People
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Prof. Dr. Benno Stein
benno.stein@uni-weimar.de 3795
benno.stein@uni-weimar.de 3795
Interests: Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
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Secretaries

Maria-Theresa Hansens
maria-theresa.hansens@uni-weimar.de
Schwanseestraße 143 · Room 2.24
+49 (0)3643 - 58 3727 | Fax 3728
maria-theresa.hansens@uni-weimar.de
Schwanseestraße 143 · Room 2.24
+49 (0)3643 - 58 3727 | Fax 3728

Rubi Richter
rubi.richter@uni-weimar.de
Schwanseestraße 143 · Room 2.25
+49 (0)3643 - 58 3710 | Fax 3709
rubi.richter@uni-weimar.de
Schwanseestraße 143 · Room 2.25
+49 (0)3643 - 58 3710 | Fax 3709
Assistants

Yamen Ajjour
[2017 - today]
yamen.ajjour@uni-weimar.de 3576
yamen.ajjour@uni-weimar.de 3576
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval
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Janek Bevendorff
[2018 - today]
janek.bevendorff@uni-weimar.de 3577
janek.bevendorff@uni-weimar.de 3577
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science, Elasticsearch, Software Engineering, Linux Cluster
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Marcel Gohsen
[2020 - today]
marcel.gohsen@uni-weimar.de 3811
marcel.gohsen@uni-weimar.de 3811
Interests: Big Data, Conversational Search, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing
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Dr. Tim Gollub
[2008 - today]
tim.gollub@uni-weimar.de 3566
tim.gollub@uni-weimar.de 3566
Interests: Digital Humanities, Information Retrieval, Web Technologies
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Maximilian Heinrich
[2022 - today]
maximilian.heinrich@uni-weimar.de 3863
maximilian.heinrich@uni-weimar.de 3863
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Argumentation
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Dr. Johannes Kiesel
[2014 - today]
johannes.kiesel@uni-weimar.de 3720
johannes.kiesel@uni-weimar.de 3720
Interests: Conversational Search, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Reproducibility
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Erik Körner
[2021 - today]
erik.koerner@uni-weimar.de
erik.koerner@uni-weimar.de
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, Machine Learning
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Nikolay Kolyada
[2020 - today]
nikolay.kolyada@uni-weimar.de 3811
nikolay.kolyada@uni-weimar.de 3811
Interests: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Software Engineering
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Nailia Mirzakhmedova
[2022 - today]
nailia.mirzakhmedova@uni-weimar.de 3576
nailia.mirzakhmedova@uni-weimar.de 3576
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Automatic Summarization
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Harry Scells, PhD
[2021 - today]
h.scells@uq.net.au
h.scells@uq.net.au
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, Machine Learning
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Dr. Michael Völske
[2013 - today]
Artefact Germany, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
mvoelske@gmail.com, michael.voelske@uni-weimar.de
Artefact Germany, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
mvoelske@gmail.com, michael.voelske@uni-weimar.de
Interests: Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Data Science
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Matti Wiegmann
[2018 - today]
matti.wiegmann@uni-weimar.de 3575
matti.wiegmann@uni-weimar.de 3575
Interests: Social Media Analysis, Authorship, Natural Language Processing
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Dr. Magdalena Wolska
[2018 - today]
magdalena.wolska@uni-weimar.de 3567
magdalena.wolska@uni-weimar.de 3567
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Violence Analysis in Text
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External PhDs

Roxanne El Baff
[2017 - today]
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Standort Oberpfaffenhofen
roxanne.el.baff@uni-weimar.de
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Standort Oberpfaffenhofen
roxanne.el.baff@uni-weimar.de
Interests: Computational Argumentation
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Former Assistants

