Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sylvia Melzer
- Wissensbasierte Datenbanken -
Ratzeburger Allee 160
Gebäude 64, 2. OG, Raum 65
23562 Lübeck
| Email: | sylvia.melzer(at)uni-luebeck.de |
| Phone: | +49 451 3101 5720 |
Lecture
Current lectures (SS2026)
- Cloud and Web Technologies
- Information Systems
- GenAI in Education, Science, and Society
Previous lectures
Lectures incl. exercises
- Model-based Systems Engineering (SS2016, SS2017, SS2018, SS2019, SS2020), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
- Grundlagen der Technischen Informatik 1 (2019), Nordakademie Elmshorn
- Grundlagen der Technischen Informatik 2 (2019), Nordakademie Elmshorn
- Datenbanksysteme I (2019), Nordakademie Elmshorn
- Grundlagen der Datenverarbeitung Teil II (2019), Nordakademie Elmshorn
- Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen (2019), Nordakademie Elmshorn
- Systems Engineering (SS2020), HAW Hamburg
- GenAI in Education, Science, and Society (SS2024, SS2025, WS2025-2026), Universität Hamburg
Seminar
- Systemtechnisches Entwicklungsprojekt (WS2016/2017, SS2017, WS2017/2018, SS2018), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
- Anforderungsmanagement (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Integrierte Produktentwicklung II, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
- Seminar on Databasing on Demand and Federated Search in Manuscript Databases, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Sydney, Australia, 03.11.2022 (DOI)
- Seminar on Research Data Management, Universität Hamburg, 27.01.2023
Research Activities
Editorial
- S. Melzer, J. Gippert, S. Thiemann, H. Peukert: Proceedings of the Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI 2021), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2022 (proceedings)
- S. Melzer, S. Thiemann, H. Peukert: Proceedings of the Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI 2022), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2022 (proceedings)
- S. Melzer, H. Peukert, S. Thiemann: Proceedings of the Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI 2023), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2023 (proceedings)
Organisation
- R. Möller, S. Melzer: Data Linking Study Day 2021, Universität Hamburg, online, 15.06.2021, Organisator
- S. Melzer: 44th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 27-October 1, 2021, Berlin, Germany (KI2021), Junior Research Chair (abstracts)
- S. Melzer, S. Thiemann, J. Gippert: Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), 44th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 27-October 1, 2021, Berlin, Germany (KI2021), Workshop Organisator and Chair (proceedings, abstracts)
- S. Melzer, S. Thiemann, H. Peukert: 2nd Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), 45th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 19-September 23, 2022, Trier, Germany (KI2022), Workshop Organisator
- Doctoral Symposium, 25th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2023), 06.03.2023, Lübeck, PC member and mentor
- S. Melzer, H. Hu-von Hinüber: Data Linking Workshop 2023: Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing – Challenges in the Humanities, 27.-28. June 2023, Hamburg, Germany, Workshop Organisator and Chair
- S. Melzer, S. Thiemann, H. Peukert: 3rd Workshop on Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence (CHAI), 46th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 26, 2023, Berlin, Germany (KI2023), Workshop Organisator
- The 18th Annual International Systems Conference, Session Chair for Energy Management and Sustainability, including Renewable Energy II, 18. April 2024, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Reviews
- Since 2007 Reviewer at the Journal Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS)
- Since 2021 Reviewer at the IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon)
- Since 2021 Reviewer at the Humanties-Centred Artificial Intelligence Workshop (CHAI)
