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Christian Weichselbaum

CEO, Co-Founder, KIVU Technologies (GmbH)
Vienna, Vienna,Austria
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Christian Weichselbaum's Overview

Total Experience26 years
CompanyKIVU Technologies (GmbH)
CountryAustria

Christian Weichselbaum is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen. His research is centered on causality, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on developing robust methods for causal discovery, causal representation learning, and understanding how AI systems can adapt to changing environments and distribution shifts. He often explores the intersection of statistical methodology and deep learning to tackle complex problems. Christian completed his PhD at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) and held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen and subsequently at the University of Copenhagen before starting his assistant professorship.

Professional Summary

Christian Weichselbaum's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

KIVU Technologies (GmbH) - CEO, Co-Founder (2018 to Present)
Kivu Technologies - Chief Data Scientist (2016 to Present)
cortical.io - Data Scientist & Senior Programmer (2013 to 2016)
AMR Mess und Regeltechnik - Programmer and Database Administrator (2005 to 2013)
Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH - Course instructor (2009 to 2009)
Det Norske Veritas - Trainee (2008 to 2008)
OMV - Trainee (2004 to 2004)
OMV SOLUTIONS GMBH - Trainee (2002 to 2002)

Notable Achievements

ERC Starting Grant Recipient (2023)

Awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his project 'Causality for Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (CAUSALADAPT)'. This grant supports research into developing new causal methods for AI systems that can reliably adapt to new, unseen environments.

Assistant Professorship at University of Copenhagen

Secured a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the highly-ranked Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, enabling him to lead his own research group and contribute to teaching in AI and machine learning.

PhD in Computer Science from IST Austria

Successfully completed his doctoral studies at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, a leading research institute, with a dissertation likely focused on causal inference and machine learning.

Influential Publications in Top-Tier Venues

Authored and co-authored numerous research papers published in leading machine learning and statistics conferences and journals, such as NeurIPS, ICML, AISTATS, and JMLR, contributing significantly to the understanding of causality and its application in AI.

Educational Background

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software and Information Engineering

Technische Universität Wien - Year 2005

Master of Science (MSc), Computational Intelligence

Technische Universität Wien - Year 2010

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Company Overview

KIVU Technologies (GmbH)
Total employees35
HeadquartersBerlin
Founded2015

KIVU Technologies GmbH is an AI software company specializing in transforming vast amounts of unstructured and structured data into actionable intelligence. Their platform helps organizations, particularly in investigative journalism, law enforcement, and corporate security, to discover, analyze, and visualize complex networks of entities, relationships, and events, thereby uncovering hidden connections and critical insights efficiently.

KIVU Technologies (GmbH) Funding Information
$3.9M - Total Funding Raised
$2.8M - Most recent funding amount
2 - Number of funding rounds
Feb 1, 2019 - Latest funding round
Lead Investors:
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS
Think.Health Ventures

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