Tejaswini Medi

Researcher

University of Mannheim

B6, 28–29, Room C 001, 68159, Mannheim

Email: tejaswini.medimail-uni-mannheim.de

Webpage: tejaswinimedi.github.io

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Research Interests

Robustness and Fairness of Deep Learning Models
Image and 3D Generation
Representation Learning

Publications

Tejaswini Medi, Julia Grabinski, Margret Keuper, “Towards Class-wise Robustness Analysis” accepted at OOD Generalization in Computer Vision Workshop, ICCV 2023.Tejaswini Medi, Jawad Tayyub, Muhammad Sarmad, Frank Lindseth, Margret Keuper, “FullFormer: Generating Shapes Inside Shapes”, accepted at DAGM German Conference on Pattern Recognition, Heidelberg, 2023. Tejaswini Medi, Steffen Jung, Margret Keuper, " FAIR-TAT: Improving Model Fairness Using Targeted Adversarial Training”, accepted at Proceedings of the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2025

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

Generative Computer Vision Models ( FSS 2024, FSS 2025)
Machine Learning ( HWS 2024)
Seminar Organization (AI Safety & Robustness) ( FSS 2025)
Seminar Supervision ( HWS 2024 – FSS 2025)

Community Participation

Active Reviewer for TPAMI, CVPR and NeurIPS Conferences

Prof. Dr. Davud Rostam-Afschar

rostam-afscharuni-mannheim.de

Website

Credit: Alexander Münch

Main fields of research

Economic policy, regulation and taxation
Accounting and taxation
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Labor economics
Data Science

Curriculum vitae

Since 2022	Professor (W2), University of Mannheim
2021–2022	Visiting professor (Vertretungsprofessor), University of Mannheim
2016–2022	Assistant professor (Akademischer Rat), Universität Hohenheim
2015–2016	Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
2015–2016	Visiting Lecturer, Universität Potsdam
2010–2015	Predoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
2010–2015	PhD (summa cum laude), Supervisors: Viktor Steiner (FU Berlin), Richard Blundell (UCL)
2005–2010	Diplom (German equiv. to M.Sc.), Economics, Freie Universität Berlin

Prizes, awards, honors

2023: Principal Investigator, German Research Foundation
2020: University of Turin Fellowship
2020: Excellence in Reviewing Award, Labour Economics
2019–2020: Best Teaching Award, University of Hohenheim
2019: Best Teaching Award, University of Hohenheim
2011–2013: Ph.D. Fellowship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e. V.)
2009–2010: Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e. V.)

Selected publications

Brüll, E., Rostam-Afschar, D. and Schlenker, O. (2025). Cut off from new competition: Threat of entry and quality of primary care. Labour Economics, 92, 1–27.
Gaul, J., Keusch, F., Rostam-Afschar, D. and Simon, T. (2025). Invitation messages for business surveys: A multi-armed bandit experiment. ZEW Discussion Papers, 25–003. Mannheim.
Bischof, J., Doerrenberg, P., Rostam-Afschar, D., Simons, D. and Voget, J. (2024). The German Business Panel: Firm-level data for accounting and taxation research. European Accounting Review, 1–29.
Bischof, J., Gassen, J., Rohlfing-Bastian, A., Rostam-Afschar, D. and Sureth-Sloane, C. (2024). Accounting for transparency: a framework and three applications in tax, managerial, and financial accounting. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research : SBUR, 1–39.
Brüll, E., Rostam-Afschar, D. and Schlenker, O. (2024). Cut off from new competition: Threat of entry and health care quality. ZEW Discussion Papers, 24–066. Mannheim.
Gaul, J., Keusch, F., Rostam-Afschar, D. and Simon, T. (2024). Invitation messages for business surveys: A multi-armed bandit experiment. TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series, 170. Mannheim.
Rostam-Afschar, D. (2024). Econometricks: Short guides to econometrics. Mannheim.
Bischof, J., Liu, Y. and Rostam-Afschar, D. (2023). Bilanzpolitik in aktuellen Unternehmenskrisen – empirische Befunde, Chancen und Risiken. Betriebs-Berater : BB, 2023, 939–942.
Bischof, J., Dörrenberg, P., Rostam-Afschar, D., Simon, T., Simons, D. and Voget, J. (2022). GBP-Monitor: Einschätzungen und Erwartungen deutscher Unternehmer angesichts des Regierungswechsels. Schmalenbach Impulse, 2, 1–3.
Bischof, J., Dörrenberg, P., Rostam-Afschar, D., Simon, T., Simons, D. and Voget, J. (2022). GBP-Monitor: Kostendruck steigt – 86% der Einzelhändler planen weitere Preiserhöhungen. Schmalenbach Impulse, 2, 1–3.
Bischof, J., Dörrenberg, P., Rostam-Afschar, D., Simon, T. and Voget, J. (2022). Kriegsauswirkungen auf Unternehmen: Energieabhängigkeit und Preiserhöhungen. Wirtschaftsdienst, 102, 724–730.
Bischof, J., Karlsson, C., Rostam-Afschar, D., Simon, T. and Simons, D. (2022). Kostenstruktur und Unternehmensflexibilität in der COVID-19-Krise. Controlling & Management Review, 66, 54–59.
Jessen, R., Metzing, M. and Rostam-Afschar, D. (2022). Optimal taxation when the tax burden matters. FinanzArchiv, 78, 312–341.
Koumenta, M., Pagliero, M. and Rostam-Afschar, D. (2022). Occupational regulation, institutions, and migrants' labor market outcomes. Labour Economics, 79, 1–16.