Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Grimme
Current affiliations
- Research Group Computational Social Science and Systems Analysis (CSSSA)
- Department of Information Systems (WI)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Social Media Analytics / Online Propaganda
- Multiobjective Evolutionary Computation
- Hybrid Algorithms
- Theory and Algorithms (Scheduling / Graphs)
Academic Education | |
| 07/2015 - 12/2018 | Habilitation and venia legendi (Information Systems) |
| 04/2013 - 12/2018 | PostDoc |
| 05/2006 - 10/2012 | Phd studies in computer science |
| 10/1999 - 04/2006 | Studies in Computer Science |
Work Experience | |
| since 10/2023 | Interim Professorship for Statistics & Optimization |
| since 11/2022 | Head of the Research Group on Computational Social Science & Systems Analytics (CSSSA) |
| since 2019 | Associate Professor at the Department for Information Systems, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| since 2018 | Academic Co-Head of the ERCIS Competence Center "Social Media Analytics" |
| since 2016 | Head of the Research Group Social Media Analytics and Multi-objective Optimization |
| 2013 - 2018 | PostDoc Researcher at the Department of Information Systems, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 03/2017 | Proceedings and Financial Chair dof the 9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multicriterion Optimization (EMO 2017) |
| 2006 - 2012 | Research Associate at the Robotics Research Institute, TU Dortmund University |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 01/2023 | Head, Steering Committee of the Multidisciplinary International Symposium for Open Online Media (MISDOOM) |
| since 04/2022 | Member, German Informatics Society |
| since 2018 | Mitglied of the Integrity & Security Initiative lead by the federal office for information security |
| since 2018 | CLAIRE (Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe), Supporter |
| since 05/2006 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Professional Member |
| 2019 | General Chair, General Chair of the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM 2019) |
Appointments | |
| 06/2022 | Offer to a AI, Data Science & Analytics-Professorship for AI, Data Science & Analytics (W3) , University of Münster (rejected) |
Publications
Bossek, Jakob; Grimme, Christian (2024) In: Evolutionary Computation, 32(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Stampe, Lucas; Lütke-Stockdiek, Janina; Grimme, Britta; Grimme, Christian (2024) In: (eds.), Proceedings of the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence . (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Bossek J; Grimme C (2024) In: Xiaodong Li; Julia Handl (eds.), Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Bayer, Judit; Grimme, Christian (eds.) (2024) Cham: Springer Nature. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) | |
Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten (2023) In: Bui, Tung X. (eds.), Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Honolulu, HI, USA: ScholarSpace. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) |
Projects
Duration: 02/09/2024 - 04/09/2024 Funded by: Participation / conference fees , DFG - International Scientific Events Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/02/2024 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: DAAD - Programm des projektbezogenen Personenaustauschs mit verschiedenen Partnerländern Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2024 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2022 Funded by: DAAD - International Virtual Academic Collaboration Type of project: Participation in other joint projects | |
Detection & Analysis of Social Bots in 2021 (SocialBots2021) Duration: 01/07/2021 - 30/11/2021 Funded by: Federal Office for Information Security Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| Human-AI Collaboration on Disinformation Campaign Detection in Social Media Grimme, Christian; Klapproth, Johanna; Stampe, Lucas; Lütke Stockdiek, Janina; Unger, Said; Quandt, Thorsten (23/04/2024) AI Research EXPO by CeNoS & InterKI, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Breaking Boundaries: Cross-Platform Analysis of User and Information Dynamics in the Case of German Climate Change Discussion Klapproth, Johanna; Pohl, Janina; Unger, Saïd; Stampe, Lucas; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten (22/11/2023) 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Amsterdam Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Resisting Interventions: An agent based model of the effect of tie-dissolution on the diffusion of disinformation and prebunking interventions Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten (21/11/2023) 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Amsterdam Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Countering Disinformation Campaigns: Analyzing Information Diffusion and Macrosocial Effects of Temporally Dynamic and Platform-Specific Intervention Strategies Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten (26/05/2023) 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Immunize the Public against Disinformation Campaigns: Developing a Framework for Analyzing Macrosocial Effects of Prebunking Interventions Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten (03/01/2023) 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| PPSN XIV Best Paper Award (2016) Awarded by: Edinburgh Napier University and Organizing Committee of PPSN XIV Award given to: Kerschke, Pascal; Wang, Hao; Preuss, Mike; Grimme, Christian; Deutz, André; Emmerich, Michael; Trautmann, Heike Announced at: 21/09/2016 | Date of awarding: 15/09/2016 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Student grant based on review results Awarded by: Platform Computing@EMO Conference Award given to: Grimme, Christian Date of awarding: 15/03/2007 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Travel Grant for participating in GECCO 2006, Seattle, USA Awarded by: Association for Computing Machinery Award given to: Grimme, Christian Announced at: 15/07/2006 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Grant for participating in GECCO 2007, London, UK Awarded by: Association for Computing Machinery Award given to: Grimme, Christian Announced at: 15/07/2007 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Grant for participating in GECCO 2008, Atlanta, USA Awarded by: Association for Computing Machinery Award given to: Grimme, Christian Announced at: 15/07/2008 Type of distinction: Scholarship |