• Research foci

    • Exploratory Landscape Analysis
    • (Continuous) Black-Box Optimization
    • Algorithm Selection
    • Machine Learning
    • Multi-Objective Optimization
    • Data Science

  • Education

    10/2013- 11/2017
    Doctoral Studies in Information Systems (PhD), School of Business and Economics, University of Münster
    10/2010- 09/2013
    Master Studies in Data Science (MSc.), Faculty of Statistics, TU Dortmund
    10/2007- 09/2010
    Bachelor Studies in Data Analysis and Management (BSc.), Faculty of Statistics, TU Dortmund

  • Positions

    since 03/2021
    Chair of Big Data Analytics in Transportation, TU Dresden, Germany
    11/2017- 03/2021
    Head of Research Group for Machine Learning and Data Science at the Group of Information Systems and Statistics, University of Münster
    03/2017
    9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multicriterion Optimization (EMO 2017), Co-Chair of Local Organization
    10/2013- 03/2021
    Research Associate, Group of Information Systems and Statistics, University of Münster
    10/2013- 09/2016
    Study Coordinator for MSc. Information Systems

  • External functions

    since 2019
    Benchmarking Network, Coordinating Member
    since 2019
    Society of Classification (Gesellschaft für Klassifikation) Data Science Society
    since 2019
    German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik)
    since 2019
    German Statistical Society (DStatG)
    since 2018
    COSEAL (Configuration and Selection of Algorithms), Member of the Advisory Board
    since 2018
    CLAIRE (Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe), Supporter
    since 2015
    ACM SIGEVO (Special interest group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Association for Computing Machinery)
    since 2015
    Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Member of the Program Committee
    since 2013
    COSEAL (Configuration and Selection of Algorithms)

  • Appointments

    2021
    Big Data Analytics in Transportation, TU Dresden, Germany