2016—Universals and Variation in Spatial Referencing Schultheis—1

HOLGER SCHULTHEIS Bremen Spatial Cognition Center University of Bremen Email: [email protected]‐bremen.de

Holger Schultheis graduated from Saarland University (2004) with a Diplom in psychology and a Diplom in computer science. He received his Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Bremen (2009), where he also recently submitted his postdoctoral habilitation thesis. His research focuses on experimentally investigating and computationally modeling various capabilities of cognitive agents such as spatial reasoning, spatial language use, creativity, associative learning, embodied cognition, and the structure and processes of long‐term and working memory. He is also interested in analyzing existing and developing new methods for computational modeling as well as in the question of how information gained from computational models can be utilized to improve human‐computer interaction. Concerning the latter, recent work comprises both model‐ based assistance of medical surgery and model‐based development of computer game players. Schultheis has published more than 40 peer‐reviewed articles in journals, books, and conferences, has organized various symposia and workshops related to his research topics, has served on the organizing committees of the CogSci 2012 and 2013 conferences as well as the KogWis 2016, has held an adjunct professorship at the University of Notre Dame (Psychology) as well as a teaching appointment at the University of Weimar (Cognitive Systems). Schultheis was Associate Junior Fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies and PI in the Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition at the University of Bremen. He is senior researcher at the Bremen Spatial Cognition Center and subproject leader of the Creative Unit Intra‐Operative Information.