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Contact Information

Name Reto Gubelmann
Professional Title Research Group Leader & Lecturer
Email reto.gubelmann@{uzh,hsg}.ch
Location Andreasstrasse 15, Zurich, 9050

Professional Summary

A Research Group Leader at the Intersection of NLP and Philosophy, and a Teacher of Philosophy, AI in Research, and Legal Methodology. About 2/3 of Publications in NLP venues, 1/3 in Philosophy Journals.

Experience

  • 2024 - 2028

    Zurich

    Research Group Leader
    DSI, University of Zurich
    Managing an inter-disciplinary research group of 5 researchers, applying for third-party funding, conducting, publishing and presenting research.
    • Acquired more than 1.6M CHF in competitive third-party funding
    • Highly competitive research output
  • 2022 - 2024

    St.Gallen

    Director of Academic Affairs and Counseling
    PRS, University of St.Gallen
    Managing a university administrative unit with more than 65 employees, organized in 6 teams. Topics range from curriculum development over psychological counselling to teaching innovation.
    • Successful introduction of large-scale BYOD digital exams
    • Developing and establishing a new curriculum development team.
  • 2018 - 2022

    St.Gallen

    Head of Programme Development
    PRS, University of St.Gallen
    Manage curriculum development projects of all subject areas end-to-end, from ideation to go-live.
    • Successfully implement basic redesign of all degree courses of the law school within two years.
    • Contribute to the development of computer science bachelor, master, and phd programs.
  • 2020 - 2024

    St.Gallen

    PostDoc in Data Science and NLP
    ICS, University of St.Gallen
    Conduct research in Data Science and NLP and acquire third-party funding.
    • Develop a research and publication record in NLP
    • Acquire competitive third-party funding

Education

  • 2013 - 2017

    Zurich, Switzerland

    PhD
    University of Zurich
    Theoretical Philosophy
    • Research Stay at UC Irvine, CA
    • Published with Palgrave MacMillan
    • Summa cum laude
  • 2009 - 2013

    Zurich, Switzerland

    MA
    University of Zurich
    Philosophy & Computational Linguistics
    • Best of year
    • MA Thesis Published as Book
    • Programming Project on multi-lingual distributional similarity awarded 6/6
  • 2006 - 2009

    Zurich, Switzerland

    BA
    University of Zurich
    Philosophy & Linguistics
    • Best of year
    • Full Philosophical BA Training
  • 2005 - 2006

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Basisprüfungen
    Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
    Physics & Mathematics
    • Successful completion of “Basisprüfungen” (Highly Selective First-Year Exams)
    • Solid Grounding in Mathematics

Skills

NLP (Master): Manage the entire NLP research pipeline including programming, experimental design, high-performance compute cluster management, data analysis, and publication.
Philosophy (Master): Deep mastery of core philosophical traditions of the west, ability to engage a variety of positions in theoretical philosophy and publish visible, influential research
Leadership (Master): Extensive leadership experience, proven record of developing talent to succeed, able to take hard decisions when necessary
Funding Acquisition (Master): Excellent funding acquisition skills, proven record of acquiring large grants from different funding bodies.

Languages

German : Native speaker
English : Near-Native
French : Fluent
Spanish : Fluent
Latin : Reading
Arabic : Basic