Kalisch - CV - Shidler College of Business

Kalisch - CV - Shidler College of Business

Dominik P.H. Kalisch
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa | Shidler College of Business | 2404 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
Phone: +1 (808) 956-7580 | E-mail: dominik.kalisch@hawaii.edu | http://www.kalisch.biz
Professional Experience
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Visiting Assistant Professor | Shidler College of Business
Honolulu, USA
Aug 2014 - Present
• Development of an Urban Living Lab within the “Morgenstadt” (City of the Future) project
• Research in urban development analysis with quantitative and qualitative approaches such as expert interviews,
network analysis and predictive modeling
• Form student research group within the United Nations HDX project
Fraunhofer-Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Stuttgart, Germany
Senior Research Scientist | Department of Information and Communication Technology May 2012 - Jul 2014
• Developed the research strategy for the “Morgenstadt” (City of the Future) project and the database system, led
a team of scientists while conducting research in New York City
• Visualized the collected data using R, Python and d3.js for print and web usage
• Research in urban development analysis with quantitative and qualitative approaches like expert interviews,
network analysis and predictive modeling
• Consulted companies and governmental agencies in information management and master data management
State Office for Environment, Health and Consumer Protection
Potsdam, Germany
Head of Health and Infection Reporting
May 2011 - Apr 2012
• Led the Project management and group leadership for health reporting
• Conducted epidemiological and statistical analysis using logistical regression, predictive modeling with R and
SPSS
• Compiled health status reports of the population for the government and prepared health-related answers for
the ministry of health
• General policy development in the section of health report
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Research Fellow | Dep. Informatics in Architecture and Sociology of Urban Planning
Weimar, Germany
May 2009 - Jun 2012
• Developed a statistical procedure in the research project “CoMStaR - Computer-Based Methods for a Socially
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Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning” to predict which subpopulation wants to live where
Performed statistical and sociological analysis of the simulating process and transformed the sociological
knowledge in formal models
Neumeyer Personal und Expertise
Leading Data Scientist
Berlin, Germany
Jul 2009 - Apr 2012
• Developed database model for a political job search engine
• Designed search algorithms for candidate matching
• Analyzed network data of the candidates
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German Center of Gerontology
Berlin, Germany
Research Associate
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Mar 2008 - Oct 2009
Oversaw and planned the editorial process for the Institute journal
Researched and compiled scientific news for the scientific and political newsletter
Edited articles and acted as contact person for authors
Wrote scientific papers concerning urban gerontology and aging studies in politics
Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometric and Epidemiology
Essen, Germany
Research Associate | Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometric and Epidemiology
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Jul 2007 - Mar 2008
Tutored medical students in statistics
Assisted in epidemiology projects, studies, and science administration
Researched and calculated epidemiological data with SPSS
Developed questionnaires for urban health project
Education
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Weimar, Germany
PhD Student | Dep. Informatics in Architecture and Sociology of Urban Planning
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2008 - 2013
Degree: Doctorate in Engineering (Dr. Eng.) - Summa cum laude
Doctoral studies in Social Science / machine learning algorithms and predictive modeling
Dissertation thesis: Who wants to live where?
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation scholarship
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
Visiting Predoctoral Fellow | Dep. Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
2009 - 2010
• Conducted research in the field of urban development analysis for the doctoral thesis using singular value
decomposition and network analysis techniques with R and Matlab
• Provided sociological knowledge for departmental research projects
University Duisburg-Essen
Duisburg and Essen, Germany
Social Sciences
2005 - 2008
• Degree: Diploma in Social Sciences (Equivalent to Bachelor & Master of Science)
• Priority in the sociology of urban development and knowledge-, quality-, and cluster management
Diploma thesis: Project Evaluation “Social City” in Essen using Network Analysis
Social Education
1999 - 2002
• Degree: Diploma in Social Education (Equivalent to Bachelor & Master of Education)
• Specialization in social community politics, education and modeling social behavior
• Diploma thesis: Empirical Analysis and Formal Modeling of Group Dynamics
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Teaching
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Visiting Assistant Professor | Shidler College of Business
Honolulu, USA
2014 - Present
• Business Statistics (BUS310) (undergraduate course)
• Mentor for an honors student group who works with the United Nations HDX project (graduate level)
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
International
Mentor
2012 - Present
• Mentor for scholarship recipients
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University
Lecturer | Department Business Informatics
Stuttgart, Germany
2013 - 2014
• Statistics (undergraduate course)
Stuttgart Media University
Lecturer | Department of Print and Media Technology
Stuttgart, Germany
2013 - 2014
• Statistics (undergraduate course)
University of Stuttgart
Senior Research Scientist | Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Stuttgart, Germany
2012 - 2014
• Mentor for research assistants and junior fellows
• Advisor for Bachelor and Master theses
• Advisor for student research interns
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Lecturer | Department of Urban Planning
Weimar, Germany
2011 - 2012
• Statistics for urban planers, geographers and architects (graduate course)
Awards
Full PhD Scholarship
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
Germany
2008 - 2012
• Received a full PhD Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement and social and political involvement.
