Bernhard Schölkopf
Bernhard Schölkopf is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany, where he heads the Department of Empirical Inference.
He is a leading researcher in the machine learning community, where he is particularly active in the field of kernel methods. He has made particular contributions to support vector machines and kernel PCA. A large part of his work is the development of novel machine learning algorithms through their formulation as (typically convex) optimisation problems.
Employment
- since 2011: Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Managing Director 1.5.2011 - 31.1.2013)
- 2001 – 2010: Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Managing Director 1.8.2006– 31.7.2009)
- 2000 – 2001: Group leader at the biotech startup Biowulf Technologies, New York
- 1999 – 2000: Researcher at Microsoft Research Ltd., Cambridge
- 1997 – 1999: Researcher at GMD (German National Research Center for Computer Science), Berlin
Education
- 1997: PhD in Computer Science (TU Berlin)
- 1994: Diplom in Physics, University of Tübingen (Germany)
- 1992: M. Sc. in Mathematics, University of London
- 1988 – 1994: Studies of Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy in Tübingen and London
Recent Awards and Memberships (Selection)
2014
- Royal Society Milner Award
2012
- Annual Academy Prize , Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Guest Professor, ETH Zürich, Department Informatik
2011
- Posner keynote lecturer at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference
- Annual Max Planck Research Award
- Annual Brain Computer Interfacing Research Award (with Moritz Grosse-Wentrup)
2010
- Inclusion in the list of ISI Highly Cited Researchers
- Honorarprofessor, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Tübingen University
- Professory extraordinary, Department of Mathematical Science, Stellenbosch University, 2010 – 2012