Kristian Kersting (born November 28, 1973, in Cuxhaven, Germany)[1] is a German computer scientist.
At the university he attended a course on artificial intelligence given by Bernhard Nebel and became interested in the topic.
[1] From 2008 to 2012, he led a research group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS.
[7] In 2008, he received the Fraunhofer Attract research grant with a budget of 2.5 million euros over five years.
[4][9][10] In 2019 he received the "Deutscher KI-Preis" ("German AI Award"), endowed with 100,000 euros, for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of artificial intelligence.