In Memory of Sabine Grau-Corsépius

Ms. Grau-Corsépius worked for more than 25 years as Executive Assistant to the Institute’s Board, always serving as a steady and calming presence. She joined FAW from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, then led by Prof. Valentin von Braitenberg, in 1989/1990, shortly after the founding of the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW). There, she took on the role of Chief Assistant to the Institute Director. Through her broad overview, effectiveness, dedication, patience, and keen sensitivity for what truly mattered, she decisively shaped the work of FAW and later FAW/n. Her finesse and understanding of the essence of science, the importance of scholarly exchange, and the role of events, conferences, meetings, and the necessary associated decorum were particularly impressive. She was an outstanding assistant to the Institute Director and a valued colleague to all staff members. Without her contributions, the influence and presence of the institute, as well as its successor FAW/n, would certainly have been diminished.