Stephen Meisenbacher has been a research associate at the Chair of Human-Centered Computing since June 2026. Previously, he was a research associate and PhD candidate at the chair for Software Engineering of Business Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich from March 2022 to February 2026. Stephen earned his Master's degree in Informatics at TUM under a DAAD Graduate Scholarship, having concentrated his studies in Machine Learning and Data Analytics. His Master Thesis involved identifying the practical challenges in the implementation of technical measures for data privacy compliance. Before coming to Munich, Stephen earned his Bachelor's of Computer Science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. There, he also majored in German Language and Literature, and his honors senior thesis aimed to investigate the strengths and limitations of NLP techniques in the identification of irony in German literature. His Bachelor studies included three summers in Berlin, as well as a semester at Universität Heidelberg. More recently, Stephen has gained valuable experience in his work as a data science consultant to Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Research Interests:
- Privacy-preserving NLP
- Differential Privacy
- Hybrid, Expert-Driven Classification Systems
- Usable Privacy, Data Protection, and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies