Prof. Dr. Martin Braschler

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer, Director of Institute of Computer Science

Professional development teaching

CAS Information Engineering

Projects

• DataGEMS - Data Discovery Platform with Generalized Exploratory, Management, and Search Capabilities (Horizon Europe) / Team member / ongoing
• DECIDE – Digital Enabling of Circularity, Innovation, Development and Environment / Team member / completed
• DataInc – Intelligent Data Integration and Cleaning / Project leader / completed
• INODE – Intelligent Open Data Exploration (EU Horizon 2020) / Team member / completed
• Skillue – Digital marketplace for skills and market values / Project leader / completed
• Digital Insurance Broking / Team member / completed
• Smart Alarms and Verified Events / Team member / completed
• Financial Demands of Swiss Municipalities / Team member / completed
• EAT-IT / Project leader / completed
• Stiftungsregister SR_2 / Project leader / completed
• Enterprise Knowledge Curation / Project leader / completed
• expert-match / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• De Meer Pardo, F., Hadji Misheva, B., Braschler, M., & Stockinger, K. (2025). TransClean : finding false positives in multi-source entity matching under real-world conditions via transitive consistency. IEEE Access, 13, 195856–195870. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2025.3632400
• Mildenberger, T., Braschler, M., Ruckstuhl, A., Vorburger, R., & Stockinger, K. (2023). The role of data scientists in modern enterprises : experience from data science education. SIGMOD Record, 52(2), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27357
• Amer-Yahia, S., Koutrika, G., Braschler, M., Calvanese, D., Lanti, D., Lücke-Tieke, H., Mosca, A., Mendes de Farias, T., Papadopoulos, D., Patil, Y., Rull, G., Smith, E., Skoutas, D., Subramanian, S., & Stockinger, K. (2022). INODE : building an end-to-end data exploration system in practice. SIGMOD Record, 50(4), 23–29. https://doi.org/10.1145/3516431.3516436
• Smith, E., Papadopoulos, D., Braschler, M., & Stockinger, K. (2021). LILLIE : information extraction and database integration using linguistics and learning-based algorithms. Information Systems, 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2021.101938
• Imhof, M., & Braschler, M. (2017). A study of untrained models for multimodal information retrieval. Information Retrieval Journal, 21(1), 81–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10791-017-9322-x
• Braschler, M., Briner, N., Fischer, H., Häni, M., Mandl, T., Schäuble, P., Steinbach, M., & Stuker, J. (2009). Enterprise-Search-Systeme im internen Wissensmanagement : Ergebnisse einer Studie zu Perspektiven der Unternehmen. Datenbank-Spektrum, 2009(30), 5–12.
• Schäuble, P., & Braschler, M. (2005). Portalspezifische Informationssuche für den Kanton Zürich. Datenbank-Spektrum, 2005(12), 26–30.
• Braschler, M. (2004). Combination approaches for multilingual text retrieval. Information Retrieval Journal, 7(1/2), 183–204. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:INRT.0000009445.19495.46
• Braschler, M., & Ripplinger, B. (2004). How effective is stemming and decompounding for German text retrieval? Information Retrieval Journal, 7(3/4), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:INRT.0000011208.60754.a1
• Braschler, M., & Peters, C. (2004). Cross-language evaluation forum : objectives, results, achievements. Information Retrieval Journal, 7(1/2), 7–31. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:INRT.0000009438.69013.fa

Books, peer-reviewed

• Braschler, M., Stadelmann, T., & Stockinger, K. (2019). Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business (1. Auflage). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1
• Peters, C., Braschler, M., & Clough, P. (2012). Multilingual information retrieval : from research to practice. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23008-0
• Peters, C., & Braschler, M. (2004). Information retrieval : special issue on CLEF. Kluwer.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Braschler, M., Stadelmann, T., & Stockinger, K. (2019). Data science. In M. Braschler, T. Stadelmann, & K. Stockinger (Eds.), Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business (pp. 17–29). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_2
• Stockinger, K., Braschler, M., & Stadelmann, T. (2019). Lessons learned from challenging data science case studies. In M. Braschler, T. Stadelmann, & K. Stockinger (Eds.), Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business (pp. 447–465). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_24
• Stadelmann, T., Braschler, M., & Stockinger, K. (2019). Introduction to applied data science. In M. Braschler, T. Stadelmann, & K. Stockinger (Eds.), Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business (pp. 3–16). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_1
• Stadelmann, T., Stockinger, K., Heinatz-Bürki, G., & Braschler, M. (2019). Data scientists. In M. Braschler, T. Stadelmann, & K. Stockinger (Eds.), Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business (pp. 31–45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_3
• Braschler, M., Imhof, M., & Rietberger, S. (2013). Black box evaluation for operational information retrieval applications. In Bridging between information retrieval and databases (pp. 192–207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54798-0_9

