Research

Ongoing Projects

DLR
Cooperation with the DLR Data Science Institute: Reliability and Quality in Social Media [2018 - 2021]
Effective and efficient analysis of social media data such as Twitter news, Facebook posts, or Instagram messages regarding information quality and trust.
Partners: B. Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
BMBF
BMBF Project: The Immersive Web Observatory [2017 - today]
Exploiting the Internet Archive's web archive for smart and immersive applications in economy, society, and science.
Partners: B. Stein, B. Fröhlich (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), M. Hagen (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)

Completed Projects (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

Google
Google Grant in the Digital News Initiative Program: Clickbait [2016 - 2017]
Basic research and algorithms for clickbait detection.
ESF
ESF/ELIAS Funding: PAN Network Initiative II [2014]
PAN evaluation lab on uncovering plagiarism, authorship, and social software misuse.
DAAD
DAAD Funding: Higher Education Dialog Program [2013 - 2014]
Expert forum for digital text forensics.
BMWi
BMWi EXIST Startup Grant: PicaPica [2013 - 2014]
Web services for plagarism detection.
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ESF
ESF/ELIAS Funding: PAN Network Initiative I [2012]
PAN evaluation lab on uncovering plagiarism, authorship, and social software misuse.