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Academic Education
10/2007 - 07/2013	Ph.D. in Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Ph.D. Thesis: Distance-based Similarity Models for Content-based Multimedia Retrieval.
10/2001 - 09/2007	Diploma in Computer Science, RWTH Aaachen University, Germany. Diploma Thesis: Relevance Feedback für EMD-basierte Ähnlichkeitssuche.
Work Experience
since 01/2021	Research Group Leader, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Deutschland.
since 04/2018	Professor of Computer Science, University of Münster, Germany.
04/2017 - 12/2020	Senior Researcher, User-Centered Ubiquitous Computing, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Germany.
04/2014 - 03/2017	Akademischer Rat, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
08/2013 - 03/2014	Post-doctoral researcher, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
10/2007 - 07/2013	Ph.D. student and research assistant, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Stochastic Time Series Representation for Interval Pattern Mining via Gaussian Processes Berns F, Beecks C (2021) In: (eds.), Proceedings of the 2021 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM). (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Complexity-Adaptive Gaussian Process Model Inference for Large-Scale Data Berns F, Beecks C (2021) In: (eds.), Proceedings of the 2021 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM). (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Machine Learning for Storage Location Prediction in Industrial High Bay Warehouses Berns F, Ramsdorf T, Beecks C (2021) In: (eds.), 1st International Workshop on Industrial Machine Learning at 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition 2020. Springer. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
3CS Algorithm for Efficient Gaussian Process Model Retrieval Berns F, Schmidt K, Bracht I, Beecks C (2021) In: (eds.), Proceedings 25th of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition 2020. Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Local Gaussian Process Model Inference Classification for Time Series Data Berns F, Strueber JH, Beecks C (2021) In: (eds.), . (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)

Joint Research Training Group: „Trustworthy AI for Seamless Problem solving: Next generation Intelligence Joins Robust Data Analysis“ (Data NInJA) - PhD topic:… (GAIA) Duration: 01/02/2021 - 31/12/2024 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie „Künstliche Intelligenz/Maschinelles Lernen“ - Standortübergreifendes Graduiertenkolleg Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Towards AI powered manufacturing services, processes, and products in an edge-to-cloud-knowlEdge continuum for humans [in-the-loop] (knowlEdge) Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: EC H2020 - Research and innovation actions Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
Applied IoT Data Analytics Duration: since 01/04/2017 Type of project: Own resources project
Medical Video Analysis Duration: 01/04/2015 - 30/09/2018 Type of project: Own resources project
Video Search and Retrieval Duration: 01/04/2015 - 30/03/2018 Type of project: Own resources project

Best Research Paper Award: "Complexity-Adaptive Gaussian Process Model Inference for Large-Scale Data" Awarded by: SIAM International Conference on Data Mining Award given to: Berns, Fabian; Beecks, Christian Announced at: 30/04/2021 \| Date of awarding: 30/04/2021 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Poster Award: "Towards digitized gesture analytics. Gaining new insights into gesture and gesture space use through motion-capture technology" Awarded by: Warwick Workshop on Gesture & Technology Award given to: Mittelberg, Irene; Brenger, Bela; Beecks, Christian Announced at: 03/06/2018 \| Date of awarding: 03/06/2018 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award: "Automated Pattern Analysis in Gesture Research: Similarity Measuring in 3D Motion Capture Models of Communicative Action" Awarded by: Göttingen Dialog in Digital Humanities Award given to: Schüller, Daniel; Beecks, Christian; Hassani, Marwan; Hinnell, Jennifer; Brenger, Bela; Seidl, Thomas; Mittelberg, Irene Date of awarding: 01/01/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award: "Ptolemaic Indexing of the Signature Quadratic Form Distance" Awarded by: International Conference on Similarity Search and Applications Award given to: Lokoč, Jakub; Hetland, Magnus Lie; Skopal, Tomáš; Beecks, Christian Date of awarding: 01/01/2011 Type of distinction: Best publication award