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  • Marvin Hofer
  • hofer [at] informatik [dot] uni-leipzig [dot] de

  • ScaDS.AI Humboldtstraße 25, 04105 Leipzig Etage 3 Raum A03.25

About

  • Since december 2021: Researcher at ScaDS.AI
  • 2021: M. Sc. in Computer Science, University of Leipzig
  • 2019: B. Sc. in Computer Science, University of Leipzig
  • 2016-2021: Research Assistant at AKSW/KILT (and as part of the DBpedia project)

Research Interests

  • Data Integration
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Semantic Web
  • Distributed Computing
  • Graph ML

Talks

  • The Future of combining the DBpedia Databus and LLMs @ SEMANTiCS Sept 2024.
  • Towards self-configuring Knowledge Graph Construction Pipelines - A Case Study with RML @ KGC/ESWC.May 2024.
  • Bootstrapping Knowledge Graphs using DBpedia’s Ecosytem - AKSW.org KG 2.0. DBpedia Day @ SEMANTICS 2022. Sept. 2022.
  • Studying Linked Data Accessibility Healthiness for the Long Tail of the Data Web. MEPDaW @ ISWC 2023. Nov. 2023.

Betreute Abschlussarbeiten (8)

Jahr Typ Student Titel Status
2025 B. Sc. Lars Becker Enhancing Automated Metadata Extraction via Large Language Models - Developing an Interactive GUI for Customized Code Generation Finished
2025 M. Sc. Florian Winkler RANDOM-QA: Question Answering mit Knowledge Graphs und Large Language Models für die Radio-Access-Network-Domäne Finished
2024 B. Sc. Vivian Kainz Transformation der bestehenden Access Datenbank der Zentralen Berechtigungsverwaltung in das neu eingeführt Identity and Access Management System der Polizei Sachsen Finished
2024 M. Sc. Pascal Singer Anbindung von Sprachinterfaces an Retail-Anwednungen auf Grundlage von Large Language Models Finished
2024 B. Sc. Maximilian Töpfer Extending the DBpedia Extraction Framework to Extract Complete Historical Wikipedia Revisions as Graph Finished
2024 B. Sc. Theo Hahn Temporal Performance Evaluation of PGM and RDF Models: A Case Study with FinBench Finished
2023 B. Sc. Adrian Kuhn Semantic Classification of Datasets - An Approach to Enriching Metadata on the DBpedia Databus Finished
2023 B. Sc. Victor Koch Building an Overlay Search Application for the XITASO Knowledge Ecosystem Finished

Publications (8)

Dateien Cover Beschreibung Jahr
Graph Metrics-driven Record Cluster Repair meets LLM-based active learning
Christen, V. ; Obraczka, D. ; Hofer, M. ; Franke, M. ; Rahm, E.
ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality
2025 / 6
Construction of Knowledge Graphs: Current State and Challenges
Hofer, M. ; Obraczka, D. ; Saeedi, A. ; Köpcke, H. ; Rahm, E.
Information
2024 / 8
Towards self-configuring Knowledge Graph Construction Pipelines using LLMs - A Case Study with RML
Hofer, M. ; Frey, J. ; Rahm, E.
Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction co-located with 21th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2024)
2024 / 5
Studying Linked Data Accessibility Healthiness for the Long Tail of the Data Web
Frey, J. ; Hofer, M. ; Hellmann, S.
9th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web
2023 / 11
Construction of Knowledge Graphs: State and Challenges
Hofer, M. ; Obraczka, D. ; Saeedi, A. ; Köpcke, H. ; Rahm, E.
arXiv
2023 / 2
Managing and Compiling Data Dependencies for Semantic Applications Using Databus Client
Frey, J. ; Götz, F. ; Hofer, M. ; Hellmann, S.
Metadata and Semantic Research - 15th International Conference
2021 / 10
The New DBpedia Release Cycle: Increasing Agility and Efficiency in Knowledge Extraction Workflows
Hofer, M. ; Hellmann, S. ; Dojchinovski, M. ; Frey, J.
International Conference on Semantic Systems - In the Era of Knowledge Graphs
2020 / 10
DBpedia FlexiFusion The Best of Wikipedia>Wikidata>Your Data
Frey, J. ; Hofer, M. ; Obraczka, D. ; Lehmann, J. ; Hellmann, S.
ISWC 2019
2019 / 10