Team & Governance
FAIR is governed by a management team and supported by the AI workgroup. Day-to-day operations are coordinated by the Program Office, which oversees program execution across all partner organizations. Strategic direction and independent expert advice are provided by the international advisory board.
Management
AI Workgroup
Dieter Somers
Senior Advisor Digital Transformation at Flanders' Chambers of Commerce and Industry (VOKA)
Johan Hanssens
Secretary-General of the Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation, Social Economy (WEWIS)
Peter Spyns
Coordinator International Affaires & Senior AI Advisor of the Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social Economy (WEWIS)
International Advisory Board
Vincent Corruble
Associate Professor Sorbonne University, Research Affiliate Center for Human-Compatible AI, Researcher Laboratoire d’Informatique de Paris 6
Holger Hoos
Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Artificial Intelligence, RWTH Aachen, Professor Machine Learning Leiden University and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia (Canada), Chair of the Board of Directors of CAIRNE.
Gert Lanckriet
Head of Machine Learning and Personalization at Amazon Music, USA
Ieva Martinkenaite
SVP, Head of Research and Innovation, Telenor, Norway
Sophie Vandebroek
Advisor, Board director, Former CTO Xerox, COO IBM Research and Scholar at MIT
Ingrid Van de Voorde
Executive Director Bell Labs Belgium
Anders Ynnerman
Program Director WASP Sweden, Director Norrköping Visualization Center, Professor Linköping University