Detlef Schoder

Professor Detlef Schoder is the Director of the Department of Business Informatics and Information Management at the University of Cologne.

He has a rich background in business practical experience in companies across Germany, the USA, and Japan, focusing on data analysis and the application of artificial intelligence methods for data-driven product, process, and business model innovations.

His collaborations with industry cover areas such as Digital Transformation, Social Media Analysis, personalized catalogs, and Artificial Intelligence in logistics.

Professor Schoder's team received the Innovation Award from the Society for Informatics for personalized media and has won multiple innovation awards in recent years in partnership with companies like Jettainer (Lufthansa Cargo), including being a finalist for the international IATA Air Cargo Award and winning the German Innovation Prize in 2017.

He holds several patents related to personalized printed media and has received multiple offers for positions in academia both domestically and internationally. He is recognized as one of the most research-active scholars in the field of business informatics in the German-speaking region according to the 'Handelsblatt' ranking.