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Stefan Henß
Machine Learner & Software Engineer in Frankfurt, Germany (24)
I'm a Master's degree student in Computer Science with interests in Machine Learning, Statistics, Natural Language Processing, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Politics and Economics. In my spare time, I like to compete on the predictive modelling site Kaggle, where I am currently ranked 6th out of 86,500+
Skills & Expertise
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Machine Learning
3 years -
Predictive Modelling
2 years -
Natural Language Processing
3 years -
Information Retrieval
3 years -
Software Engineering
5 years -
Java
5 years -
R / Matlab
2 years -
PHP
9 years -
(My)SQL
9 years -
HTML / CSS
10 years -
Linux / Gentoo / Debian
6 years
Experience
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2012 - today
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Consultant, Machine Learning
Delivery of Natural Language Processing Software, incl. Consultancy -
2013
Darmstadt University of Technology
Student Assistant, Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab
Development of Natural Language Processing Software -
2012
Darmstadt University of Technology
Student Assistant, Software Technology Group
Committer at Eclipse Code Recommenders (Java) -
2008 - 2012
XtremeGN UG
Independent Contractor, Software Engineer
Web Development (PHP), Webdesign, Database Administration (MySQL), Server Administration (Linux) -
2011
Google
Software Engineer for Eclipse Code Recommenders
Project: "Code Recommenders: Extended & Crowd-sourced Javadoc Platform" (Java) -
2011
Darmstadt University of Technology
Student Assistant, Software Technology Group
Automated Generation of FAQs from Software Development Mailing Lists (Java) -
2009
SHC GmbH
Independent Contractor, Software Engineer
Web Crawler for Establishing a Product Database (Java)
Education
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2012 - today
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Thesis: Constructing and Summarizing Document Collections Using Reinforcement Learning -
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Thesis: Semi-Automatically Extracting FAQs to Improve Accessibility of Software Development Knowledge
Achievements
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2012
The Hewlett Foundation: Automated Essay Scoring
Placed 1st/159
Prize Pool: $100,000 -
2012
Datenlotsenpreis 2012: Distinguished Thesis
1 of 2 Awards
Prize: €2,500 -
2012
"Online Product Sales" Predictive Modelling Competition
Placed 3rd/366
Prize Pool: $22,500 -
2012
Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2012 - Wind Forecasting
Placed 4th/144
Prize Pool: $7,500 -
2012
The Hewlett Foundation: Short Answer Scoring
Placed 6th/189
Prize Pool: $100,000 -
2012
Car Auction Prediction: "Don't Get Kicked!"
Placed 6th/582
Prize Pool: $10,000 -
2013
General Electric Flight Quest
Placed 7th/179
Prize Pool: $250,000 -
2011
Claim Prediction Challenge (Allstate)
Placed 10th/107
Prize Pool: $10,000 -
2011
Competition "Performance and Consumption Rate Optimization"
Placed 2nd
Prize Pool: €2,500 -
2006
53rd European Competition 2006 - "Europe at School"
Best 30/2,000+
"Federal President's Prize"
Publications
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2012
Semi-Automatically Extracting FAQs to Improve Accessibility of Software Development Knowledge
Stefan Henß, Martin Monperrus, Mira Mezini
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering, 2012. (Acceptance Quote: 87/408, 21%)
References
- 1 Leben nach Zahlen: Big Data: Wie Staaten und Konzerne berechnen, was wir tun werden. Der Spiegel. 2013. [Link]
- 2 Hewlett Foundation Announces Winners of Essay Scoring Technology Competition. Getting Smart. 2012. [Link]
- 3 Quillen, Ian: Hewlett Automated-Essay-Grader Winners Announced. Education Week. 2012. [Link]
- 4 Johnson, Dr. Bruce: Should We Be Worried About Robo Graders? Education Week. 2012. [Link]
- 5 Robot Essay Grader Wins $60,000 Prize. InnovationNewsDaily. 2012. [Link]
- 6 Brown, Ariella: Automated Systems 'Grade' Written Work. Internet Evolution. 2012. [Link]
- 7 Ausgezeichnet! TU Darmstadt verleiht Nachwuchspreise 2012 im karo 5. TU Darmstadt. 2012. [Link]