Kai Sommer holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science from Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg.

In his Bachelor thesis he analyzed path planning algorithms for mobile robots. During his Master thesis at the chair of Space Technology he investigated different Deep Learning approaches for the detection of interesting events in satellite images.

After working nearly 5 years as a software developer in the automotive industry he returns to research for combining his interests in software development, robotics and a broad range of AI methods. In particular he is investigating knowledge representation to create a situational awareness for drone swarms.