Steffen Staab

Professor Steffen Staab holds dual appointments as Professor of Web and Computer Science at the University of Southampton (since 2015) and Chair for Analytic Computing at the Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems, Universität Stuttgart (since 2020). His research focuses on making data meaningful through ontologies, machine learning, and human-computer interaction, with a particular emphasis on Web Science. He leads the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST) and is affiliated with organizations such as the Web Science Trust and ELLIS Unit Stuttgart.

Education: PhD in Computer Science (1998) and Habilitation (2002) from Universität Karlsruhe (KIT). Prior roles include founding the WeST Institute at Universität Koblenz-Landau (2009–2020).

Research interests span ontology development, data mining, and ethical AI applications. He is a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence and has advised PhD students like Shatha Saad Algarni. His work bridges technical innovation with societal impact, particularly in accessibility and industrial automation.