Short Biography

Dr. Stefan Hirschmeier studied computer science and business administration at RWTH Aachen University (Dipl.-Inf., Dipl.-Kfm.) and completed his Ph.D. at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems at  University of Cologne with a focus on digital transformation through artificial intelligence. As an NLP Scientist, he is particularly active in the areas of LLM and recommender systems. Stefan has 15 years of experience as an IT consultant/IT expert and is publicly appointed and sworn in as an IT expert by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He was on the supervisory board of onOffice AG for nine years and supports the Cologne start-up scene through coaching, contacts and the promotion of tech start-ups.

Research interests

• Method expertise: AI and Data Science, especially NLP, LLM, Transformer Architectures, Recommender Systems
• Domain expertise: RegTech/LegalTech, MediaTech
• Perspectives: Digital Transformation, Value (Co-)Creation, Public Value