Personal profile
Curriculum
Ricardo Usbeck studied computer science (B.Sc., M.Sc.) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He then moved to Leipzig, where he received his doctorate in 2017 in the field of data extraction and search engines. Until 2019, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Paderborn in the Data Science Group. He later became team leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems. In 2021, he took over the Junior Professorship for Semantic Systems at the University of Hamburg. In 2023, he was appointed Professor of Information Systems, in particular Artificial Intelligence and Explainability, at Leuphana University Lüneburg. He works in and leads several national and international research projects on knowledge graphs, large language models, chatbots and AI for social good. He is interested in transformation-related domains such as sustainability and creative spaces for technology. Ricardo Usbeck tries to build a bridge between research and application.
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Doctorate , Knowledge Extraction for Hybrid Question Answering, Leipzig University
Award Date: 15.05.2017
Computer Science, Master, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Award Date: 30.09.2012
Computer Science, Bachelor, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Award Date: 30.09.2010
External positions
Board of Directors, Hamburger Informatik Technologie-Center e.V. (HITeC)
01.06.2022 → …
Keywords
- Informatics
- Business informatics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research collaborations from the last five years
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PROVIDER: Proaktive Versorgungssicherheit durch dynamische Simulation mit selbstlernenden LLM-Agenten - Teilvorhaben: Neuro-Symbolische KI für Erklärbare Informationsextraktion und Event-Analyse
Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic), Westphal, P. (Project staff) & Burmester, J. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
01.01.26 → 31.12.28
Project: Research
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Studienqualitätsmittel: Mobile KI-Workstations für den gleichberechtigten Zugang zur KI Entwicklung
Kohler, M. (Project manager, academic) & Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.25 → 31.12.26
Project: Teaching
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Studienqualitätsmittel: Student AI server
Banerjee, D. (Project manager, academic), Moltzen, K. (Project manager, academic) & Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.25 → 31.12.26
Project: Teaching
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Creative Space for Human and Artificial Intelligence
Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic) & Kohler, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.25 → 31.12.26
Project: Teaching
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LStartupLab: Leuphana Startup Lab für Innovation, Transformation & Gründung
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Usbeck, R. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Seibel, A. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Mah, D.-K. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Wille, C. (Coordination) & Japsen, A. (Coordination)
01.08.25 → 31.07.28
Project: Research
Research output
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Collapsing Distance: The Curse of Ground Truth in Computational Narrative Understanding
Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 2026, In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 4202, 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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From Variance to Invariance: Qualitative Content Analysis for Narrative Graph Annotation
Huang, J., Weinig, M. V., Fritsche, U. & Usbeck, R., 04.03.2026.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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ShortPathQA: A Dataset for Controllable Fusion of Large Language Models with Knowledge Graphs
Salnikov, M., Sakhovskiy, A., Nikishina, I., Usmanova, A., Kraft, A., Möller, C., Banerjee, D., Huang, J., Jiang, L., Abdullah, R., Yan, X., Tutubalina, E., Usbeck, R. & Panchenko, A., 2026, Natural Language Processing and Information Systems: 30th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2025, Kanazawa, Japan, July 4–6, 2025, Proceedings, Part I. Ichise, R. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 95-110 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15836 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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STaRQ-Agent-Investigating Generalization in Knowledge Graph Question Answering via a Multi-Agent Collaborative Framework
Jiang, L., Banerjee, D. & Usbeck, R., 2026, In: IEEE Access. 14, p. 59158-59170 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Analyzing the Influence of Knowledge Graph Information on Relation Extraction
Möller, C. & Usbeck, R., 2025, The Semantic Web: 22nd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2025 Portoroz, Slovenia, June 1–5, 2025 Proceedings, Part I. Curry, E., Acosta, M., Poveda-Villalón, M., van Erp, M., Ojo, A., Hose, K., Shimizu, C. & Lisena, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Vol. 1. p. 460-480 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; vol. 15718).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Filmvorstellung „HER“ & KI-Diskussionsrunde mit Ricardo Usbeck und der Psychiatrischen Klinik Lüneburg
Usbeck, R. (Speaker)
27.05.2026Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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Vortrag bei der Versammlung der Beauftragten für den Datenschutz der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
Usbeck, R. (Speaker)
19.04.2026Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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KI- & Ethik-Diskussion für das Nachwuchsführungskräfteprogramm Futour Lüneburg
Usbeck, R. (Speaker)
03.03.2026Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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Vortrag bei der Landesdatenschutzkonferenz
Usbeck, R. (Speaker)
14.11.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Keynote bei der Vollversammlung der IHK LW
Usbeck, R. (Speaker)
11.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Prizes
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1st prize at the 1st Open Knowledge Extraction Challenge at ISWC
Usbeck, R. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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2025 Research Award of the School of Management & Technology
Moltzen, K. (Recipient), Huang, J. (Recipient) & Usbeck, R. (Recipient), 10.12.2025
Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Best Demo Award at ESWC
Usbeck, R. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Best Paper (Runner-up) at KESW
Usbeck, R. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Best Paper Nominee by SEMANTiCS
Usbeck, R. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
Press/Media
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Was KI im Studium wirklich bringt. Und wo die Gefahren lauern
30.11.25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Rote Rosen: Wird Brigitte Antonius künftig durch eine KI ersetzt?
05.10.25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Datasets
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GANDR: Georelating-Annotated Natural Disaster Reports
Moltzen, K. (Creator), Usbeck, R. (Supervisor) & Huang, J. (Contributor), ZENODO, 07.06.2025
Dataset
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QALD-9-Plus
Perevalov, A. (Creator), Both, A. (Creator), Diefenbach, D. (Creator) & Usbeck, R. (Creator), figshare LLP, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16864273, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/QALD-9_/16864273/7
Dataset
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QALD-9+
Perevalov, A. (Creator), Both, A. (Creator), Diefenbach, D. (Creator) & Usbeck, R. (Creator), figshare LLP, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16864273.v3, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/QALD-9_/16864273/3
Dataset
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DBLP-QuAD
Awale, S. (Contributor), Banerjee, D. (Contributor), Usbeck, R. (Contributor) & Biemann, C. (Contributor), ZENODO, 20.01.2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7554378, https://zenodo.org/records/7643971
Dataset
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DBLP-QuAD
Awale, S. (Contributor), Banerjee, D. (Contributor), Usbeck, R. (Contributor) & Biemann, C. (Contributor), ZENODO, 20.01.2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7554378, https://zenodo.org/record/7554379
Dataset