Active

This is the current list of people (in alphabetical order) working together within Datalab. Information on personal expertise and project involvement can be found on the linked personal pages. We have added some areas of work for each person to give an indication of who to contact for a specific enquiry.

• Fitim Abdullahu - statistical data analysis, machine learning, deep learning
• Dr. Philipp Ackermann - information visualization
• Mohammadreza Amirian - machine learning, deep learning, optimization
• Dr. Julien Anet - Meteorological or climatological data analysis
• Dr. Maria Anisimova - probabilistic modeling, high-performance computing for genomics
• Lukas Augustin - data science, econometrics, government
• Joachim Baumann - algorithmic fairness, data science for social good, feedback loops in ML
• Dr. Jasmina Bogojeska - machine learning, deep learning, explainable AI
• Prof. Dr. Gernot Boiger - design of experiment, multiphysics simulation, multidimensional optimization
• Dr. Hella Bolck - biomedical image analysis, systems biology, managing complex projects
• Prof. Dr. Mathias Bonmarin - biomedical sensors, measurement systems, artificial skin
• Prof. Dr. Martin Braschler - cross-language information retrieval, natural language processing
• Prof. Dr. Henriette Eliese Breymann - financial modeling, integrated risk analysis
• Dr. Reto Bürgin - survey data analysis, regression analysis, management of research data
• Prof. Dr. Mark Cieliebak - efficient algorithms, data analysis, sentiment detection
• Dr. Marcel Dettling - predictive analytics, high-dimensional problems, machine learning
• Jan Milan Deriu - deep learning, natural language processing, dialogue systems
• Dr. Manuel Dömer - natural language processing, geodata modelling, numerical simulation
• Dr. Anna Drewek - statistical data analysis, predictive modelling, machine learning
• Dr. Phillipp Egli - data protection, data regulation, IT law
• Raphael Emberger - deep learning, object detection
• Bledar Fazlija - applied mathematics, machine learning, deep learning
• Dr. Dandolo Flumini - functional programming, formal methods & verification
• Dr. Martin Frey - statistical data analysis, sports analytics, environmental sciences
• Prof. Dr. Rudolf Marcel Füchslin - complex system modeling, evolutionary methods
• Dr. Rainer Gabriel - modelling, linked administrative data for social research
• Dr. Elena Gavagnin - predictive analytics, computational astrophysics, machine learning
• Dennis Gehrig - machine learning, query optimization, database systems
• Dr. Manuel Gil - computational statistics, algorithm design
• Dr. Christian Glahn - adaptive process design and orchestration, human factors in digital transformation, multi-modal learning analytics
• Dr. Stefan Glüge - (recurrent) neural networks, deep learning, speech/language processing
• Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Gnach - social media, online ethnography, linguistic analyses
• Dr. Lilach Goren Huber - smart maintenance, machine learning, deep learning
• Prof. Dr. Helmut Grabner - computer vision, deep learning, entrepreneurship
• Prof. Dr. Christoph Heitz - data-based services, data ethics, data-based decision support in business contexts
• Dr. Andreas Henrici - stability of integrable systems, delay-feedback system
• Dr. Thomas Herrmann - operations research, artificial intelligence, process optimization
• Corinna Hertweck - algorithm design, algorithmic fairness, (gender and racial) discrimination
• Prof. Dr. Sven Hirsch - data-driven modeling & simulation of diseases
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Hocker - multiphysics simulation, industry 4.0, advanced sensors
• Dr. Christoph Hofer - statistical data analysis, geostatistics
• Dr. Lukas Hollenstein - discrete event simulation, statistical modelling & optimization
• Dr. Lorenz Holzer - digital material design, microstructure analysis, optimization of materials properties
• Simona Hovančíková - machine learning, neural networks
• Manuela Hürlimann - computational linguistics, natural language processing, machine learning
• Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hutter - speech recognition, deep learning
• Dr. Christian Jäger - control theory
• Dr. Norman Juchler - medical image processing and analysis, machine learning / deep learning, medical data science
• Dr. Ivo Kaelin - statistical analysis, surveys
• David Kempf - data science, virtual reality, numerical simulation
• Dr. Evelyne Knapp - multiphysics modeling, organic electronics, machine learning
• Catherine Kosten - linguistics, natural language processing
• Bruno Baptista Kreiner - machine learning, data mining, natural language processing
• Prof. Dr. David Lätsch - large datasets for decision-making, actuarial risk management, algorithmic fairness
• Claude Lehmann - big data analytics, databases, machine learning
• Dr. Peter Marcus Lenhart - drones, lidar
• Dr. Lukas Lichtensteiger - robotics, energy technology
• Dr. René Locher - statistical modelling, classification, predictive analytics
• Dr. Martin Loeser - scientific computing, parallel computing, image processing
• Paul-Philipp Luley - computer vision, reinforcement learning, deep learning
• Dr. Jürg Meierhofer - data product design, data-driven service engineering
• Dr. Thoralf Mildenberger - statistical data analysis, machine learning
• Raphael Monstein  - apache spark, data assimilation and analysis of flight trajectories
• Prof. Dr. Gabriela Muri Koller - netnography, mixed-methods approach (modelling and qualitative research), digital archive/participation (youth culture)
• Fabio Musio - Medical image processing and analysis, machine learning / deep learning, medical data science
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott - machine learning, pattern recognition, nature-inspired algorithms
• Dr. Nikola Pascher - federated learning, IIoT, smart services
• Dr. Tobias Peter - machine learning, predictive analytics, mathematical modelling
• Gisela Reichmuth - algorithmic trading, digitalization and automation, risk management
• Dr. Monika Ulrike Reif - functional safety, reliability, availability engineering
• Dr. Céline Reinbold - statistical data analysis, genomics, bioinformatics
• Prof. Dr. Marc Rennhard - security, privacy
• Dr. Manuel Renold - machine learning, deep learning, optimization
• Dr. Nima Riahi - design of experiment, explainable AI, data literacy
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Ruckstuhl - statistical data analysis, descriptive and predictive modelling
• Pascal Sager - deep learning, computer vision
• Jasmin Saxer - natural language processing, computational life sciences, deep learning
• Prof. Dr. Stephan Scheidegger - systems medicine, multi-level modeling
• Dr. Frank-Peter Schilling - statistical data analysis, simulation, big data
• Lars Schmid - machine learning, natural language processing, large Language Models
• Nicolas Schmid - bayesian statistics, reinforcement learning
• Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidhuber  - asset management, risk management, systematic trading
• Dr. Helmut Sedding - optimization algorithms, scheduling, artificial intelligence
• Johanna Seiwald - science communication and outreach
• Prof. Dr. Beate Sick - probabilistic deep learning, biostatistics, statistical modelling of high dimensional data
• Dr. Theo Smits - data analysis in genomics and systems biology, genome sequence assembly, bioinformatics
• Dr. Georg Spinner - medical data science, bayesian statistics, medical imaging
• Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann - artificial intelligence, deep learning, pattern recognition
• Prof. Dr. Kurt Stockinger - big data, natural language processing, quantum machine learning
• Pavel Sulimov -  advanced statistics, deep learning, quantum machine learning
• Dr. Lorenzo Giuseppe Tanadini - statistical data analysis, machine learning
• Dr. Don Tuggener - natural language processing, computational linguistics, machine learning
• Lukas Tuggener - machine learning, deep learning, statistics
• Markus Ulmer - statistical data analysis, machine learning, deep learning
• Dr. Robert Vorburger - medical image processing, data and information visualization, project management
• Manuel Waltert - analysis of flight trajectories
• Prof. Dr. Wibke Weber - visual storytelling, data visualization & infographics, multimodal analysis
• Dr. Samuel Wehrli - (mobile) sensing & health (physical, mental, animal), quantified self-measurement (feedback & therapy), venture into speech and image analysis
• Dr. Andreas Weiler - big data, data mining, real-time stream analytics
• Dr. Joanna Weng - functional safety, reliability, statistical data analysis
• Dr. Michael Widmer - data protection, IT and intellectual property law
• Prof. Dr. Marc Wildi - time series analysis, econometrics
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Wilhelm - imaging techniques, computational fluid dynamics, high performance computing
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Witzig - multiphysics simulation,predictive maintenance, energy efficiency optimization
• Anna Wróbel - data science, programming
• Matthias Wüest - smart Maintenance, deep Learning, computer Vision
• Christoph Zaugg - modeling of stochastic systems, data driven optimization
• Dr. Volker Ziebart - reinforcement learning, optimal control

