About

Dr. Maximilian T. Fischer is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Data Analysis and Visualization research group of Daniel Keim at the University of Konstanz, which he joined in late 2019. His research interests include the interactive visualization and analysis of communication through machine learning, genAI and XAI, ethical and privacy considerations in intelligence and civil security, as well as multivariate investigative analytics through temporal hypergraph modeling. Further, he is interested in the infrastructure domain, in particular smart mobility and the energy transition.

From October 2023 to March 2024, he served as a Teaching Fellow (Lehrververtretung), acting as a full time substitute for the professorship “Data Analysis and Visualization”, teaching courses on data mining, data visualization, geographic information visualization, high resolution displays and research seminars. Supported by the programme “Freedom for creativity” under the Excellence Cluster Initiative.

Research Interests

• Communication Analysis and Visual-Interactive Analysis of Communication
• (Temporal) Hypergraphs and Visual Analytics of Temporal Hypergraph Models
• Civil Security
• Critical Infrastructure

Volunteering / Invited / Elected Positions

• Consortium Leader, Standardization committee, Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN), Coordinating the standardization of DIN SPEC 91517:2025-05 (Requirements for trustworthy AI methods in police applications)
• Reviewing - Regular Reviewer for IEEE TVCG, ACM CGF, ACM IUI, IEEE VIS, EuroVis, ISMAR, Information Visualization Journal, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, ACMMM MA-LLM, ACM Computing Surveys, ECML PKDD
• ACM FaccT - Session Chair - Bias in Image and Language Processing
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Selection Committee - Member
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Summer Ljubljana 2023 - Lecturer: Seminar on Visual Analytics and Deep Learning
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Academy Roggenburg 2021 - Lecturer: Seminar on visual data analysis and machine learning
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Zurich regional group - Elected spokesperson 2016/2017
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Invited Talks

• 2025
  • Transferdialog - Network meeting for forming paternships between universities and businesses
  • Smart City Scientific Network - Hamburg - Kickoff Workshop on Smart City Science: Connect. Research. Transfer.
  • Future ÖPNV Network - Public Transport Comission, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg
• 2024
  • Open Government Dialog - Shaping the Futures of Cities with AI
• 2023
  • Netzwerktreffen Klimaschutz Bodensee-Region - Workshop on Public Transport Infrastructure, Mobility, and Energy Transition Mitmach-Konferenz Radolfzell - Denke global, handle lokal - Workshop - Car-Sharing and Mobility Stations
  • European Police Congress - Conference Fair Booth (by BMBF invitation) - Presentation of ongoing research projects
  • Visualization and MultiMedia Lab - University of Zürich - Research Visit and Exchange of Project Ideas
• 2021
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - Visual Analytics Seminar Series - Visual Analytics for Temporal Hypergraph Model Exploration
• 2020
  • Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - SmP Dublin - Technical and Security Challenges of Brexit and the Border
• 2019
  • Association of German Criminal Investigators (BDK) - Workshop - Innovative Approaches for Digital Investigations
  • German Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector (ZITiS) - 4th TechZoom Event on Artificial Intelligence: Deceptively Real - Workshop on Multimodal Data Analysis

Teaching

Current teaching: overview in ZEuS

Semester	Course
2025/2026 Winter	Geographic information systems
2024/2025 Winter	Geographic information systems
2024 Summer	Multimedia retrieval: basic concepts
2023/2024 Winter	Data mining: basic concepts
(as Teaching Fellow)	Geographic information systems
	Data visualization: advanced topics
	Seminar data analysis and visualization
	Applications for powerwall and virtual reality environments
	Research seminar data mining & information visualization (PhD seminar)
2023 Summer	Multimedia Retrieval: Basic Concepts
2022/2023 Winter	Geographic Information Systems
2022 Summer	Multimedia Retrieval: Basic Concepts
2021/2022 Winter	Geographic Information Systems
	Seminar: Data Analysis and Visualization (Bachelor/Master)
2021 Summer	Seminar: Data Analysis and Visualization (Bachelor/Master)
2020/2021 Winter	Operating Systems
	Seminar: Data Analysis and Visualization (Bachelor/Master)
2020 Summer	Computational Methods for Document Analysis
	Seminar: Visual Data Exploration (Bachelor/Master)
2018 Summer	Database Systems

Research Projects

Current Projects

Name	Description
MATRIX-PRO	BMFTR 13N17718: Innovationen umfassend nutzen – Praxisleuchttürme der zivilen Sicherheit - Massendatenanalyse: Lösungen für die polizeiliche Ermittlungspraxis
REGAiT	BMFTR 13N17427: Zivile Sicherheit – Anwendungen in der zivilen Sicherheit I - (Re-)identifikation videographisch erfasster tatbeteiligter Personen durch den Einsatz transparenter KI-Modelle auf Grundlage personenspezifischer Bewegungsmerkmale
SGC Assistenzsystem Bodenseeschifffahrt	BMWSB Smart Green City (Smart Cities) - Ökonomisches Assistenzsystem für die Bodenseeschifffahrt

Completed/Former Projects

Name	Description
VIKING	BMBF 13N16242: Zivile Sicherheit – Künstliche Intelligenz in der zivilen Sicherheitsforschung II - Vertrauenswürdige Künstliche Intelligenz für polizeiliche Anwendungen
PEGASUS	BMBF 13N15268: Zivile Sicherheit – Schutz vor organisierter Kriminalität II - Polizeiliche Gewinnung und Analyse heterogener Massendaten zur Bekämpfung organisierter Kriminalitätsstrukturen
DAAD LIAISON	DAAD 57697521: LIAISON - Collaborative data science Madagascar-Konstanz
SGC Energiemonitoring	BMWSB Smart Green City (Smart Cities) - Energiemonitoring im Quartier
DAYDREAMS	EU H2020-JTI-Shift2Rail-2020: Development of prescriptive AnalYtics baseD on aRtificial intElligence for iAMS
AIDA-TI	BMBF: Establishment of German-Ukrainian cores of excellence in Ukraine - DE/UA Center of Excellence for AI-aided Big Data Analysis and Transport Infrastructures
PRIMAGE	EU H2020-EU.3.1.5.3 - Personalized Recommendations for Neurodegenerative Disease - Project PRIMAGE (PRedictive In-silico Multiscale Analytics to support cancer personalized diaGnosis and prognosis, Empowered by imaging biomarkers)
RPM-BW	MSI-BW - Verwendung von digitalen Fernüberwachungs- und -Behandlungslösungen als wichtigen Baustein bei der Bekämpfung der COVID-19-Pandemie in Baden-Württemberg
ASGARD	EU H2020-EU.3.7. - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens, European Commission - Project ASGARD (Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data)