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About the MINDS research group

MINDS stands for Machine Intelligence and Data Science. We are a research group from the University of Applied Science in Hamburg (HAW Hamburg). We explore research topics around the Data Science Lifecycle with a human-in-the-loop focus, for example:

  • Data Management, Engineering and Analysis
  • Predictive and Visual Analytics
  • Explainable AI / Machine Learning
  • Human in the Loop
  • Privacy and Ethics in Data Science

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Richard W. Hamming

Prof. Dr. Marina Tropmann-Frick

Professor for Data Science

She studied computer science and mathematics in Kiel. Since 2018 she holds a professorship for Data Science at HAW Hamburg. Main topics/core competencies are e.g. Data Analytics & Acquisition, Data Engineering, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Optimization, Analysis of Massive Data Sets.


Research Team

M. Sc. Arne Grünhagen

Research Assistent

M. Sc. Finn Dohrn

Research Assistent

M. Sc. Sabrina Göllner

Research Assistent

M. Sc. Thorben Schomacker

Research Assistent

M. Sc. Tobias Schreier

Research Assistent

M. Sc. Phuc Tran

Research Assistent

Former member

M. Sc. Eric Schaefer

M. Sc. Michael Dammann

M. Sc. Nicolai Gnoss