Information & Data Engineering (IDE)
Data and information engineering encompasses collecting, integrating, cleaning, storing, managing, and analyzing raw data to support data-intensive applications. Researchers in this field design robust, scalable architectures and pipelines to transform raw data into reliable, accessible formats, leveraging techniques like real-time streaming and batch processing. These efforts provide the foundation for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI applications.
The IDE Research School guides PhD researchers by offering a platform for collaboration, regular interactions, a research methods curriculum, and extracurricular activities. Members of the research school perform research and teaching in all data-driven fields.
Members of IDE
Principal Investigators
Administrative Staff
Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann
Head of Information Systems
Phone: +49 331 5509-280
Mail: felix.naumann@hpi.de
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Rabl
Head of Data Engineering Systems
Phone: +49 331 5509-4881
Mail: tilmann.rabl@hpi.de
Prof. Dr. Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou
Head of Spatial Analytics and Large-Scale Data Processing
Phone: +49 331 5509-214
Mail: eleni.tziritazacharatou@hpi.de
Diana Stephan
Office Assistant for Data Base Group
Phone: +49 331 5509 280
Mail: diana.stephan@hpi.de
Swinda Krause
Program Manager Data and AI Cluster (maternity leave)
Phone: +49 331 5509-248
Mail: swinda.krause@hpi.de
Postdoctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Carolina Cortes
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 - 5509 206
Mail: carolina.cortes@hpi.de
Ricardo Salazar Diaz
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-3463
Mail: ricardo.salazardiaz@hpi.de
Philipp Hildebrandt
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 - 5509
Mail: philipp.hildebrandt@hpi.de
Youri Kaminsky
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-286
Mail: youri.kaminsky@hpi.de
Daniel Lindner
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-3475
Mail: daniel.lindner@hpi.de
Sedir Mohammed
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-280
Mail: sedir.mohammed@hpi.de
Francesco Pugnaloni
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-1303
Mail: francesco.pugnaloni@hpi.de
Maximilian Schulze
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 - 5509 1376
Mail: Maximilian.Schulze@hpi.de
Florian Schmeller
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-3497
Mail: florian.schmeller@hpi.de
Alejandro Sierra-Múnera
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-3401
Mail: alejandro.sierra@hpi.de
Nils Straßenburg
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-3429
Mail: nils.strassenburg@hpi.de
Marcel Weisgut
PhD Students RESEARCH SCHOOL
Phone: +49 331 5509-1310
Mail: marcel.weisgut@hpi.de
Alumni of IDE
- Anne Radunski (PhD candidate)
- Johannes Maximilian Kroschewski (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Matteo Paganelli (PhD candidate)
- Linea Schmidt (PhD candidate)
- Marco Cipriano (PhD candidate)
- Ziena Zeif (PhD candidate)
- Justin Albert (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Vanja Doskoč (PhD candidate)
- Tarek Galal (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Mazhar Hameed (PhD candidate)
- Pauline Hiort (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Masoumeh Javanbakhat (Postdoctoral researcher)
- Dr. Lan Jiang (PhD candidate)
- Alexander Kastius (PhD candidate)
- Ardalan Khazraei (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Athar Khodabakhsh (Postdoctoral researcher)
- Shahryar Khorasani (PhD candidate)
- Stefan Neubert (PhD candidate)
- Bjarne Pfitzner (PhD candidate)
- Manoj Prabhakar (PhD candidate)
- Alexander Rakowski (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Julian Risch (PhD candidate)
- Dr. Gerardo Vitagliano (PhD candidate)
- Wang Yue (PhD candidate)
Organization of IDE
Research News
Last change: 09/06/2026, Patrick Lenz