Short Bio

Independent researcher and lecturer at Carl von Linde Academy, Technische Universität München

Background

Computer Science (Ph.D. in Computer Science from Technische Universität München in 1989).

Philosophy (Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science and Technology from Technische Universität München in 2013, advisor Klaus Mainzer).

Wide-ranging experience in computer science and as technical strategy advisor. I profit from my work both in academia and industry.

Interdisciplinary work on the foundations and effects of culture changing information technologies since the 1990s.

Focus on Machine Learning and AI in general since 2017:
presentations at conferences in Japan, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and the USA.

Focus on Smart Contracts and Distributed Autonomous Organizations since 2017: presentations at conferences in Canada, Italy, Sweden, and Germany.

Current research interests include Big Data, Machine Learning and AI in general, autonomy and control in socio-technical systems, emergence and chance in agent-based simulation as well as trust in blockchain-based environments.