Benjamin Hättasch
Research Manager at Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolBenjamin Hättasch is a research manager and postdoc bridging academic NLP research and applied machine learning at DFKI and TU Darmstadt, with 12 years of experience in information and knowledge extraction, automated summarization, and natural language interfaces for databases. He leads projects that combine rigorous research with practical tooling and ethical AI considerations, and he also teaches an applied seminar on AI & ML for Hochschule Rhein-Main. His background in web- and internet-based systems and hands-on contributions to the X3DOM open-source framework show a comfort with both core algorithmic work and engineering-level code maintenance. Based in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area, he is adept at turning complex textual data problems into implementable systems and reproducible research. An understated strength is his experience resolving tricky integration and packaging issues in mature open-source projects, which reflects attention to long-term maintainability as well as research novelty.
12 years of coding experience
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
English, German, Latin, Dutch
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
x3dom10
html9
build-automation8
python7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
x3dom/x3dom
Apr 2014 - Jan 2017
X3DOM. A framework for integrating and manipulating X3D scenes as HTML5/DOM elements.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:49 commits, 9 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily resolved merge conflicts related to documentation updates, ensuring the correct integration of changes in the `conventions.rst` file. The user made code changes in `SFMatrix4f.js` which defines a 4x4 matrix for 3D transformations, including methods for setting translation, scale, and rotation components. Additionally, the user modified the packaging script in `manage.py` to handle folder structures, and updated the `tools/packages.py` and `test/x3dom_include.js` files to reflect changes in packages.json format for splitting components, indicating a focus on improving the framework's core functionality and build processes.
domdom-elementx3dx3dom
DataManagementLab/ParaphraseBench
Mar 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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