc Hildebrandt “Development, Evaluation and Validation of a Stereo Camera Underwater SLAM Algorithm”
2014 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jan Hendrik Metzen “Learning the Structure of Continuous Markov Decision Processes”
2014 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sebastian Bartsch “Development, Control, and Empirical Evaluation of the Six-Legged Robot SpaceClimber Designed for Extraterrestrial Crater Exploration”
2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Markus Eich “Marine Vessel Inspection as a Novel Field for Service Robotics: A Contribution to Systems, Control Methods and Semantic Perception Algorithms.”
2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jakob Schwendner “Embodied Localisation and Mapping”
2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
José de Gea Fernández “Predictive Context-Based Adaptive Compliance for Interaction Control of Robot Manipulators”
2011 · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata2

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stated by Wikidata
Armin B. Cremers
stated by Wikidata
Joachim Hertzberg

Students on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Mario Michael Krell

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataArmin B. Cremersstated by WikidataJoachim Hertzberg
2 steps up
stated by WikidataGerd Veenkerstated by WikidataHans P. Zimastated by WikidataOtto Mayerstated by WikidataUlrich Kulisch
3 steps up
stated by WikidataHelmut H. Schaeferstated by WikidataJosef Heinholdstated by WikidataKarl Longin Zellerstated by WikidataKarl Nickel
4 steps up
stated by WikidataErich Kamkestated by WikidataErnst Hölderstated by WikidataGeorge G. Lorentzstated by WikidataHellmuth Kneserstated by WikidataKonrad Knoppstated by WikidataOskar Perronstated by WikidataWalter Schnee

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 36 people: 35 cited by thesis records, 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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University of Bonn
studied
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University of Bremen
worked

Sat beside the lineage35

referee, not advisor

cited by a thesis record
Ajish Babu “Control of robots with hybrid locomotion capabilities”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Vinzenz Bargsten “Extending actuator-level control for robotic systems using distributed dynamics computation and incremental learning”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sara Khan “Neural feature extractor for automotive small damage detection”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Christoph Stoeffler “Advancements in parallel actuation: modeling, design, and applications”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malte Wirkus “Modular task modeling and creation of high-level building blocks for implementing complex robot applications”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Bingbin Yu “Design, Modeling, and Control of Robots with Link or Joint Flexibilities”
referee · 2025 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Ibrahim Tijjani “Design enhancements and control of a lower extremity exoskeleton”
referee · 2024 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Lisa Gutzeit “Detection and recognition of human manipulation building blocks”
referee · 2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Tao Wang “A novel three-finger dexterous hand with visual-based grasp planning and tactile-based stable grasping”
referee · 2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mehmed Yüksel “An expert knowledge representation based on real world experiences in proof-of-concept robot system design”
referee · 2023 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marko Jankovic “Characterization and capture of space debris objects using domain ontology and optimal control”
referee · 2022 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Dennis Mronga “Learning task constraints for whole-body control of robotic systems”
referee · 2022 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Alexander Dettmann “Experience-based behavior adaptation of kinematically-complex robots”
referee · 2021 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Alexander Fabisch “Learning and generalizing behaviors for robots from human demonstration”
referee · 2020 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Bilal Wehbe “Long-Term Adaptive Modeling for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles”
referee · 2020 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Leif Christensen “Robot Navigation in Distorted Magnetic Fields”
referee · 2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Shivesh Kumar “Modular and Analytical Methods for Solving Kinematics and Dynamics of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots”
referee · 2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malte Langosz “Evolutionary Legged Robotics”
referee · 2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Thomas Roehr “Autonomous Operation of a Reconfigurable Multi-Robot System for Planetary Space Missions”
referee · 2019 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Florian Cordes “Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid Wheeled-Leg Exploration Rover in the Context of Multi-Robot Systems”
referee · 2018 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Javier Hidalgo-Carrió “Adaptive Localization and Mapping for Planetary Rovers”
referee · 2018 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Malgorzata Goldhoorn “Prediction of Object Position based on Probabilistic Qualitative Spatial Relations”
referee · 2017 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Matthias Goldhoorn “Constraint basierte Modellierung von Komponentennetzwerken am Beispiel eines autonomen Unterwasserfahrzeugs”
referee · 2017 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mark Edgington “Learning and Using Multimodal Stochastic Models : A Unified Approach”
referee · 2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Peter Kampmann “Development of a multi-modal tactile force sensing system for deep-sea applications”
referee · 2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Daniel Kühn “Design and development of a hominid robot with local control in its adaptable feet to enhance locomotion capabilities”
referee · 2016 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Achint Aggarwal “Object Recognition and Localization : the Role of Tactile Sensors”
referee · 2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mohammed Nour Abdelgwad Ahmed “An Intelligent Architecture for Legged Robot Terrain Classification Using Proprioceptive and Exteroceptive Data”
referee · 2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mario Michael Krell “Generalizing, Decoding, and Optimizing Support Vector Machine Classification”
referee · 2015 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marc Hildebrandt “Development, Evaluation and Validation of a Stereo Camera Underwater SLAM Algorithm”
referee · 2014 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jan Hendrik Metzen “Learning the Structure of Continuous Markov Decision Processes”
referee · 2014 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sebastian Bartsch “Development, Control, and Empirical Evaluation of the Six-Legged Robot SpaceClimber Designed for Extraterrestrial Crater Exploration”
referee · 2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Markus Eich “Marine Vessel Inspection as a Novel Field for Service Robotics: A Contribution to Systems, Control Methods and Semantic Perception Algorithms.”
referee · 2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jakob Schwendner “Embodied Localisation and Mapping”
referee · 2013 · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
José de Gea Fernández “Predictive Context-Based Adaptive Compliance for Interaction Control of Robot Manipulators”
referee · 2011 · doctoral

At a glance

known as: computer scientist, university teacher, political economist
member of: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ1443558
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-1713-9784
stated by WikidataVIAF15796600
stated by WikidataGND139368493
stated by WikidataIdRef235623423
stated by WikidataISNI0000000072836975

papers

stated by WikidataDBLP39/5038
stated by WikidataScopus7006011550

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project100348

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Read on 31 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Frank Kirchner: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1443558},
  note = {read on 2026-10-31}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 31). Frank Kirchner: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-31]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1443558