About

I am a research scientist at Chair of Mobile Multimedia Information Systems at the Institute for Visual & Analytic Computing at the University of Rostock.

In 2009, I received my doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) on Neural Symbolic Integraion with summa cum laude from the TU Dresden under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pascal Hitzler and Prof. Dr. Steffen Hölldobler.

Supervision

Throughout the years, I had the pleasure of supervising a number of very intersting theses, which can be found here. The following topics are currently open for Bachelor's or Master's thesis:

"Visualising uncertainty of Machine Learning Methods" (Master's or Bachelor's thesis)

All machine learning system have to cope with uncertainty. And therefore, have to communicate their internal decision making and their internal uncertainty. In this thesis, small machine learning systems shall be implemented and methods to visualise their uncertainty about their predictions. The development of the methods will support machine learning engineers and end-users. It also provides a method to explain the decision making, thus leading to explainable AI.

visualising uncertainty of an ML system estimating position and class of an object

"Semi-automatic Generation of Tests for Data-Analysis based on Large Language Modells (LLMs)" (Master's or Bachelor's thesis)

Based on time series data recorded in industry, and domain knowledge about the underlying processes, test-cases shall be generated (semi) automatic. For this, large language models (LLMs) will be trained to transform time-series data into test-cases. This thesis will be jointly supervised with the IAV GmbH.

semiautomatic test case generation based on large language models

"Building a Probabilistic Digital Shadow of the Port of Rostock" (Master's or Bachelor's thesis)

To explore the current state, or to make predictions into the future, a digital shadow can be utilised. In this thesis, a digital shadow of a port in Rostock shall be realised, which incorporates publicly available data. It shall visualise the current state and allow for predictions into the future.

idea of a probabilistic digital twin

Timeslots for Meetings

If you need to discuss your thesis, my latest lecture, a nice paper you just read, or something else, send me an email.