Christian Gawron

Prof. Dr. Christian Gawron is a Professor of Internet Technologies at the University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen since 2019. He leads the Master's program in Applied Computer Science and has held roles as Department Head and Practice Group Leader at IBM Global Business Services (2014–2018), focusing on Watson AI, chatbots, and text mining. Previously, he was a Senior IT Architect at IBM (1999–2014), specializing in business process digitalization for the insurance sector. He earned his Dr. rer. nat. in 1999 with a dissertation on Simulation-Based Traffic Assignment, and held research roles at the Center for Applied Computer Science (ZAIK) and the Universities of Cologne and Bonn. His research spans internet technologies, software engineering, natural language processing (NLP), and traffic simulation.

His academic journey includes a physics degree from the Universities of Cologne and Bonn (1989–1995). His work bridges theoretical computer science and practical AI applications, including projects like BERT-DE-NER for NLP and traffic simulation models for large networks. He advises students on theses and projects, emphasizing real-world applications of technology.

Prof. Gawron’s research trends reflect a shift from foundational traffic simulation (1990s) to modern AI-driven solutions (2020s), with notable contributions to transformer models and toxic comment detection. His IBM experience underscores practical IT architecture and AI implementation. Consultations are arranged via Calendly or email.

He is a prolific researcher, with key contributions in traffic flow theory (e.g., dynamic user equilibrium algorithms) and NLP (e.g., BERT-based models). His work frequently addresses interdisciplinary challenges, such as environmental impact modeling in traffic simulations (FVU cooperative, 1998).

Advising & Grants: Supervised numerous theses in internet technologies and AI. Prior IBM projects included grants for AI-driven insurance process optimization and real-time traffic simulation infrastructure.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Internet Technologies research group at FH Südwestfalen, collaborating with industry partners on AI and NLP applications.