About
Dr. Benjamin Paaßen is an Assistant Professor (Junior Professor) at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Technology, leading the Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning Group. His research focuses on interpretable machine learning, structured data analysis, and educational technology within the Socio-Technical World strategic research area.
- Junior Professor, Bielefeld University (2023–)
- Deputy Head, Educational Technology Lab at DFKI (2021–)
- Postdoc experience at Humboldt University, University of Sydney, and Bielefeld University
His work bridges computer science with educational applications, emphasizing explainable AI systems and geometric structures in machine learning. Recent publications analyze metric learning frameworks, tree kernels, and attention dynamics in human motion data.
As module responsible for AI courses and member of interdisciplinary research networks like CITEC and CoAI JRC, Paaßen advances collaborative AI systems that support human tasks. His methodological contributions include topological approaches to ambiguous feedback handling and structure-preserving embedding techniques.
