Jens Ulrik Hansen

Position: Associate Professor, Roskilde University
Categories: Mentors
Location: Region Hovedstaden, Region Sjælland

Background

Originally trained in mathematics and philosophy, I initially did PhD and postdoc within logic/good-old-fashion-AI, but then left academia to become a data scientist in industry. After 4 years in industry, I returned to academia as assistant professor at Roskilde University. In addition to projects applying data and machine learning to various applied problems, I am also doing research on ethical and societal aspect of data science and AI, as well as philosophy of science aspects of data science and AI. Finally, I am also interested in social network analysis and information dynamics on social media, such as polarization and echo chambers.

Motivation

I hope to support young aspiring data scientists especially in their choice between academia and industry, as I have tried both. Moreover, I hope to expand my network within data science in Denmark across academia and industry.

Skills, expertise, and interests

      • data science
      • machine learning
      • artificial intelligence
      • deep learning
      • data analytics
      • statistical and data modelling
      • career planning or change
      • data visualisation
      • problem solving
      • statistics and mathematics
      • PhD advice
      • causality and explainability
      • social (data) science
      • teamwork
      • end-to-end implementation
      • network science
      • complex systems and chaos
      • complexity science
      • digitalisation