Senior Researcher Dr. Christian Müller is head of the automotive group and project manager  of CARMINA, SIM-TD, and various related industry projects. His research focus is user-adaptive multimodal HMI (Human-Machine Interface) with a special focus on speaker classification, which is seen as a source of information for non-intrusive user modeling. Application areas of his research are primarily automotive interfaces and telecommunication applications. From 2006 to 2008, he has been a visiting researcher at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, California. Dr. Müller earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Saarland University in January 2006.

Michael Feld is working as a full-time researcher in the DFKI’s Automotive Group. His PhD topic is "A Speaker Classification Framework for Non-intrusive User Modeling on the Example of Personalized In-Car Services ". A major part of his work focuses on the topics of user modelling, in particular user adaptation and personalization, as well as speech-based classification. Further research interests include application architecturing, parallel programming and mobile devices. Michael joined DFKI in early 2005 as a student research assistant. After finishing his Diploma thesis in Computer Science at Saarland University on the topic of "Erzeugung von Sprecherklassifikationsmodulen für multiple Plattformen"

Sandro Castronovo is working as a full member in the automotive group. His research is focussed on interactive Vehicle2X applications as well as multiparty- and multimodal-interaction in an automotive context. In this area he is working on his PhD entitled  "Beyond the "Push"-Paradigm: Enhanced Forms of Information Access and Novel Application Areas for Vehicle2X-Communication Networks". In the projects CARMINA an SIM-TD he is involved in HMI development and multimodal dialogue systems. Sandro studied Computer Science with minor subject computational linguistics at Saarland University.

Christoph Endres joined the Automotive group in January 2010. His PhD topic is "Instrumented Environment Car: Multimodal Fission and Media Allocation with Explicit Priority Management". Christoph studied computer science at the Saarland University. He received his diploma degree in 1999 for his thesis "Personal Picture Finder - a softbot for the world wide web". He worked at DFKI Wahlsters chair in numerous projects in the area of natural language search engines, P2P networks, computer game playing and ubiquitous computing.
From 2001 until 2003 he lived in the United States and became a Sun Certified Java Professional (SCJP and SCJD).
He currently works as a full time researcher at DFKI.

Mohammad Mehdi Moniri is working as a full member in the automotive group. He is engaged in the test and development of various software modules in the projects SiAM and SIM-TD.