Dr.-Ing. Zeyd Boukhers
Lead of FAIR Data & Distributed Analytics Group
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)
Institute for Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Cologne
Biography
I lead the FAIR Data & Distributed Analytics Group at Fraunhofer FIT and serve as senior researcher at the University Hospital of Cologne. My research advances web-based systems and distributed data infrastructures through scalable architectures, semantic interoperability, and intelligent web services, combining fundamental innovation with practical deployment in healthcare, digital libraries, and industrial data spaces.
As Co-Spokesperson of NFDI4DataScience, I contribute to Germany's largest data science research infrastructure initiative across 17 institutions. I lead multiple major projects including FAIR Data Spaces and the EU Horizon project ARGUS, managing several research projects focused on AI-enhanced data management and sovereign data exchange.
My work bridges academic excellence with industrial impact, evidenced by dual best paper awards (TPDL 2022, CORES 2015), 58 peer-reviewed publications, and successful technology transfer through Fraunhofer's industry partnerships. I am passionate about advancing open science through practical FAIR data solutions that enable reproducible, collaborative research across disciplines and sectors.
Research Interests
FAIR Data
Research data management, FAIR principles, data spaces, open science
Machine Learning & AI
Deep learning, neural networks, computer vision, pattern recognition
Natural Language Processing
Text mining, author disambiguation, metadata extraction, scholarly data analysis
Data Sovereignty
Data governance, privacy-preserving technologies, Gaia-X infrastructure
Education
Dr.-Ing. (PhD) in Computer Science
University of Siegen, Germany
Magna Cum Laude in Machine Learning, Data Science and Computer Vision (Supervisor: Prof. Marcin Grzegorzek)
Master of Science in Pattern Recognition and AI
University of Science and Technology of Oran, Algeria
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Science and Technology of Oran, Algeria
Professional Experience
Associate Professor
Southern University of Denmark
Position offered at SDU Software Engineering
Lead of FAIR Data & Distributed Analytics Group
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)
Leading a research group of 4-6 FTE focused on FAIR data infrastructure, data spaces, and distributed analytics solutions.
Senior Researcher & Project Manager (20%)
Institute for Medical Informatics, University Hospital of Cologne
Research and teaching in medical informatics with focus on AI applications in healthcare.
Lead of Machine Learning & Data Science Focus Group
Institute for Web Science and Technology, University of Koblenz-Landau
Postdoc with independent research and teaching responsibilities. Leading focus group for ML & Data Science.
Research Assistant & PhD Candidate
Pattern Recognition Research Group, University of Siegen
Research in computer vision and pattern recognition with DAAD PhD scholarship. Teaching assistant for multiple courses.
Development Manager & Lecturer
IT&B, Oran, Algeria & University of Oran
Development manager in industry and lecturer at University of Oran.
Awards & Honors
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Best Paper Award, TPDL 2022 (September 2022)
"Whois? Deep Author Name Disambiguation using Bibliographic Data" (First Author)
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Best Paper Award, CORES 2015 (May 2015)
International Conference on Computer Recognition Systems (First Author)
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DAAD Research Grant, 2013-2017
Doctoral candidates and young academics scholarship program
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Research Fellowship, Kobe University, Japan (January-March 2016)
CS24 group under supervision of Prof. Kuniaki Uehara
Professional Memberships
- NFDI4DataScience Consortium Member
- Gaia-X Hub Germany