
My research connects the concepts and methods of social networks and the semantic web with machine learning and natural language processing. I am interested in combining human intelligence with artificial intelligence methodologies. I am specifically interested in methods that bridge the areas of connectionism and symbolic models applied to real-world applications

Trust is not necessarily about Transparency, but about Interaction. In current times: Industrialization was/is all about gaining more efficiency and productivity; Digital platforms target attention spans and the predictive behaviour, trying to maximize engagement for profits – sure that shall…

#AINarratives are important: Really enjoyed the discussion and exchange on the impact on #IndustrialAI , #MachineLearning , awesome #Talents, and the challenges towards a new #InnovationCulture with Jonathan Pfaffenrot und #BenjaminLehmann and their awesome podcast project #SpeedChangeRepeat – thanks for…

#AISummitVietnam2019 in #Hanoi – Empowering the AI Ecosystem co-organized by the #MinistryOfScienceAndTechnology, the #MinistryOfPlanningAndInvestment, #VnExpress and the #HanoiUniversity of Science and Technology. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam indicating the importance of AI for Vietnam. Very honored being invited to…

#AI/ML technologies are driving the impact in the consumer-oriented ad- and social media business following the principle to #TurnPeopleIntoProducts (if you are not paying for a product, you are the product). As #friction and #inconvenience are still the next best…

The 2nd #AILabSummit with the usual flaws: Too much content for too limited time. Thus, speakers focusing on the essentials or just pitching double-speed… – „From AI Lab to impact“ with strong cases from Markus Zechel, Gia Thi Nguyen, Jan…

#TransferLearning is instrumental for the acceleration of #IndustrialAI with #Impact. Proud to co-organize and support the 3rd German-French #SummerSchool on Transfer Learning, which happend this week – an awesome initative that intends to build a strong #network of young and…

Abstract: We define the task of teaser generation and provide an evaluation benchmark and baseline systems for it. A teaser is a short reading suggestion for an article that is illustrative and includes curiosity-arousing elements to entice potential readers to…

Honoured and super excited to speak about the passion to generate #impact with #AI at the #GridMastersClub2019 . The #energytransition creates impactful opportunities for a #sustainable future and #AI has it`s role to augment it`s acceleration – though requires mindfulness…