About CITEC

The Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) was founded at Bielefeld University as part of the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal Government and the state governments. The Excellence Initiative supports top-level university research and improves its international visibility. The scientists at CITEC have a vision of interactive tools that are intuitive and easy to operate – ranging from everyday appliances to robots. Future machines should be orientated towards people instead of – as hitherto – visa versa. These challenges can only be mastered through interdisciplinary collaboration between the most diverse fields of study. Thus CITEC enlists the faculties of Biology, Linguistics and Literature, Physics, Psychology, Sport Science, and Technology.