Research Fields

Our research focuses on language and knowledge technologies. A particular focal point is statistical natural language processing. We also focus on Big Data analytics based on scalable parallel and distributed algorithms.
The output of our research can benefit several disciplines, such as Data Engineering, Information Retrieval, Digital Libraries, Digital Humanities, Computational Linguistic, and Cognitive Science.
Teaching

At the moment we offer the following lectures for students of the University of Passau
- Text Mining
- Information Retrieval
- Web Science
- Complex Systems Engineering
- Big Data Management
- Preference Learning
If you want to browse the current lectures and courses taught by the chair you can do so in our Teaching Section.
Thesis Topic Information

If you want to write a thesis, please click on the link below for more information. If we provide topics, prepare your cv, transcript of records and a one-page essay about your motivation to choose this chair to write your thesis under.
General Information
Consultation Hour:
By arrangement, in 20 minutes slots per Student.
Please make an appointment with our office beforehand.
For questions regarding our teaching and research please also contact our secretariat sandra.paliege@uni-passau.de. If you want to write a thesis, please go to the information here.
Contact
Chair of Data and Knowledge Engineering
HK30
Dr.-Hans-Kapfinger-Str. 30
94032 Passau