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Nicole Merkle
KIT
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Nicole Merkle studied computer science at the University of Applied Sciences (HSKA) in Karlsruhe, where she earned her diploma. She then worked for several years as a researcher at the Research Center for Information Technology (FZI), during which she also began her doctoral studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She completed her Ph.D. at the Institute for Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB). Currently, she serves as a postdoctoral researcher and scientific coordinator at KIT, where she co-leads the Graduate School HIDSS4Health. Her research interests include machine learning, generative methods, large language models, semantic knowledge representation, and agent-based systems.

Daniel Walther
DKFZ
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Daniel Walther studied history and German language and literature at the University of Heidelberg. He then completed his doctorate at the Institute for the History of Medicine in Stuttgart and at the University of Mannheim in the field of social history of medicine.
After completing his doctorate, he worked as a research assistant at the FZI Research Center for Information Technology in Karlsruhe, where he was involved in the transfer of scientific findings into practice.
Since November 2021, he has been working as a science manager in the Medical Image Computing department. Additionally, since November 2023, he has been co-leading the Graduate School HIDSS4Health.
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Nina Kraft
DKFZ
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