People
Prof. Thomas Gärtner : Computational aspects of machine learning.
Maximilian Thiessen : Graph-based machine learning, active learning, and learning theory. Connects (graph) convexity theory with machine learning.
David Penz : Background in economics and theoretical computer science. Working on disentangled representations, knowledge transfer, and neuro-symbolic AI.
Tamara Drucks : Background in bioinformatics and theoretical computer science. Now interested in graphs, optimization, and (deep) learning theory.
Patrick Indri : Background in physics and data science. Interested in trustworthy machine learning focusing on privacy and robustness.
Fabian Jogl : Machine learning on graphs and especially graph neural networks. Combining ideas from algorithmics with machine learning.
Dr. Pascal Welke : Interested in similarity based learning on graphs, as well as counting of various substructures for fun and (machine learning) profit.
Dr. Sagar Malhotra : Machine learning, logic, and probability in all possible combinations.
Christoph Sandrock : Interested in active learning, graph learning, and learning theory.
Johannes Petersen : Algorithmic cheminformatics, graph algorithms, graph transformation rules and mass spectrometry.
Klaus Weinbauer : Interested in cheminformatics, synthesis planning, and graph-based machine learning.
Francesco Flaviano De Santis : Interested in graphs and higher-order relations. Leveraging ideas from fundamental mathematics to advance machine learning.
Visitors
Benoît Goupil : Winter 2024-2025
Dr. Fabrizio Frasca : Summer 2024
Masahiro Negishi : Summer 2024
Dr. Caterina Graziani : Winter 2023-2024
Alumni
Group Leader
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas GärtnerGroup members
TU Wien (from 2019)
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Maximilian Thiessen
(PhD candidate, since 2020)
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David Penz
(PhD candidate, since 2020; joint position at JKU Linz with Markus Schedl)
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Dr.
Anna Sepliarskaia
(PostDoc, 2020-2022)
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Tamara Drucks
(PhD candidate, since 2021)
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Patrick Indri
(PhD candidate in the SecInt doctoral college, since 2021)
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Fabian Jogl
(PhD candidate in the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, since 2022)
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Anice Jahanjoo
(Project Assistant, 2022-2024)
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Dr.
Pascal Welke
(PostDoc, since 2023)
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Dr.
Sagar Malhotra
(PostDoc, since 2023)
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Christoph Sandrock
(PhD candidate, since 2024)
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Johannes Petersen
(PhD candidate, since 2024)
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Klaus Weinbauer
(PhD candidate, since 2024)
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Francesco Flaviano De Santis
(PhD candidate, since 2025)
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Ülkühan (Hannah) Kacmaz
(Administration)
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Martina Trauner
(IT Services)
We are hiring!!!
University of Nottingham (2015--2019)
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Joseph Redshaw
(co-supervised PhD candidate, since 2018)
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Alexe Haywood
(co-supervised PhD candidate, since 2018)
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Dr.
Dino Oglic
(supervised PhD candidate in Bonn, PDRA in Nottingham, thesis completed '18 with magna cum laude), now research associate at King's College London
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Prof. Dr.
Bertrand Perrat
(ML PDRA in the Rights Lab), now Assistant Professor in Business Analytics at Nottingham University
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Prof. Dr.
Nicolò Navarin
(ML PDRA in the Rights Lab), now Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Padova
University of Bonn / Fraunhofer IAIS (until 2015)
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Dr.
Katrin Ullrich
(supervised PhD candidate, thesis completed'21), now at Fraunhofer IWU
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Dr.
Michael Kamp
(supervised PhD candidate, thesis completed '19 with magna cum laude), now at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
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Dr.
Daniel Paurat
(supervised PhD candidate, thesis completed '17 with magna cum laude), now at Deutsche Telekom Technik
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Dr.
Olana Missura
(supervised PhD candidate, thesis completed '15 with magna cum laude), now at Google
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Dr.
Mario Boley
(PhD and later PostDoc, thesis), now at Monash University
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Dr.