- PC member at the 1st International Workshop on AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI‑HuSo’23)
- PC member at the Information Systems 2024 Conference
- PC member at the 2nd International Workshop on AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Science and Economics Research (AI-HuSo'24)
Working groups
- Since 2015 member of the GfSE working group: Funktionale Architekturen für Systeme (FAS)
- Since 2020 member of the GfSE working group: Agilität im Systems Engineering (AgileSE)
- Since 2020 member of the Ethics working group at Universität Hamburg, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) (link)
Cooperations
- Heurist Community Adviser at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney (link)
- Member of the ARGENTINE COMMITTEE OF BYZANTINE STUDIES (CAEBiz) (link)
- Associated researcher at Universität Regensburg (link)
Panel/workshops presentations
- S. Melzer, HEURIST – Create Your Own Databases, Data Linking Study Day, Universität Hamburg, online, 15.06.2020
- S. Melzer, Epidoc Archiving and Viewing, Data Linking Study Day, Universität Hamburg, online, 12.07.2021
- S. Melzer, Databasing on Demand: HEURIST for Humanities Researchers, DL Study Day, Universität Hamburg, online, 12.07.2021
- S. Melzer, Storytelling with Heurist: Databasing on Demand, Storytelling – DARIAH Annual Event 2022, Athens, Greece and Online. Zenodo, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6792915 (program)
- S. Melzer, Federated Search in Manuscript Databases, Workshop on Digital Humanities, ARGENTINE COMMITTEE OF BYZANTINE STUDIES, online, 04.03.2022 (link)
- K. Harter-Uibopuu, R. Möller, S. Melzer, F. Weise, M. Klettke; Federated search in epigraphic databases using EpiDoc, ENCODE/Epigraphy.info VII Workshop, 25.4.2023
- O. v. Hinüber, H. Hu-v. Hinüber, S. Melzer, What the Buddhological Epigraphy can expect from the AI: The Information System "Buddhist Bronzes Inscriptions", Data Linking Workshop 2023: Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing – Challenges in the Humanities, Universität Hamburg, 27.6.2023 (presentation)
- S. Melzer, Building Information Systems on Demand with ChatGPT?, Data Linking Workshop 2023: Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing – Challenges in the Humanities, Universität Hamburg, 28.6.2023 (presentation)
Invited talks
- Eigenschaften der RISC-Architektur mit dem Fokus auf ARM-Derivate im Embedded-Bereich, Nordakademie Elmshorn, 10.08.2018
- Einsatzgebiete und Vorgehensmodelle für das modellbasierte Systems Engineering mit dem Cameo Systems Modeler in der Luftfahrtindustrie, HAW Hamburg, 07.01.2020
- GfSE Online-Seminar, Simulation of Database Interactions 4 early Validation of Digitized Enterprise Processes, 24.02.2021
- MBSE-Podcast with Tim Weilkiens and Christian Muggeo
Episode 8: What do formal modeling languages have to do with Winnie-the-Pooh? (In german), 08.03.2021, (Link to the Podcast) - DOL, SysML & FAS: Chancen und Grenzen von (semi-)formalen Sprachen bei der Entwicklung von funktionalen Architekturen von Systemen, FAS AG, online, 16.09.2021 (together with S. Priglinger)
- Presentation of the working group FAS at the Tag des Systems Engineering 2021 (TdSE2021), online, 10.11.2021 (program)
- KerML, DOL und SysML:Chancen und Grenzen von formalen Sprachen bei der Modellierung von Systemen unter Berücksichtigung des Status Quo von SysML V1.x, Topic at the working group table of the GfSE, Tag des Systems Engineering 2021 (TdSE2021), online, 12.11.2021 (together with S. Priglinger)
- Logbook: The CSMC Blog: 5 Questions to... Sylvia Melzer, online, 30.09.2022 (link)
Funding
Travel grants
- 2005: Travel grant to attend the 2nd Workshop on Data Management for Sensor Networks, in conjunction with VLDB, DMSN 2005, Trondheim, Norway, August 30, 2005; received from the Workshop DMSN 2005
- 2010: Travel grant to attent the Fourteenth International Conference on research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2010); received from the Akademisches Auslandsamt Greifswald
