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Alexander Flick

Data Scientist

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About Me

Dedicated and innovative Data Engineer and Scientist with a strong background in machine learning and data extraction. Master of Science in Data Science with distinction from Berliner Hochschule für Technik. Proven expertise in developing and enhancing data solutions, particularly in the realm of sustainable consumption. Experienced in both academic and corporate environments, with a solid foundation in data analytics, databases and agile methodologies.

Experience

Green Database

Aspiring Co-Founder

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a software development team, overseeing the implementation of new features and transitioning systems to the cloud
  • Develop and execute a strategic product roadmap aligned with market trends, customer needs, and business goals.
  • Conduct market research to identify emerging trends, customer requirements, and competitor strategies, while driving customer acquisition initiatives.

Berliner Hochschule für Technik

Research Assistant

  • Researched the extraction of product information from unstructured multilingual web data using machine learning and advanced language models.
  • Maintained, improved and expanded the Green Database scraping system for example by adding a product categorisation model that can reassign incorrectly assigned product categories.
  • Managed projects, coordinated with project partners, and supported the publication of research outcomes.

Berliner Hochschule für Technik

Student Assistant

  • Building Machine Learning models to automatically extract product attributes from unstructured multilingual web data including a Master's thesis on automatic product categorization using NLP, and language models.
  • Maintenance and expansion of the Green Database scraping system, building a publicly available database of sustainable products, scraped from European online shops.
  • Project management, coordination with project partners, and support in the publication of research findings.

T-Systems International GmbH

Junior Data Science Engineer

  • Contributed to the development of the Data Science Workstation, focusing on implementing and testing new features for enhanced data analysis and machine learning workflows in the cloud.
  • Integrated diverse data sources such as MariaDB, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch, while maintaining and upgrading OpenShift infrastructure for reliable client deployments.
  • Performed data analyses for predictive maintenance, including server failure forecasting using log and monitoring data.

T-Systems International GmbH

Dual Student

  • Developed demos for specific big data use cases, such as predictive maintenance in power plants and an end-to-end data analytics demo using social media data from the Telekom Hilft forum.
  • Built an ETL pipeline to analyze log data from a Hadoop cluster.
  • Evaluated new technologies, developed big data product packages with a focus on Microsoft Azure, and supported the sales team in customer acquisition efforts.

Education

Berliner Hochschule für Technik

Okt 2018 - Dez 2022

Master of Science in Data Science

Master Thesis: Machine Learning approaches towards a Green Database - Multilingual Product Classification across E-Commerce shops

Hochschule für Telekommunikation Leipzig

Okt 2014 - Dez 2017

Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics

Bachelor Thesis: Datenmarktplätze - Software-Assistent zur Bereitstellung und Suche von Daten

Projects

Product Classification

Fine-tuned XLM on product names and descriptions to predict the product category

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Green Database

Based on Web Scraping techniques and AI components we built the first product database that contains the products sustainability information.

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Publications

Automated Extraction of Fine-Grained Standardized Product Information from Unstructured Multilingual Web Data

Authors: Alexander Flick, Sebastian Jäger, Ivana Trajanovska & Felix Biessmann

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GreenDB -- A Dataset and Benchmark for Extraction of Sustainability Information of Consumer Goods

Authors: Sebastian Jäger, Alexander Flick, Jessica Adriana Sanchez Garcia, Kaspar von den Driesch, Karl Brendel, Felix Biessmann

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Can Sustainable Shopping Recommendations in Online Retail Help Reduce Global Warming?

Authors: Ivana Nanevski, Maike Gossen, Jens Bergener, Alexander Flick, Tilman Santarius, Felix Biessmann

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