Prof. Dr. Tanya Braun

Current affiliations

Junior professorship of practical computer science - modern aspects of data processing / data science (Prof. Braun)

0000-0003-0282-4284

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Statistical relational artificial intelligence, specifically, probabilistic inference (probability- as well as decision-theoretic) in relational domains
Human-aware AI, specifically, inference in human-aware agents
Text understanding, specifically, annotations and context representations

Academic Education
02/2020	Doctorate, University of Lübeck, Dr. rer. nat.
10/2013 - 09/2015	Studies Computational Informatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Degree: M.Sc.
10/2010 - 09/2013	Studies Computational Informatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Degree B.Sc.
Work Experience
since 11/2021	Assistant professor
03/2020 - 10/2021	Research Associate (PostDoc)
12/2015 - 02/2020	Research Assistant (grad student)

Publications

Approximate Lifted Model Construction Luttermann, Malte; Speller, Jan; Gehrke, Marcel; Braun, Tanya; Möller, Ralf; Hartwig, Mattis (2025) In: (eds.), IJCAI-25 Proceedings of the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Combining Local Symmetry Exploitation and Reinforcement Learning for Optimised Probabilistic Inference - A Work In Progress Hamid, Sagad; Braun, Tanya (2025) In: arXiv:2503.08786. Type of Publication: Research article in digital collection
Unsupervised Estimation of Subjective Content Descriptions in an Information System Bender, Magnus; Braun, Tanya; Möller, Ralf; Gehrke, Marcel (2024) In: International Journal of Semantic Computing, 18(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
ReFrESH – Relation-preserving Feedback-reliant Enhancement of Subjective Content Descriptions Bender, Magnus; Braun, Tanya; Möller, Ralf; Gehrke, Marcel (2024) In: ICSC-24 18th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, Laguna Hills, United States. IEEE Computer Society Digital Library:17-24. Type of Publication: Research article in digital collection (conference)
Colour Passing Revisited: Lifted Model Construction with Commutative Factors Luttermann, Malte; Braun, Tanya; Möller, Ralf; Gehrke, Marcel (2024) In: Wooldridge, Michael; Dy, Jennifer; Natarajan Sriraam (eds.), AAAI-24 Proceedings of the 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Washington, DC: AAAI Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)

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Projects

HAPPI - Human-aware PGMs and Probabilistic Inference via Lifted Model Reconciliation (HAPPI)

Duration: 15/03/2024 - 31/12/2026

Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie „Künstliche Intelligenz/Maschinelles Lernen“ - KI-Starter

Type of project: Individual project

Talks

Tutorial: Exploiting Structure in Decision Making under the Lens of Recent Advances in StaRAI Gehrke, Marcel; Karabulut, Nazlı Nur; Marwitz, Florian; Braun, Tanya (23/09/2024) KI-24 47th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Würzburg Type of talk: scientific talk
What Can Explainability Mean for Probabilistic Inference? Braun, Tanya (27/06/2024) sAIOnARA 2024 (Conference on Shaping Trustworthy AI: Opportunities, Innovation, and Achievements for Reliable…, Bielefeld Type of talk: scientific talk
What’s Intelligence Got To Do With It? An Introduction into Artificial Intelligence Research Braun, Tanya (08/12/2023) Grand Rounds - Interdisziplinäres Klinikcurriculum, University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health Type of talk: scientific talk
Let's Talk about Palm Leaves - From Minimal Data to Text Understanding Bender, Magnus; Gehrke, Marcel; Braun, Tanya (26/09/2023) 46th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 26-29 September 2023, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Type of talk: scientific talk
On Domain-specific Topic Modelling Using the Case of a Humanities Journal Braun, Tanya (26/09/2023) CHAI 2023 3rd Workshop on Humanities-centred AI, co-located with KI 2023, Berlin Type of talk: scientific talk