Sarah Kapp with contribution at Phonetics Day 2026 in Amsterdam
Sarah Kapp will present research from her doctoral project at the Dag van de Fonetiek (Phonetics Day) in Amsterdam on 6 November 2026. The […]
New publication on LLMs and language norm authorities
A new paper by Vít Dovalil and Adriana Hanulíková has been published in Frontiers in Language Sciences: “Language management in the age of LLMs:
Knowledge transfer on social robotics at “Türen auf mit der Maus”
As part of “Türen auf mit der Maus” 2026, a nationwide initiative by WDR (West German Broadcasting), the SMARTcognition Lab collaborated with CNRS on
Contribution at EMNLP 2026
Our paper “Speaker gaze and disfluencies during storytelling toward a robot or a human: The role of partner type and temperamental
Expanding Our AI Research Infrastructure
The SMARTcognition Lab has received as part of the Excellence Initiative to support the development of a powerful GPU-based AI workstation. The new
Congratulations on Your Master’s Degree, Ruiyun!
Congratulations to Ruiyun Wang on successfully completing her Master’s thesis at our lab! We would also like to thank her for her
Marsilius Fellowship for Adriana Hanulíková
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Adriana Hanulíková has been awarded a Marsilius Fellowship for the 2026/27 funding period. Together with Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller,
Managing Director at the IDF
During the 2026/2027 academic year, Adriana Hanulíková will serve as Managing Director of the Institute of German as a Foreign Language Philology (IDF).
SoLEARN Workshop brings international researchers together in Heidelberg
On 27 July 2026, the SMARTcognition Lab at Heidelberg University hosted the international 4EU+ workshop “Gaze, Communication, and Interaction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
SMARTcognition Lab featured at HAI Alumni Anniversary
The SMARTcognition Lab participated in the 30th anniversary celebration of Heidelberg Alumni International (HAI). As part of an IDF Lunch Talk, Prof.