We are pleased to welcome Simon Meier to CIRES! Simon is a visiting PhD researcher from the University of Koblenz, Germany, from December 2024 to March 2025.

Simon is a research associate in the Business Application Systems research group at the University of Koblenz, Germany under the direction of Professor Dr. Petra Schubert since January 2022. Prior to this, he studied Business Informatics for his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Koblenz, and worked as a student assistant in the research group for several years.

Simon’s PhD focusses on the ontology-based integration of information for the digital workplace, which he is investigating as part of the University of Koblenz research project, SoNBO (= Social Network of Business Objects). While in Australia, Simon will be based at Swinburne University of Technology and working on his PhD and in the related area of Enterprise applications of knowledge graphs with Chief Investigator Associate Professor Paul Scifleet and CIRES PhD researchers Pa Pa Khin and Lufan Zhang.

Welcome Simon!!