- 2022: Travel grant to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australien, financed by the Cluster of excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts", situated at the Universität Hamburg, Germany
- Australian sponsor: Prof. Adrian Vickers, The University of Sydney, Australia
Mentoring
- 2021 - 2022: Mentee at the Mentoring program for female Postdocs, Universität Hamburg
Mentor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Meike Klettke, Universität Regensburg
Supervised Works
- Tag Cloud Control by Latent Semantic Analysis, Diplomarbeit, TUHH, 2010
- Evaluation of Standard Information Retrieval System related to Specific Queries, Projektarbeit, 2013
- Evaluation of Fusion Operators, Projektarbeit, TUHH, 2013
- Model-based Requirements Elicitation on a Tier 1 Supplier Level for the Design of a Modular Aircraft Cabin Entrance Area, Masterarbeit, TUHH, 2014
- Methodik zur Abstraktion von Anforderungen für intelligente Verkehrsleitsysteme ausgehend von existierender V2X-Technologie, Masterarbeit, TUHH, 2016
- Entwurf und Demonstration eines Smart Trolley für ein intelligentes Catering-Konzept, Systemtechnisches Entwicklungsprojekt,Teil 1 - Critical Design Review, TUHH, 2017
- Entwurf und Demonstration eines Smart Trolley für ein intelligentes Catering-Konzept, Systemtechnisches Entwicklungsprojekt,Teil 2 - Prototypischer Demonstrator, TUHH, 2017
- Untersuchungen zur Variantenmodellierung mit der SysML für Systemverhalten, Masterarbeit, TUHH, 2017
- Prozessmodellierung von Kundendienstaufgaben bei der Kabineninstallation, Bachelorarbeit, TUHH, 2017
- Entwurf und Demonstration eines Sitzbelegterkennungssystems in einer Flugzeugkabine, Systemtechnisches Entwicklungsprojekt, Teil 1 - Critical Design Review, TUHH, 2018
- Entwurf und Demonstration eines Sitzbelegterkennungssystems in einer Flugzeugkabine, Systemtechnisches Entwicklungsprojekt, Teil 2 - Prototypischer Demonstrator, TUHH, 2018
- Ein modellbasiertes Vorgehen zur Entwicklung modularer Produktfamilien am Beispiel eines Flugzeugeingangsbereiches, Masterarbeit, TUHH, 2018
- Smart Profile Management - Konzeption und prototypische Implementierung eines Tools zur systematischen Erstellung von Beraterprofilen, Projektarbeit, Nordakademie Elmshorm, 2019
- Vertriebskonzept Routenzugplanungstool (RoutMan), Projektarbeit, Nordakademie Elmshorn, 2019
- Erzeugung von Risikoanalysenberichten aus einem modellbasiert unterstützten Risikoanalyseprozess, TUHH, 2020
- Compilation and preview of archieved research data with a manifest-file, Universität zu Lübeck, 2023
- New concepts for previewing of data managment repositories, Universität zu Lübeck, 2023
Publications
2020
Simon
Schiff,
Felix
Kuhr,
Sylvia
Melzer, and
Ralf
Möller,
AI-based Companion Services for Humanities, in AI methods for digital heritage, Workshop at 43rd German Conference on Artificial Intelligence , 2020.
AI-based Companion Services for Humanities, in AI methods for digital heritage, Workshop at 43rd German Conference on Artificial Intelligence , 2020.
Simon
Schiff,
Felix
Kuhr,
Sylvia
Melzer, and
Ralf
Möller,
AI-based Companion Services for Humanities, 2020.
AI-based Companion Services for Humanities, 2020.
Sylvia Melzer,
Combining Holistic and Complementary Document Representations for Information Retrieval, in Proceedings of the 34rd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2021) , North Miami Beach, Florida, USA: {AAAI} Press, 2020.
Combining Holistic and Complementary Document Representations for Information Retrieval, in Proceedings of the 34rd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2021) , North Miami Beach, Florida, USA: {AAAI} Press, 2020.
2014
Sylvia
Melzer,
R.
God,
T.
Kiehl,
Ralf
Möller, and
M.
Wessel,
Tag des Systems Engineering, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2014, pp. 279--288.
Tag des Systems Engineering, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2014, pp. 279--288.

