Data Analytics for Business & Society

Welcome to the Data Analytics for Business & Society Research Group! We dedicate our endeavors to harnessing the potential of Data Analytics, Data Science and GenAI to create business value, as well as to address societal issues. We are a passionate team of data and behavioral experts at the intersection of information science, data analytics, finance, and behavioral economics. Our work has been featured in several international outlets, including HICSS, ICIS, ECIS, HCII, Electronic Markets, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, among others.

Head of Area

Anuja Hariharan
+49 (721) 608-41584

 anuja.hariharan∂kit.de

 

 

Members

Thimo Schulz Thimo Schulz
+49 (721) 608-48382
thimo.schulz∂kit.edu
Marvin Motz Marvin Motz
+49 (721) 608-48344
marvin.motz∂kit.edu
Alexander Grote
+49 (721) 608-48344
 alexander.grote∂kit.edu

 

BGAU Benjamin Gaube
+49 (721) 608-48374
benjamin.gaube∂kit.edu
       

 

Student Assistants

Kübra Nur Çetin

Research Areas

Data Analytics for Business
  • Adaptive (video) systems: Enhancing teams and organizational collaboration [1]
  • LLMs for Business DevelopmentLLMs for Open Set Recognition Problems in business contexts [1]
  • Smart & Sustainable Finance: Data-Analytics to enhance ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)-based investment decisions. [1] [2]
Data Analytics for Society
  • Detecting Greenwashing: Quantify greenwashing tendencies of firms, using natural language processing and text-mining[1] [2]
  • Data Literacy:  Investigate potential and effects of Generative AI usage by data analysts & scientists [1] [2] [3]
  • Data Quality & Lineage:  Open-source Data Lineage to safeguard consumer & organizational interests in cross-party data exchanges. [1]

Research Methods

  • Classical Data Science Paradigms (CRISP)
  • Interpretable Machine Learning
  • Open Set Recognition
  • Lab-based team experiments & Field studies
  • Natural Language Processing and Text Mining
  • Audio & Video Analytics in combination with text processing
  • Data Generation & Simulation

Ongoing Projects

Project Cooperations

Ongoing Industrial Cooperations

 

Past Industrial Cooperations & Thesis Projects

Former Projects

Open Thesis Positions