Team JAAI

15+ years of successful business software development with up to 2 million users and leadership of development teams. Received the Innovation-IT Award and is the architect of spin-offs like botario and SCOUTASTIC. Loves front end development and kitesurfing.

Highly interested in ML-based image processing and robotics. RoboCup world champion 2019 and vice champion 2018. Winner of Bremen Big Data Challenge 2020. Wrote his bachelor thesis on “Tracking human foot positions by using camera data” in the context of physical activities on small fields. Is an enthusiastic Werder Bremen fan.

Winner of Bremen Big Data Challenge 2018 and 2019, RoboCup World Champion 2017 and vice champion 2018, developed a ball-classifier with deep learning. Has worked at the DFKI, loves to solve riddles and play strategy games.

LLM expert and open source enthusiast who is passionate about all kinds of AI gimmicks. Co-founder of ellamind and DiscoResearch and developer of the LeoLM models. When he’s not hitting the keys or hanging out in the DiscoReseach Discord, he loves to go bouldering.

Is studying Information Systems Management in the Master’s program and is passionate about software development. Enjoys playing and watching soccer in his spare time and also coaches a youth team.

Became an enthusiastic coach after 13 years of playing football. Already obtained the elite youth coaching licence at the age of 18 and worked at SV Werder Bremen as a youth coach in the academy. Studied sports management in Wismar and has been active in business development at SCOUTASTIC since 2020.

NLP / NLU specialist, published a paper on EnsembleForest – a combination classifier for POS tagging back in 2017. Three times German Champion in Jumpstyle.

Winner of the Bremen Big Data Challenge in 2018 and 2019, two times RoboCup World Champion, coded the first autonomous cooking robot and worked at the DFKI on ML for space robots. Always tries to solve impossible problems. Enjoys traveling and Bremen.

Chemist with experience in pharmaceutical industry, who gradually developed fascination for AI solutions and Data Engineering. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Data Science. Python and vim enthusiast. Likes to spend free time playing classical music on the piano and singing.

Formerly programmed algos for quantitative trading on the stock market, but then realised that it’s more fun to train AI models. Creator of the “EM German” and “DiscoLM German” open source LLMs, father of two toddlers and strategy game nerd.

Winner of the Bremen Big Data Challenge 2019. Works at JAAI since 2018. Computer vision specialist, wrote his award-winning master’s thesis on an object detection and distance estimation system for the Euro Shift2Rail project SMART. Holds a Masters in Microelectronics. Loves playing basketball and gaming.

Winner of the Oldenburg Data Challenge 2019, wrote his master’s thesis on e-mail intent classification and focuses on NLP. Interested in football, playing the piano and precision sports.

Experienced Full-Stack Java Engineer with a Master in Intelligent Systems, focussing on cognitive robotics and machine learning. Has traveled six continents and was a guest speaker at his own graduation ceremony.

Passionate footballer and active as a soccer coach for 20 years. Holder of an A-License (UEFA A-Level) and currently coach of a men’s fifth divison team.
Completed his Master in General Management & Sport Business at Sportbusiness Campus in 2019.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in healthcare, completely changed direction and fulfilled a childhood dream. Supports the JAAI team with data annotation.

Studies Businness Informatics since 2020 at the University of Bremen and thereby developed a passion for AI. Besides he is interested in football, weight lifting and is always up for every kind of sport activity. Loves to cook healthy food.

Master degree in Industrial Mathematics with focus on image reconstruction. He discovered computer vision for himself during his time as a Ph.D student. Always ready to look for a solution to a new problem. He is an early riser with a fondness for good coffee and a thrilling book or escape-game.

Developed a walking robot with the help of reinforcement learning and won 3rd place with it in the national final of Jugend forscht 2022. Attended his first mathematics lectures alongside school and has been studying in Göttingen since 2023. Loves Linux and is a big fan of FOSS. Likes to spend his time in (N)vim and the terminal and would like to get rid of the mouse altogether. Enjoys drawing and occasionally goes jogging.

Worked on the classification of EEG data during his studies. Winner of the Bremen Big Data Challenge 2022. Interested in hardware, server technologies and deep learning. Likes gaming and good music.

