Gjergji Kasneci is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence, specifically, knowledge base construction, semantic search, and data science.

[2][3] Before his current appointment, Kasneci has held multiple positions in academia and industry, including the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Schufa Holding AG[4] and an honorary professorship at the University of Tübingen.

[6] These contributions have set the foundation for many fact-based reasoning and semantic search methodologies in Artificial Intelligence, and the development of so-called knowledge graphs[7][8][9] for structured information retrieval.

Concurrently, from 2018 to 2023, as an honorary professor, Kasneci led the Data Science and Analytics Research Group at the University of Tübingen.

[14] Kasneci's research interests span across various facets of Artificial Intelligence, currently emphasizing transparency, efficiency, accountability, and thus the responsible application of AI-based technologies.