Tamás Horváth
(senior scientist), now at University of Bonn
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Dr.
Shankar Vembu
(co-supervised PhD, thesis completed '09 with magna cum laude)
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Dr.
Maike Krause-Trudes
(PostDoc)
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Prof. Dr.
Ulf Brefeld
(PostDoc), now Professor for Machine Learning at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Prof. Dr.
Roman Garnett
PostDoc, now Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis
Other Co-authors
Former Supervisors
- Prof. Dr.
Peter A. Flach
(University of Bristol)
- Prof. Dr.
Stefan Wrobel
(University of Bonn and Fraunhofer IAIS)
Co-supervised graduate students
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Timothy Ellersiek
- Sebastian Bothe
- Jens Humrich
- Laurentiu Ilici
- Hongqi Wang
- Jiaojian Wang
National and International Collaborators
- Dr.
Gemma C. Garriga
(Global Head of AI & Advanced Business Analytics at Allianz, cf Handelsblatt)
- Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmondsson (president of the University of Akureyri, cf The Virtual Economist)
- Dr.
Alex J. Smola
(Director for Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services)
- Prof. Dr.
S. V. N. Vishwanathan
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Emeritus Prof. Dr.
John W. Lloyd
(Australian National University)
- Prof. Dr.
Claudio Lucchese
(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- Prof. Dr.
Tobias Scheffer
(University of Potsdam)
- Prof. Dr.
Kurt Driessens
(Maastricht University)
- Prof. Dr.
Jürgen Bajorath
(University of Bonn)
- Prof. Dr.
Kristian Kersting
(TU Darmstadt)
- Prof. Dr.
Stéphane Canu
(INSA of Rouen)
- Dr. Hanna Geppert (Fraunhofer FKIE)
- Prof. Dr.
Giles Gasso
(INSA of Rouen)
- Dr.
Jan Ramon
(INRIA Lille)
- Dr.
Yasemin Altun
(Google)
- Dr. Karina Zapien Arreola
- Dr.
Quoc V. Le
(Google)
- Dr. Henrik Grosskreutz
- Dr. Dagmar Stumpfe
- Dr. Adam Kowalczyk
- Dr. Sandy Moens
- Petur Oskarsson
- Simon Burton
Other Co-authors
Former Supervisors
- Prof. Dr. Peter A. Flach (University of Bristol)
- Prof. Dr.
Stefan Wrobel
(University of Bonn and Fraunhofer IAIS)
Co-supervised graduate students
- Timothy Ellersiek
- Sebastian Bothe
- Jens Humrich
- Laurentiu Ilici
- Hongqi Wang
- Jiaojian Wang
National and International Collaborators
- Dr. Gemma C. Garriga (Global Head of AI & Advanced Business Analytics at Allianz, cf Handelsblatt)
- Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmondsson (president of the University of Akureyri, cf The Virtual Economist)
- Dr. Alex J. Smola (Director for Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services)
- Prof. Dr. S. V. N. Vishwanathan (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Emeritus Prof. Dr. John W. Lloyd (Australian National University)
- Prof. Dr. Claudio Lucchese (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Scheffer (University of Potsdam)
- Prof. Dr. Kurt Driessens (Maastricht University)
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath (University of Bonn)
- Prof. Dr. Kristian Kersting (TU Darmstadt)
- Prof. Dr. Stéphane Canu (INSA of Rouen)
- Dr. Hanna Geppert (Fraunhofer FKIE)
- Prof. Dr. Giles Gasso (INSA of Rouen)
- Dr. Jan Ramon (INRIA Lille)
- Dr. Yasemin Altun (Google)
- Dr. Karina Zapien Arreola
- Dr. Quoc V. Le (Google)
- Dr. Henrik Grosskreutz
- Dr. Dagmar Stumpfe
- Dr. Adam Kowalczyk
- Dr. Sandy Moens
- Petur Oskarsson
- Simon Burton