Has automated large-scale production machinery as a mechatronics engineer and successfully implemented Industry 4.0 projects using Edge, Cloud, and AI technologies. Won numerous awards for innovative ideas at 13 Hackathons. Explores distant countries in his free time and refurbishes vintage racing bikes.

Interdisciplinary Physicist, prefers simple solutions to complex problems. Discovered the beauty in the physics of living matter during his master’s thesis and doctorate after a classical start in semiconductor optics and an excursion into the development of magnetic sensors. Climbs, sails and cycles long distances, always on the hunt for third-wave coffee. Happy father and currently to be found on the green outskirts of the Ruhr area.

Communicator at heart. Marketing generalist with a focus on social media, copywriting and content creation. Through his experience as a stadium announcer, he is also repeatedly involved in various roles at events. Sport is his passion, especially his love for football is noticeable on and off the pitch.

Studying master of data engineering in Bremen and keen to explore further about AI and ML world. Experience in electrical substation automation. Smart home enthusiasm. Love puzzle games, board games and good music. Amazing Good food is essential!

Is currently writing his bachelor’s thesis and will begin his master’s degree in computer science in the summer of 2023. Is excited about the potential of data. Enjoys improving his cooking skills, doing sports, and relaxing by playing video games.

Linguist with over 12 years of experience in the field of linguistics, machine translation and computational linguistics. Loves forensic linguistics, literature, and motorcycling.

Master’s degree in Data Science. Was jointly responsible for the development of the Python package kgextension, which allows researchers to easily access the LOD Cloud. For his master’s thesis, he developed attacks to extract private information from NLP models. In his spare time, he can usually be found at the local makerspace, somewhere between the 3D printer and the soldering station.

Passionate computer scientist and three times RoboCup World Champion. Loves tormenting robots and making them perform impossible moves without problems. Is a micromanaging fanatic and looks for the causes and not the symptoms.

Freshly returned to Bremen after an excursion to oceanography in his B.Sc. Physics at the IUP Uni Bremen and bio-informatics in his M.Sc. Data Science at UMR in Marburg. Likes sea, gulls and a fresh wind on his face. Occasionally wears the DM mask instead of his regular hiking boots to wander beyond the limited borders of this prosaic plane and into Aventuria.

Master’s degree in Geoinformatics at the University of Münster. Web and mobile developer with strong interest in AI. His second home is the bouldering gym. Loves watching football.

Experienced full-stack developer, who was able to gain experience in both completing a product and company development by founding my own startup in the past. Studying computer science with a specialization in IT-Security has strongly influenced my passion for new technologies.

Scientist who became a data scientist. Started in the pharmaceutical industry but over the years expanded interest in natural language processing and predictive maintenance. Enjoys it most when his models run stable in production and deliver business value. Linux, Python and cloud enthusiast.

Degree in Computer Science with specialization in AI from the University of Oldenburg. Is enthusiastic about NLP and computer vision and finds great joy in always learning something new. Plays tennis in her free time and enjoys being outdoors. Loves concerts, good books and surfing on vacation.

Supports the JAAI team with data annotation.

Industrial mathematician, focused on inverse problems and partial differential equations during his PhD. Subsequently discovered his passion for machine learning and computer vision. Is a fan of Rust, likes to go running and brews his own kombucha.

The qualified bank clerk never left the finance path after his bachelor’s and master’s degree and is passionate about the figures of the JAAI Group. As a certified accountant (IHK accountant) and fan of automation and digitization, he controls all accounting processes in the company. Likes to spend time with family and friends and works as a handball referee throughout Lower Saxony.

Master student of business informatics, several years of experience in software development. Passionate about social bots. Strong advocate of reasonable automations. Loves weight lifting and watches.

Studies computer science at the University of Bremen and is characterized by his enthusiasm for solving complex problems. In addition to his studies, he places great importance on automating everyday processes and uses the time freed up to devote himself to healthy cooking.

Has a degree in physics with specialization in accelerator physics. Spent some years delving into science communication and then discovered chatbots through fortunate coincidences. Foodie and passionate about coffee – as it should be for someone with Italian roots. Otherwise, occupied with raising two children and many plants.