The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) and the Language Technology (LT) group at Universität Hamburg made a strong showing at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2025), the most prestigious international conference in Computational Linguistics and NLP. 

ACL 2025 received a large number of high-quality submissions, and we are proud that 11 papers involving...

a small delegation from the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) - Dr. Martin Semmann and Dr. Seid Muhie Yimam and Prof. Dr. Adem Chanie Ali  – took part in the Long Night of the Consulates, visiting the Ethiopian Honorary Consulate in Hamburg, hosted by Honorary Consul Heinrich G. Köhler. 

The evening brought together representatives of the Ethiopian diaspora in Hamburg as well as with other...

On July 16, 2025, the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) will hold an RSE day in the Science City Bahrenfeld. The event is tailored to scientists and software developers working in Research Software Engineering, as well as individuals interested in the field. It aims to strengthen our community in Hamburg, share experiences, and showcase our work.

As the requirements for sustainable research...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) is proud to co-organize the upcoming Dagstuhl Seminar on “Digital Transformation of Research and Digital Centers in the Science Landscape,” taking place August 23–28, 2026, at Schloss Dagstuhl.

This prestigious 5-day seminar, hosted by the Leibniz Center for Informatics (LZI), will gather around 40 international experts from academia and infrastructure...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) not only drives forward research – it is also actively involved in academic teaching at the University of Hamburg. Our team members Seid Muhie Yimam, Steffen Remus, with the support of Robert Geislinger, Tim Fischer, and Jan Strich  recently mentored students in the “Applications with Artificial Intelligence” bachelor project course, guiding them...

There will once again be a Service Systems Design and Management session at this year's WI2025 - International Conference on Information Systems. The renowned conference, which will take place in Nuremberg from 10 to 14 March 2025, is one of the most important international forums for research and practice in the field of information systems.

Together with Dr. Carina Benz (Karlsruhe Institute of...

We are excited to announce that Longquan Jiang, Junbo Huang, and Cedric Möller have been awarded the Best Student Paper for their research "Ontology-Guided Hybrid Prompt Learning for Generalization in Knowledge Graph Question Answering" at the 19th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2025).

The IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC) focuses...

Once again at AMCIS 2025, Martin Semmann is co-chairing the Mini-Track "Shaping the Responsible Design of Human-Computer Artificial Intelligence Collaboration in Immersive Virtual Environments", together with Sofia Schöbel, Dr. Pauline Weritz, and Juuli Lumivalo. This Mini-Track is part of the Virtual Communities and Collaboration (VCC) Track and focuses on the ethical and practical challenges of...

The first international workshop "Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications" was a great success! From February 5.-7., 2025, students, researchers, and AI experts gathered at the brand-new Hamburg Center for Translational Immunology on the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) campus to discuss current challenges and innovative approaches in machine learning and artificial...

On 23 January, researchers from the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) and the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS)  presented their latest work on the Jerusalem guestbook at a public launch event. In short talks, the team explored how new digital tools enhance research and visualization, uncovering hidden connections and forgotten stories.

The guestbook, kept by Miryam and...