Michaela Geierhos

Prof. Dr. Michaela Geierhos holds the Chair of Data Science at the CODE Research Institute, Faculty of Computer Science, Bundeswehr University Munich. Her research bridges computational linguistics and computer science, focusing on semantic information processing and practical applications like cyber threat intelligence and trustworthy AI in law enforcement.

• Roles: Technical Director at CODE Research Institute (2021–present), Professor of Data Science (2020–present)
• Collaborations: Partnerships with military, industry, and public sectors; projects include disinformation detection, deepfake identification, and AI for cybersecurity.

Her work emphasizes addressing dataset contamination in NLP, developing adjusted evaluation metrics, and exploring biases in healthcare data. She leads research into synthetic data generation, quantum NLP, and privacy-preserving AI. Recent articles focus on contestable AI systems, NER evaluation frameworks, and ethical considerations in language models. Scientific awards include the Best Paper Award at AI4HMO (NATO STO) in 2021.

• Grants: Directed projects like VIKING (trustworthy AI), KiTIE (technology transfer), and KIMONO (campaign monitoring).
• Education: Supervised doctoral students, including external candidate Philipp J. Rösch (2025), and contributed to interdisciplinary teaching combining theory and practice.