Summary
Jakob Bach is a data scientist with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and industry, currently applying his expertise at PTV Group after a long research tenure at KIT in Karlsruhe. He holds a magna cum laude Dr.-Ing. in Informatics and earned top marks in both his MSc and BSc, bringing rigorous theoretical grounding to practical data science problems. Jakob’s background spans research, teaching, and internships at organizations like SAP, giving him deep experience in applied machine learning, data-driven modeling, and software development. He is comfortable translating complex research into production-ready solutions and has a track record of mentoring students and collaborating across interdisciplinary teams. Based in Karlsruhe, Jakob combines academic rigor with an engineer’s focus on reproducibility and real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Informatics, magna cum laude (very good), PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Informatics, magna cum laude (very good) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Master of Science - MS, Informatics, 1.0, Master of Science - MS, Informatics, 1.0 at University of Karlsruhe
German, English