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Tom Hanika is a Visiting Professor (W2) at the University of Hildesheim since April 2023, having previously been affiliated with the University of Kassel in the Department of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science. He also held a visiting professorship at Humboldt University of Berlin until February 2024 and has taught at the University of Würzburg. His academic journey includes interim professorships and lectureships across multiple German institutions.
Dr. Hanika's research centers on the theoretical foundations of knowledge discovery in graph data structures with particular emphasis on formal concept analysis. He applies advanced mathematical techniques from algebra, geometric measure theory, topology, and logic to address fundamental challenges in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His work bridges pure mathematics with practical applications in data science, especially focusing on the 'curse of dimensionality' in high-dimensional data spaces.
His publication record reveals a strong trajectory in intrinsic dimension analysis, conceptual measurement theory, and knowledge representation in formal contexts. The most recent works demonstrate increasing focus on large-scale geometric learning and the mathematical underpinnings of dimensionality effects in machine learning systems. His research consistently connects theoretical mathematics with practical data science applications.
Dr. Hanika serves actively in the academic community as an Editorial Board Member and has chaired program committees for the International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis (ICFCA 2021) and the International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS 2021). He regularly reviews for top journals including Discrete Applied Mathematics and Scientometrics.
He leads the 'Dimension Curse Detector' project funded by the LOEWE Exploration program of the State of Hesse, and maintains significant open-source contributions including conexp-clj (a Formal Concept Analysis research tool) and BibSonomy (a scholarly social bookmarking system). These projects serve as both research platforms and community resources for the formal methods and data science communities.
