Ingmar Weber
German computer scientist (born 1978)
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Ingmar Weber is a German computer scientist known for his research on Computational Social Science in which he uses online data to study population behavior. He was the Research Director for Social Computing[1] at the Qatar Computing Research Institute, and is a Professor at Saarland University.[2] He serves as editor-in-chief for EPJ Data Science.[3] Previously, he served as editor-in-chief for the International Conference on Web and Social Media.[4][5] Weber's research has been widely covered in the media.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
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Ingmar Weber | |
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Weber speaking at the ITU AI for Good Global Summit 2018 | |
| Born | 14 September 1978 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, Saarland University |
| Thesis | Efficient index structures for and applications of the CompleteSearch engine (2007) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hannah Bast |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Computational social science |
| Website | https://ingmarweber.de/ |
Research
Weber currently works with international agencies on developing new methodologies for monitoring international migration and digital gender gaps.
Migration
While at Yahoo! Research, Weber pioneered the use of geo-located email login data to study migration and mobility patterns.[12][13] He has since also analyzed data from Twitter and Google Plus for similar studies.[14][15]
He now works with experts at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and International Organization for Migration to use Facebook's advertising audience estimates to obtain timely insights into migration flows.[16][17]
Digital Gender Gaps
He works with the United Nations Foundation's Data2X initiative to study digital gender gaps, in particular internet access gender gaps.[18][19] With support by the Data2X initiative he helped create a website for real-time monitoring of different types of digital gender gaps.[20]
Awards and honors
Weber is an ACM Distinguished Member[21] and was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in AI.[22] He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.[23]