For his excellent contributions to AI research, TIB Director and L3S member Professor Dr Sören Auer has once again received the “AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honourable Mention” award. He ranks 22nd (2024: rank 33) in the Knowledge Engineering category of the “2025 AI 2000 Global Artificial Intelligence Scholars List”. Congratulations!
The “AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Annual List” aims to recognise 2,000 of the world’s leading artificial intelligence researchers this decade (2020-2029).
Each year, the top ten scientists in the various fields are named ‘AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars’; those ranked 11th to 100th are given an ‘AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honorable Mention’. The 2025 honourees are among the most influential scientists to have worked at leading institutions in their respective fields between 2015 and 2024. AMiner’s list is based on extensive data and includes 44 leading conferences and journals from 20 fields within artificial intelligence.