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Dr. Thomas Clemen

Adjunct Research Professor

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Zuse Schools of Excellence in AI

BIO

Professor Dr. Thomas Clemen (formerly Thiel-Clemen) is a Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Data Management at HAW Hamburg, Germany, a position he has held since 2009. His research focuses on agentic AI, cooperation in multi-agent systems, digital twins, agent-based modeling and simulation, and geoinformatics.

Since 2025, he also serves as Adjunct Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and as Partner and AI Practice Lead at 4-advice GmbH. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha, Tanzania, since 2021. This international engagement reflects his long-standing commitment to advancing AI research and education across borders.

Prior to his academic career, Prof. Clemen spent a decade (1999–2009) in industry as a Global Client Principal and Senior Strategy Consultant at Hewlett-Packard Global Services. He earned his Dr. rer. nat. in computer science from the University of Kiel in 1999 and studied computer science at the Technical University of Dortmund.

In the academic sphere, Prof. Clemen serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Zuse Schools of Excellence in AI and is a Technology Mentor for AI.Startups in Hamburg. He previously served as Vice Dean of International Affairs at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at HAW Hamburg (2014–2023) and was a member of the Federal Commission on Civil Protection at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (2011–2015). His publications span topics from multi-agent imitation learning to digital twins for smart cities, including contributions to Nature Climate Change.

Areas of Expertise & Research Interests

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