Habilitation Theses

Supervisor – Completed

1. Dr. habil. Shahin Amiriparian (Habilitation Thesis, University of Augsburg, 12/2020-11/2025, Mentors: Björn Schuller, Elisabeth André, Daniel Rueckert, now with Huawei): Affective and Health AI

Supervisor – Running

1. Dr. rer. nat. Manuel Milling (Habilitation Thesis, Technical University of Munich, since 07/2026): Interpretable Machine Learning in Audio and Signal Processing

Mentor – Completed

1. Dr. habil. Gerold Hölzl (Habilitation Thesis, University of Passau, 05/2017-07/2025, Mentors: Björn Schuller, Daniel Roggen, Matthias Kranz): Embedded Recognition Architectures

Mentor – Running

1. Dr. Oemer Suemer (Habilitation Thesis, University of Augsburg, from 11/2021, Mentors: Elisabeth André, Björn Schuller, Sidney D’Mello): Nonverbal and Verbal Behavior Analysis for Educational Analytics