As of April 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. André Borrmann has been appointed as the new Director of the Georg Nemetschek Institute for Artificial Intelligence for the Built World at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The institute is dedicated to researching and developing artificial intelligence (AI) methods for the built environment. Borrmann brings extensive experience in the digitalization of the construction industry and aims to enhance the international visibility of the GNI. 

The TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute (GNI) is an interdisciplinary research center applying artificial intelligence to the built environment. It brings together scientists from the fields of computer science, civil engineering and architecture to advance the digitalization of the construction industry through interdisciplinary research, and is supported by the Nemetschek Foundation.

Prof. André Borrmann studied civil engineering at the Bauhaus University Weimar and received his Ph.D. from TUM in 2007. Since 2011, he has led the Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation at the TUM School of Engineering and Design, which was renamed to the Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering in 2025. In addition, he has been the spokesperson of the Leonhard Obermeyer Center for Digital Methods in the Built Environment since 2013. 

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