Ricardo Usbeck studied computer science (B.Sc., M.Sc.) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He then moved to Leipzig, where he completed his doctorate in the field of data extraction and search engines in 2017. Until 2019, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Paderborn in the Data Science Group. He then became team leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems. In 2021, he took over the Junior Professorship for Semantic Systems at the University of Hamburg. In 2023, he was appointed Professor of Information Systems, in particular Artificial Intelligence and Explainability, at Leuphana University Lüneburg. He works in and leads several national and international research projects on knowledge graphs, large language models, chatbots and AI for social purposes. He is interested in transformational areas such as sustainability and creative spaces for technology. Ricardo Usbeck tries to build a bridge between research and application.
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