Roman Kern works as Associate Professor at the Institute for Interactive Systems and Data Science at the Graz University of Technology. In addition, he serves as the Chief Scientific Officer at the Know Center research centre, a competence centre for trustworthy AI.

He was awarded his Ph.D. and habilitation by the Graz University of Technology.  Before working in research he gained experience in industry projects as project manager, software architect and software engineer ranging from big and medium sized companies to small start-ups.

Roman's research interests are multi-disciplinary and include natural language processing and machine learning, and a focus on causal data science. He applies these methods to achieve trustworthy AI in fields like digital libraries, intelligent transportation systems, and smart production. His work includes writing of proposals for national and international research projects; He serves as coordinator, work package lead, scientist in charge,  and national contact point for numerous research projects, ranging from small national projects to big European projects.

In his work his mission is to close the gap between science and industry via research projects, consulting and knowledge transfer. The demand in skills from real-world application scenarios also influences his teaching activities at the Graz University of Technology.