Assistant Prof. Dr. Khalid Al-Khatib
[2014 - 2021]
University of Groningen
khalid.alkhatib@rug.nl
University of Groningen
khalid.alkhatib@rug.nl
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Computational Social Science
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Dr. Maik Anderka
[2007 - 2012]
Diebold Nixdorf
maik@anderka.com
Diebold Nixdorf
maik@anderka.com
Interests: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Measuring Quality of Web Content, Semantic Retrieval Models
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Heinrich Balzer
[2006 - 2008]
dSPACE GmbH
hbalzer@dspace.de
dSPACE GmbH
hbalzer@dspace.de
Interests: Diagnosis of Technical Systems
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Dr. Andreas Bunte
[2014 - today]
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Lemgo
andreas.bunte@iosb-ina.fraunhofer.de
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Lemgo
andreas.bunte@iosb-ina.fraunhofer.de
Interests: Knowledge-based Modeling of Cyber-Physical Systems, Model-Based Diagnosis
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Dr. Steven Burrows
[2011 - 2012]
Computer Power Institute, Melbourne, Australia
stevenburrows81@gmail.com
Computer Power Institute, Melbourne, Australia
stevenburrows81@gmail.com
Interests: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Digital Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Paraphrasing
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Wei-Fan Chen
[2017 - 2019]
Paderborn University
cwf@mail.uni-paderborn.de
Paderborn University
cwf@mail.uni-paderborn.de
Interests: Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Computer Assisted Language Learning
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Astrid Frey
[2017]
Interests: Statistical Methods, Artificial Intelligence
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Hagen
[2008 - 2013]
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
[email protected]
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
[email protected]
Interests: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Data Analytics and Mining
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Dennis Hoppe
[2010 - 2012]
Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart
dennis@dennis-hoppe.com
Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart
dennis@dennis-hoppe.com
Interests: Data Mining, Recommender Systems, Patent Retrieval
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Kevin Lang
[2018 - 2022]
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
kevin.lang@uni-weimar.de
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
kevin.lang@uni-weimar.de
Interests: Research Data Management
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Dr. Nedim Lipka
[2007 - 2012]
Adobe Systems Inc.
lipka.nedim@gmail.com
Adobe Systems Inc.
lipka.nedim@gmail.com
Interests: Text Classification, Computational Learning Theory, Semi-Supervised Learning
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Lars Meyer
[2020]
Enginsight GmbH
Enginsight GmbH
Interests: Conversational Search, Virtualized and Distributed Computing
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Dr. Sven Meyer zu Eissen
[2005 - 2008]
Bayer Business Services GmbH
sven.meyerzueissen@bayer.com
Bayer Business Services GmbH
sven.meyerzueissen@bayer.com
Interests: Retrieval Models, Web Genre Analysis, Document Categorization, Data Mining, Software Engineering
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Tsvetomira Palakarska
[2012 - 2013]
tsvetomira.palakarska@gmail.com
tsvetomira.palakarska@gmail.com
Interests: Machine Learning, Information Extraction, Opinion Mining, Sentiment Flow
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Anne Peter
[2020]
dotSource GmbH
anne_schindelar@outlook.com
dotSource GmbH
anne_schindelar@outlook.com
Interests: Autorship Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning

Junior-Prof. Dr. Martin Potthast
[2006 - 2017]
Leipzig University
martin.potthast@uni-leipzig.de
Leipzig University
martin.potthast@uni-leipzig.de
Interests: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Reproducibility
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Peter Prettenhofer
[2009 - 2010]
DataRobot Inc.
peter.prettenhofer@gmail.com
DataRobot Inc.
peter.prettenhofer@gmail.com
Interests: Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval, Information Extraction, Semi-Supervised Learning, Domain Adaptation
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Shahbaz Syed
[2017 - 2018]
Leipzig University
shahbaz.syed@uni-leipzig.de
Leipzig University
shahbaz.syed@uni-leipzig.de
Interests: Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval
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Martin Trenkmann
[2013 - 2014]
martin.trenkmann@posteo.de
martin.trenkmann@posteo.de
Interests: Software Engineering, Heuristic Search, Big Data, Opinion Mining
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Prof. Dr. Henning Wachsmuth
[2015 - 2018]
Leibniz Universität Hannover
h.wachsmuth@ai.uni-hannover.de
Leibniz Universität Hannover
h.wachsmuth
Interests: Computational Argumentation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
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Visiting Researchers

Dr. Pavel Braslavski
[Oct. - Dec. 2018, Oct. 2014, Oct. - Dec. 2013]
Combinatorial Algebra Lab, Ural Federal University
pbras@yandex.ru
Combinatorial Algebra Lab, Ural Federal University
pbras@yandex.ru
Interests: Search Query Log Ananlysis
Funded by DAAD

Dr. Alberto Barrón-Cedeño
[Jan. - Feb. 2014]
Department of Interpreting and Translation, Università di Bologna
[email protected]
Department of Interpreting and Translation, Università di Bologna
[email protected]
Interests: Multilingual Text Analysis
Funded by BMWi Exist

Dr. Edgardo Ferretti
[Jan. 2014, Apr. - Jun. 2012]
Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
[email protected]
Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
[email protected]
Interests: Wikipedia Quality Analysis
Funded by EU FP7, Marie Curie

Dr. Adrian Pastor Lopez Monroy
[Jul. - Sep. 2013]
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico
Interests: Text Understanding
Funded by EU FP7, Marie Curie

Dr. Robert H. Warren
[Jul. 2012, Jun. 2010, Feb. 2009]
Carleton University, Canada (2012). University of Zurich, Switzerland (2010). University of Waterloo, Canada (2009).
[email protected]
Carleton University, Canada (2012). University of Zurich, Switzerland (2010). University of Waterloo, Canada (2009).
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Interests: Database Integration, Semantic Web
Student Assistants

Jason Brockmeyer
jason.thomas.brockmeyer@uni-weimar.de
jason.thomas.brockmeyer@uni-weimar.de

Janko Götze
jg18koko@studserv.uni-leipzig.de
jg18koko@studserv.uni-leipzig.de

Christiane Gütter
christiane.guetter@uni-weimar.de
christiane.guetter@uni-weimar.de

Nicolas Handke
n.handke@studserv.uni-leipzig.de
n.handke@studserv.uni-leipzig.de

Jakob Ruckel
jakob.bela.ruckel@uni-weimar.de
jakob.bela.ruckel@uni-weimar.de