Dr. Christopher Ackermann
University of Maryland
Dr. Christopher Ackermann is a Senior Management Consultant at International Business Machines (IBM).
He received his Master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of
Maryland. For eight years he worked as a research scientist at the
Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering where he
transferred knowledge and technologies from research to practice
primarily in the context of aerospace and automotive systems. His
primary research focus was on both structural and behavioral analysis of
software architectures to identify and resolve quality issues, such as
maintainability, performance and reliability.
In addition to his research experience Dr. Ackermann has been
developing software systems both in the role of software developer and
technical leader for nunmerous projects and in various domains. He has
focused on delivering successful software even in challenging
circumstances by bringing together the members of the team and working
closely with customers.
Currently, Dr. Ackermann is primarily focused on devising solutions
that leverage advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilties and
Machine Learning (ML) techniques to gain insights from unstructured
data.