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I am a computer scientist primarily working in the field of distributed systems and interdisciplinary projects, especially with researchers from psychology.I have a strong interest in the design and implementation of data-intensive architectures, in particular distributed platforms for data processing. This includes processing models and programming abstractions for special data (e.g., evolving graph structures) as well as underlying platform architectures that aim for proper performance and scalability. I take special interest in data-intensive systems that consume stream-based input data and provide temporal capabilities such as retrospection. Here, I am using techniques such as event sourcing to enable history-aware processing.A second research interest addresses the interaction between data privacy and psychology. On the one hand, this includes the tension field between confidentiality, data protection, and empirical research in psychology. Here, I am exploring potential threats to privacy from public research data sets due to the open science movement, but also technical solutions and mitigations based on privacy-enhancing technologies. On the other hand, I am also interested in psychological aspects of privacy to better understand user behavior when it comes to privacy decisions.

Listed skills include Computer Science, Nosql, Distributed Systems, Concurrent Programming, and 14 others.