I am a Senior Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Bremen, Germany, within the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) research department. My work focuses on intelligent robotic systems for electrically powered and sensor-enhanced wheelchairs, including driver assistance functions, autonomous navigation algorithms, and adapted user interfaces for people with special needs. I received my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bremen in 2007. My research further includes deep neural networks, with a particular focus on the analysis and modeling of medical time-series data.

Research Interests

Robotics & Assistive AI

  • Assistive Robotics
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Human–Robot Interaction
  • Machine Learning for Robotics
  • AI for Assistive Technologies

Medical AI & Clinical Data Science

  • Clinical Time-Series Modeling
  • ICU Data Analysis
  • Physiological Signal Modeling
  • Longitudinal Medical Learning
  • Uncertainty-Aware Medical AI
  • Patient State Dynamics
  • Representation Learning for Healthcare Data

Contact

christian.mandel@dfki.de
cmandel@uni-bremen.de
University of Bremen
Cartesium 1.54
Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
+49 (421) 218-64204
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