Our Data Science Experts

Get to know researchers and their projects at the University of Mannheim in our monthly “Data Science Insights” interviews.

What role does Data Science play for researchers at the University of Mannheim? What are the research projects about? Interviews with researchers who provide insights into their work on the topic of data science are regularly published here.

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Foto von John Collins im Freien. Er hat lange rotblonde Haare und trägt eine Brille und ein grünes Hemd.

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John Collins, MZES: Prediction-based Adaptive Designs for Panel Surveys (PrADePS) (November 2024)

John ‘Jack’ Collins is a PhD Student in Sociology at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences. He holds a Bachelor’s of Sociology with Honours from the Australian National University. Jack has a Master’s degree in Data Science from James Cook University. His Master’s project was regarding ...

Thilo Dieing is standing in front of a university building. He has blond hair and is wearing glasses, a white shirt and a dark blue suit.

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Thilo Dieing, Chair of Artificial Intelligence: TransforMA and NEST-BW

Thilo Dieing is a social data scientist at the Chair of Artificial Intelligence of Prof. Heiner Stuckenschmidt at the University of Mannheim. At the chair, he is researching the topic of AI-supported study orientation and, together with his team, is developing a variety of new ways to improve study ...

Spike Gibbs steht vor dem Portal im Ehrenhof. Er hat kurze dunkle Haare und trägt Anzug und Krawatte.

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Alex Spike Gibbs, Junior Professorship for Economic History of the Middle Ages: Historical Data (September 2024)

Spike Gibbs has been Junior Professor for the Economic History of the Middle Ages in the Chair group for Medieval History since January 2022. He studied for his undergraduate degree in history at the University of Cambridge (from 2011 to 2014) and his masters in medieval history at King’s College ...

Giuliana Manganaro sitzt im Freien auf einer Bank. Sie hat lange dunkle Haare, trägt eine weiße Bluse und einen schwarzen Rock.

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Giuliana Francesca Manganaro, Chair of Sales & Service Marketing: Marketing the organizational Purpose (August 2024)

In order to better understand the success of companies and individuals, Giuliana Francesca Manganaro studied Finance in Frankfurt (B.Sc.) and Philosophy in Mannheim (M.A.). During her studies, she focused on gaining insights into market and motivational psychology, which she is now deepening in her ...

Larissa Will steht vor dem Haupteingang des Schlosses im Ehrenhof. Sie hat Locken, trägt eine Brille und einen schwarzen Blazer.

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Larissa Will, Mannheim University Library: Automated Text Recognition (OCR) (July 2024)

Larissa Will is a consultant for research data management and digitization at the University Library's Research Data Centre. She is responsible for advising researchers in the field of (digital) humanities with regard to research data. Her main areas of expertise include automated text recognition ...

Ruben Bach steht in einem hellen Flur vor Glastüren. Er hat kurze blonde Haare, trägt eine Brille und einen dunklen Pullover.

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Ruben Bach, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES): New Data and Methods for Social Science Research (June 2024)

Ruben Bach is a research fellow in the Data and Methods Unit of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His research is rooted in computational social science. It tackles questions of online news media consumption, AI-guided decision-making, and quality aspects of novel and ...

Rita Sousa hat dunkelbraune lange Haare und trägt einen hellgrünen Rollkragenpullover. Sie steht vor einem hellgrauen Hingtergrund.

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Rita Torres de Sousa, Chair for Data Science / Data and Web Science Group: Early Stage Diabetes Detection with AI (May 2024)

Rita Sousa recently became a researcher at the University of Mannheim, working on the KI-DiabetesDetektion project. She holds a bachelor’s degree in health sciences and a master’s degree in bioinformatics and computational biology from the University of Lisbon. Her Ph.D. research has focused on ...

Tobias Rettig hat kurze dunkle Haare und einen Bart. Er trägt eine Brille und ein blaues Hemd.

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Tobias Rettig, Research Data Center, Mannheim University Library: German Internet Panel (April 2024)

Dr. Tobias Rettig coordinates the day-to-day operations of the German Internet Panel (GIP), the longest-running probability online panel of the German population, at the university library’s research data center. He joined the GIP as a PhD candidate in 2018. At this time, the GIP was part of the ...

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Klara Müller, Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology: GLES Long- and Short-term Panel Studies (March 2024)

Klara is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the CDSS, GESS. She is currently a research assistant at the Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology and project staff at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (GLES Long- and Short-term Panel Studies). She holds a Master's ...

Ein junger Mann mit Brille steht vor dem Portal der Uni Mannheim. Er trägt eine dunkle Jacke.

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Taro Fujita, Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE): Causal Inference and Machine Learning (February 2024)

Taro Fujita is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Mannheim. He is interested in econometrics, particularly at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning. Prior to his study at Mannheim, he worked as a financial analyst at the Bank of Japan.

Our Data Science Experts

Get to know researchers and their projects at the University of Mannheim in our monthly “Data Science Insights” interviews.

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