Ingmar Weber is a German computer scientist known for his research on

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in which he uses online data to study population behavior. He was the Research Director for Social Computing at the

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, and is a Professor at

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

. He serves as editor-in-chief for EPJ Data Science. Previously, he served as editor-in-chief for the International Conference on Web and Social Media. Weber is also an ACM Distinguished Member, as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Weber's research has been widely covered in the media. He has been awarded an

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in AI.https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/newsroom/dossier-alexander-von-humboldt-professorship/ingmar-weber

Research

Weber currently works with international agencies on developing new methodologies for monitoring international migration and digital gender gaps.

Migration

While at

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, Weber pioneered the use of geo-located email login data to study migration and mobility patterns. He has since also analyzed data from

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and

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for similar studies. He now works with experts at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...

to use

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's advertising audience estimates to obtain timely insights into migration flows.

Digital Gender Gaps

He works with the United Nations Foundation's Data2X initiative to study digital gender gaps, in particular internet access gender gaps. With support by the Data2X initiative he helped create a website for real-time monitoring of different types of digital gender gaps.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Ingmar Living people 1978 births German computer scientists