Best Thesis Award
Germany
University of Duisburg-Essen
2008
• The diploma thesis (equivalent to master thesis) “Project Evaluation “Social City” in Essen using Network
Analysis” was rated summa cum laude as best thesis of the class and was published as a book.
Best Thesis Award
Germany
University of Essen
2002
• The diploma thesis (equivalent to master thesis) “Empirical Analysis and Formal Modeling of Group Dynamics“
was rated magna cum laude as one of the best theses of the class and was published as a book.
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Extra-Curricular and Volunteer Experience
UN Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) project
Data Scientist
New York, USA
2014 - Present
• Support the HDX team in master data management and quality data management
• Develop a dashboard to visualize statistical data from the HDX CKAN server
• Participate in statistical analyses
Scholar representative in the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
Representative
Bonn, Germany
2009 - 2011
• Handled scholarship recipient petitions
• Organized the scholars’ self-government
German Civil Service at the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (Emergency medical service) Essen, Germany
Military / Civilian Service
1998 - 1999
• Trained in emergency medicine
• Received training in disaster control
• Worked as an emergency medical technician
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Publications
Papers in journals
• Kalisch, Dominik (2012): Wissen wer wo wohnt. [Knowing who lives where]. Weimar: Universität Weimar.
• Köhler, H.; König, R.; Anders, F.; Kalisch, D.; Steinhöfel, J. (2009): Computer-based methods for a socially
sustainable urban and regional planning. In: International Journal of Sustainability, Technology and
Humanism. Volume 04, pp.115-124. Barcelona: Universitat Poliècnica de Catalunya.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2009): Wohnstandortbedürfnisse älterer Menschen.[Residential Needs of Elderly People in
Germany]. In: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (Ed.): Informationsdienst Altersfragen. Volume 04/09, pp.
8-12. Berlin: DZA.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2008): Repräsentanz Älterer in deutschen Parlamenten [Representation of Elderly in German
Parliaments]. In: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (Ed.): Informationsdienst Altersfragen. Volume 05/08, pp.
2-9. Berlin: DZA.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2008): Die Situation älterer Flüchtlinge - Belastungen und Potentiale [The Situation of Older
Refugees - Burdens and Potentials]. In: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (Ed.): Informationsdienst
Altersfragen. Volume 04/08, pp. 2-7. Berlin: DZA.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2008) Defizite demografischer Prognosen für die Kommunalentwicklung [Deficits of
Demographical Projections in Community Development]. In: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (Ed.):
Informationsdienst Altersfragen. Volume 03/08, pp. 11-14. Berlin: DZA.
