Hi, Iâm Gerrit â a data scientist and consultant based in Germany. At heart, Iâm a classic computer scientist, with deep specializations in machine learning, cybersecurity, and increasingly, the intersection of technology and law.
Over the past decade, Iâve worked across diverse domains: fashion retail (demand forecasting and price optimization), predictive maintenance in manufacturing, digital advertising (building scalable customer journey analytics), academic research, and enterprise software. My approach spans the full spectrum from theoretical foundations to production systems, research to consulting, and individual contributor work to team leadership.
What Iâm most proud of? The machine learning systems Iâve built are still running in production years later, and Iâve had the privilege of teaching 100+ students â from university courses to corporate training at companies like Audi AG. Many of these students hold PhDs and chose to learn from me, which remains one of my most rewarding professional experiences.
Academically, I hold degrees in both mathematics and computer science from KIT and FU Berlin. Iâm currently in the final stretch of my law studies at FernUniversitĂ€t Hagen, with a focus on data protection and European law. I also recently completed a B.Sc. in Economics, and Iâm beginning an M.Sc. in Business Informatics â because apparently I believe sleep is overrated.
Since 2018, Iâve been working as an independent consultant, recently teaching in the LL.M. program âLaw and Computer Scienceâ at FAU Erlangen-NĂŒrnberg. The interdisciplinary nature of technology, business, and law fascinates me, especially as these fields increasingly converge.
About the domain name âuberwachâ: itâs a bilingual pun reflecting both my somewhat excessive caffeine consumption (âwachâ = âawakeâ in German) and my concerns about pervasive surveillance (âĂberwachungâ) in our digital age. It seemed fitting for someone who spends their time building systems that learn from data while thinking deeply about privacy and digital rights.
Connect
- Main Website: uberwach.github.io
- GitHub: github.com/uberwach
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ggruben
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