Data Science Center

On July 2nd, the summer meeting of the DataNord project – the interdisciplinary data competence centre for the Bremen region – took place. The annual event offers all project partners the opportunity to share updates and aims to foster exchange and collaboration across institutions.

We are happy to welcome two new arrivals at the Data Science Center. As a research associate, Timo will be responsible for managing the infrastructure and IT services of the DSC. Hannes will be completing an internship at the DSC and will support our team with various tasks.

As part of the DataNord project, the members of the U Bremen Research Alliance jointly organized the “Research Data Day” (TdF) on 11 June. The Data Science Center also attended the event and participated in the organisation of the Research Data Day 2025.

DSC research associate Dr. Sana Hassan Imam successfully defended her dissertation titled “Enhancing User Engagement in Online Collaborative Communities using Artificial Intelligence”. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Research Group Diginomics at Faculty 07 (Business Studies).

A warm welcome to the newest team member of the Data Science Center. As part of the DataNord project, Svenja will support the DSC as a team assistant.

From April 27 to May 2 2025, the international geoscience community gathered in Vienna for the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. DSC Data Scientist Annika Nolte attended the conference and gave a presentation on the topic of Open Resources for Geoscience Data Science Training.

The research project focuses on identifying the determinants of trend patterns in the cryptocurrency market. The main goal is to examine whether investor behaviour is driven by rational decision-making or behavioural biases.

We are happy to welcome Hermine as an intern at the DSC. In the coming weeks, she will support our team with a variety of tasks while gaining insights into the interdisciplinary activities of the Data Science Center.

On March 19?20, 2025, the first cross-regional community meeting of the Data Science Initiative took place in Bochum. The initiative, originally launched by the DSC at the University of Bremen together with other partners, was further developed and strategically aligned during the workshop.

The E-Science-Tage 2025 took place in Heidelberg from March 12 to 14, focusing on “Research Data Management: Challenges in a Changing World”. DSC Coordinator Dr. Lena Steinmann was among the contributors, presenting the data competence center “DataNord”.