Experience
IBM Research Europe
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Pretraining, scaling, and finetuning of foundation models for weather and geospatial
- Part of research collaboration between IBM Research and NASA
Visiting Researcher
- Geospatial foundation models for climate impact
- Generalized zero-shot semantic segmentation
- Part of research collaboration between IBM Research and NASA
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
PhD Candidate in Machine Learning & Information Systems
Research on applied machine learning and deep learning.
- Thesis: “Data-Centric Artificial Intelligence: Foundations and Methods for Deep Learning” (summa cum laude)
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG - Motorsport Department
Machine Learning and Information System Intern
- Image classification (in productive use): Application and optimization of an open source optical character recognition model for classifying Formula E free TV streams.
- Speech recognition (in productive use): Speech-to-text application for audio streams of Formula E drivers
d-fine
Visiting Consultant, Quantitative Finance
- Named entity recognition in S&P500 business reports
- Support of the head project management in a credit risk platform project
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Several Positions as Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistent
- Teaching assistant for mathematical optimization and advanced statistics
- Research on the efficient implementation, parameterization and scaling of reinforcement learning in manufacturing
EnBW AG
Analytical Process Management: Intern and Working Student
- Natural Language Processing: Unsupervised learning to categorize textual customer interactions
- Process Mining: Statistical analysis of incoming customer interaction
Education
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Doctor (Ph.D.) in Applied Deep Learning
Ph.D. thesis on “Data-Centric Artificial Intelligence: Foundations and Methods for Deep Learning” (summa cum laude)
ETH Zurich
Master’s Thesis on Machine Learning and Optimization
- Supervisor: Prof. Feuerriegel
- Chair: Management Information Systems, D-MTEC
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Master of Science
- Machine learning
- Stochastic optimization
- Recommender systems
Master thesis at ETH Zurich: “Applied prescriptive analytics: Combining machine learning and mathematical optimization” (1.0)
Instituto Superior Técnico
Visiting Student (Master of Science) - Information Systems and Computer Engineering
- Multivariate statistical methods
- Information processing and retrieval
- Decision support models
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Bachelor of Science
Thesis: “Reinforcement learning based optimization of stochastic production processes for an opportunistic maintenance system” (1.0)
Affiliations
ETH Zurich
Affiliated Research Member in Management Information Systems
Research on emotion dynamics
- Supervisor: Prof. Feuerriegel
- Chair: Management Information Systems, D-MTEC