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Prof. Dr. Thomas Mandl is a faculty member at the Institute for Information Science & Language Technology, within the Department of Linguistics and Information Sciences at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. He holds the academic rank of Professor and has been a long-standing researcher and educator at the university since 1998. He has held visiting and adjunct professorships at institutions in Korea, India, and Brazil, reflecting his international academic presence.
His research interests are centered on information retrieval, information foraging, text and data mining, image and video retrieval, and the application of artificial intelligence in analyzing social media content. Key areas include the detection of misinformation, fake news, and hate speech, particularly through participation in initiatives like the CheckThat! Lab at CLEF. He leads and contributes to interdisciplinary projects such as PortApp (automatic recognition of early modern portraits), KISS-PRO, and DILRA, focusing on digital humanities, AI, and information behavior during crises like the pandemic.
His recent publications in 2023 cover foundational topics in information science, specifically text mining, data mining, and image/video retrieval, indicating a focus on core information science methodologies enhanced by AI. These works suggest a strong orientation toward both theoretical and applied aspects of information access and analysis.
- Adjunct Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, India (2019)
- Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2019, 2022)
- Visiting Professor, Paichai University, Daejeon, South Korea (2017)
Prof. Mandl supervises doctoral candidates, with recent successful defenses by Noushin Fadaei, Lea Wöbbekind, and Theresa Kruse. He is actively involved in research funding through projects supported by the BMBF and Erasmus+, and contributes to public discourse on AI through media appearances, such as interviews with DEUTSCHLANDFUNK and the UHiversum Talks podcast. He also organizes academic events like the ASIRF Autumn School at Schloss Dagstuhl and the DHOW workshop on harmful online content.
He is engaged in developing educational materials, including online games to teach youth about hate speech, and promotes international collaboration in information literacy and media competence through initiatives like IPILM. His work bridges technical research in AI and information systems with societal and educational applications.
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