Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Data Science

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The Business Informatics working group, in particular Data Science, headed by Prof Dr Burkhardt Funk, is dedicated to the development and application of data-driven methods for decision support in companies and public institutions.

Main research areas

The research focus lies on the use of data science and machine learning to analyse large amounts of data in order to optimise processes and decisions. A central topic is the development of intelligent systems that support decisions through data-based predictions. Fields of application include healthcare and various operational functions (e.g. marketing, accounting). We have developed approaches for predicting the effectiveness and personalisation of healthcare interventions, methods for extracting knowledge from documents (business documents, scientific papers) and for optimal budget allocation in marketing.

  1. Published

    Creating Value from in-Vehicle Data: Detecting Road Surfaces and Road Hazards

    Kortmann, F., Hsu, Y.-C., Warnecke, A., Meier, N., Heger, J., Funk, B. & Drews, P., 20.09.2020, 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020. Piscataway: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 6 p. 9294684. (2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Consumer Online Search Behavior: A Cross-Industry Analysis Based on User-Level Data

    Nottorf, F., Mastel, A. & Funk, B., 2014, E-Business and Telecommunications: International Joint Conference, ICETE 2012. Rome, Italy, July 24–27, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Obaidat, M. S. & Filipe, J. (eds.). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 72-87 16 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 455).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Construct relation extraction from scientific papers: Is it automatable yet?

    Funk, B. & Scharfenberger, J., 07.01.2025, Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Bui, T. (ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, p. 4675-4684 10 p. (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS); vol. 2025).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Carbon Footprint Apps - eine Analyse der Nutzungsintention

    Funk, B., Sagawe, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2016, Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2016 : Technische Universität Ilmenau 09. - 11. März 2016 . Nissen, V., Stelzer, D., Straßburger, S. & Fischer, D. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau - ilmedia, Vol. 2. p. 901-911 11 p. (Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, MKWI 2016; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Capitalizing on natural language processing (NLP) to automate the evaluation of coach implementation fidelity in guided digital cognitive-behavioral therapy (GdCBT)

    Zainal, N. H., Eckhardt, R., Rackoff, G. N., Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E., Rojas-Ashe, E., Barr Taylor, C., Funk, B., Eisenberg, D., Wilfley, D. E. & Newman, M. G., 02.04.2025, In: Psychological Medicine. 55, e106.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Building a process layer for business applications using the blackboard pattern

    Kleine Stegemann, S., Funk, B. & Slotos, T., 2007, Software Engineering 2007: Beiträge zu den Workshops – Fachtagung des GI-Fachbereichs Softwaretechnik. Böttinger, S., Theuvsen, L., Rank, S. & Morgenstern, M. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 145-156 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Automatisierte Ermittlung von Umweltwirkungen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette

    Funk, B. & Niemeyer, P., 08.2009, Facettenreiche Wirtschaftsinformatik : Controlling, Compiler & more Festschrift für Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Karl Goede. Bonin, H. E. G. (ed.). Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, p. 25-33 9 p. (Forum Informatics at Leuphana - FInAL; vol. 19, no. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Automated Invoice Processing: Machine Learning-Based Information Extraction for Long Tail Suppliers

    Krieger, F., Drews, P. & Funk, B., 01.11.2023, In: Intelligent Systems with Applications. 20, 14 p., 200285.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A Universal Digital Stress Management Intervention for Employees: Randomized Controlled Trial with Health-Economic Evaluation

    Freund, J., Smit, F., Lehr, D., Zarski, A. C., Berking, M., Riper, H., Funk, B., Ebert, D. D. & Buntrock, C., 22.10.2024, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26, 13 p., e48481.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    A two-step approach for the prediction of mood levels based on diary data

    Bremer, V., Becker, D., Genz, T., Funk, B. & Lehr, D., 2019, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2018, Proceedings: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2018, Dublin, Ireland. Brefeld, U., Curry, E., Daly, E., MacNamee, B., Marascu, A., Pinelli, F., Berlingerio, M. & Hurley, N. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 626-629 4 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11053 LNAI).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review