Books
• Kalisch, D.; Hahn, C.; Engelbach W.; Meyer, A. (2014): Integration von Freiwilligen in das Krisenmanagement
[Integration of Volunteers in Disaster Management]. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer-Verlag.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2014): Wissen wer wo wohnen will [Knowing who wants to live where]. Stuttgart:
Fraunhofer-Verlag
• Kalisch, Dominik (2012): Die Soziale Stadt: Eine netzwerkanalytische Evaluationsstudie [The Social City: A
network analysis evaluation study]. Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag
• Kalisch, Dominik (2003): SIMS - Über die Möglichkeiten der Simulation gruppendynamischer Prozesse [SIMS About the Possibilities to Simulate Group Dynamic Processes]. Marburg: Tectum Verlag
PhD Theses
• Kalisch, Dominik: Wissen wer wo wohnen will. Eine statistische Prozedur zur Analyse von optimalen
Nachbarschaftsprofilen auf Basis des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels des Deutschen Instituts für
Wirtschaftsforschung. [Who wants to live where? A statistical procedure to analyze optimal neighborhood
profiles based to the socio-economic panel study from the German Institute for Economic Research]. Weimar,
2013
Conference contributions
• Wendt, W.; Kalisch, D.; Vandieken, T.; Engelbach, W. (2014): Smart Cities and ICT - Insights from the
Morgenstadt project. Proceedings RealCORP 2014
• Kalisch, Dominik (2014): Making Cities Smarter. Annual SRII Global Conference 2014, San José, CA
• Engelbach, W.; Kalisch, D.; Hahn, C. (2013): Hypothesen zu Organisationen des Katastrophenschutz
[Hypothesis of Disaster Relief Organizations]. 3. INKA Workshop, Berlin
• Kalisch, Dominik (2013): Morgenstadt: CityInsights. A research approach for systems research in urban
development. Proceedings RealCORP 2013
• Kalisch, Dominik (2013): Milieu specific crisis communication. Proceedings 2nd international Symposium on
Development of CBRN Defence Capabilities 2013
• Kalisch, Dominik (2012): Who wants to live where? Viena: RealCORP 2012
• Steinhöfel, J.; Anders, F.; Kalisch, D.; Köhler, H.; König, R. (2012): Investigation of Cognitive Neighnorhoodsize
by Agent-Based Simulation. Proceedings 26th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation
• Kalisch, Dominik (2010): No crystal ball needed: An approach to determine inhabitant needs. Essen: IRUN
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• Steinhöfel, J.; Anders F.; Köhler H.; Kalisch D.; König R (2010): Computer-Based Methods for a Socially
Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning - CoMStaR. Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA
2010.
• Kalisch, Dominik; David, Vincent (2010): Neighbourhood Analysis Based on Complex Data Analysis of the
German Socio-Economic Panel Study. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2010.
• Anders, F.; König R.; Steinhöfel J.; Köhler H.; Kalisch D. (2010): Straßennetzwerkanalysen zur Unterstützung
sozialräumlicher Untersuchungen - das Projekt CoMStaR [Street Network Analysis to Support Social
Environment Analysis - The CoMStaR project]
• Kalisch, D.; Anders, F.; König R.; Steinhöfel J.; Köhler H.; (2010): Computer-Bases Methods for a Socially
Sustainabile Urban and Regional Planning. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
2010.
• Köhler, H.; König R.; Steinhöfel J.; Kalisch D. (2009): Computer-based methods for a socially sustainable urban
and regional planning. Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling (ICSMM 09).
• Kalisch, Dominik (2009): Developing Management Strategies to Curb Urban Conflicts with Network Analysis
and Simulation Methods. PSA Annual Conference 2009.
• Kalisch, Dominik (2008): Agent Based Simulations in Quarter Deployment. 4th UK Social Network Conference.
London: Greenwich University.
Reports
• Kalisch, D.; Radecki, A.; Leisz, H.; Ockel, E.; Tettenborn, F.; Eisenbeiss, K.; Loleit, M. (2013): City Report “New
York City”. Report within the Fraunhofer “Morgenstadt” research project. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Institute for
Industrial Engineering
• Hahn, C.; Engelbach, W.; Kalisch, D. (2013): Freiwilligenmanagement in den Organisationen des
Katastrophenschutzes [Volunteer Management in Disaster Relief Organizations]. In: BBE Sondernewsletter
31.10.2013, Nr. 22, Berlin: BBE
• Kalisch, Dominik (2012): Visualisierung der psychotherapeutischen Versorgungsdichte in Brandenburg
[Visualizing the Density of Supply with Psychotherapists].
Invited Lectures
• Kalisch, Dominik; Kurz, Peter; Küchel, Lisa (03.02.2014): StadtLeben: Die Stadt von Morgen: Wie wollen wir
leben? [City Living: How do we want to live tomorrow?]. Panel discussion StadtLeben. Stuttgart.
• Kalisch, Dominik (11.07.2013): Morgenstadt: City Insights. Analysen und Ergebnisse aus New York [Analyses
and Results from New York]. Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. Stuttgart.
• Kalisch, Dominik (22.04.2013): Morgenstadt: City Insights. New York Department of City Planning. New York
City.
• Kalisch, Dominik (18.04.2013): Morgenstadt: City Insights. A research approach for systems research in urban
development. Networking Dinner in Harvard Club. New York City.
• Kalisch, Dominik (07.02.2013): Morgenstadt: City Insights. A project approach. SmartX meeting of the
Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation. Stuttgart.
Work in progress
• Kalisch, Dominik; Bui, Tung: ICT solutions to support evidence based city governance.
• Kalisch, Dominik: Estimation of Optimal Neighborhood Profiles Based on Social and Built Infrastructures
• Kalisch, Dominik: Living Preferences of American Citizens.
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