Alumni

• Katrin Affolter - Move Digital AG, Zurich, Switzerland
• Marek Arnold - ARGUS DATA INSIGHTS, Zurich, Switzerland
• Loran Avci 
• Dr Braulio Barahona - HSLU, Luzern Switzerland
• Dr. Brigitte Blum-Schneider - University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Nils Andri Bundi - Ariadne, Zurich, Switzerland
• Fasika Daksa - UBS AG
• Dr. Somayeh Danafar
• Prof. Dr. Oliver Dürr - HTWG Konstanz, Institute for Optical Systems
• Dominic Egger - Scigility, Zurich, Switzerland
• Gabriel Eyyi Dizmo AG, Zurich, Switzerland
• Dr. Melanie Geiger - Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services, Switzerland
• Kadir Göcer - Swiss, Zurich, Switzerland
• Claudia Hasenstab
• Dr. Lisa Herzog
• Alex Horvath - ARGUS der Presse AG, Zurich, Switzerland
• Garvin Kruthof
• Benjamin Meier - ARGUS DATA INSIGHTS, Zurich, Switzerland
• Mino Müller - AXA, Winterthur, Switzerland
• Elvis Murina - Galaxus AG, Zurich, Switzerland
• Thierry Musy - Foursight Digital AG, Cham, Switzerland
• Daniel Nydegger - Foursight Digital AG, Cham, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Kurt Pärli - University of Basel, Professor for "Soziales Privatrecht"
• Dr. Yves Pauchard - University of Clagary, Canada
• Stefan Rietberger - In Charge!, Winterthur, Switzerland
• Janick Rohrbach - Julius Bär, Switzerland
• Katharina Rombach - Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS), ETH Zürich
• Christoph Senn
• Jan Stampfli - Migros, Zürich, Switzerland
• Dr. Susanne Suter - FHNW, Windisch
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Templ - FHNW, Olten
• William J. Thiers - Carlo Vanoli AG, 8833 Samstagern
• Vasily Tolkachev - University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
• Fatih K. Uzdili - Google, Zürich, Switzerland
• Michael Wyss - Buzzamite, Zürich, Switzerland
• Anita Zimmermann