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• de Meer Pardo, F., Lehmann, C., Gehrig, D., Nagy, A., Nicoli, S., Branka Hadji, M., Braschler, M., & Stockinger, K. (2025). GraLMatch : matching groups of entities with graphs and language models [Conference paper]. Proceedings of EDBT 2025, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.48786/edbt.2025.01
• Smith, E., Weiler, A., & Braschler, M. (2021). Skill extraction for domain-specific text retrieval in a job-matching platform [Conference paper]. In K. S. Candan, B. Ionescu, L. Goeuriot, B. Larsen, H. Müller, A. Joly, M. Maistro, F. Piroi, G. Faggioli, & N. Ferro (Eds.), Experimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction (pp. 116–128). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85251-1_10
• Taranova, A., & Braschler, M. (2021). Textual complexity as an indicator of document relevance [Conference paper]. Advances in Information Retrieval, 410–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72240-1_42
• Nadig, S., Braschler, M., & Stockinger, K. (2020, May). Database search vs. information retrieval : a novel method for studying natural language querying of semi-structured data. Proceedings of the 12th LREC. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20042
• Smith, E., Braschler, M., Weiler, A., & Haberthuer, T. (2019). Syntax-based skill extractor for job advertisements [Conference paper]. 2019 6th Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS), 80–81. https://doi.org/10.1109/SDS.2019.000-3
• Sima, A.-C., Stockinger, K., Affolter, K., Braschler, M., Monte, P., & Kaiser, L. (2018). A hybrid approach for alarm verification using stream processing, machine learning and text analytics. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Extending Database Technology. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3487
• Stadelmann, T., Stockinger, K., Braschler, M., Cieliebak, M., Baudinot, G., Dürr, O., & Ruckstuhl, A. (2013). Applied data science in Europe : challenges for academia in keeping up with a highly demanded topic. Proceedings of the 9th European Computer Science Summit.

Other publications

• Imhof, M., & Braschler, M. (2015). Are test collections “real”? : mirroring real-world complexity in IR test collections [Conference paper]. In J. Mothe, J. Savoy, J. Kamps, K. Pinel-Sauvagnat, G. Jones, E. San Juan, L. Capellato, & N. Ferro (Eds.), Experimental IR meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction (pp. 241–247). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24027-5_23
• Imhof, M., Braschler, M., Hansen, P., & Rietberger, S. (2013). Evaluation for operational IR applications – generalizability and automation [Conference paper]. LivingLab ’13 Proceedings of the 2013 Workshop on Living Labs for Information Retrieval Evaluation, 2557–2558. https://doi.org/10.1145/2513150.2513160
• Forner, P., Bentivogli, L., Braschler, M., Choukri, K., Ferro, N., Hanbury, A., Karlgren, J., & Müller, H. (2013). PROMISE technology transfer day : spreading the word on information access evaluation at an industrial event. ACM SIGIR Forum, 47(1), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1145/2492189.2492198
• Agosti, M., Berendsen, R., Bogers, T., Braschler, M., Buitelaar, P., Choukri, K., Di Nunzio, G. M., Ferro, N., Forner, P., Hanbury, A., Friberg Heppin, K., Hansen, P., Järvelin, A., Larsen, B., Lupu, M., Masiero, I., Müller, H., Peruzzo, S., Petras, V., et al. (2012). PROMISE retreat report : prospects and opportunities for information access evaluation. ACM SIGIR Forum, 46(2), 60–84. https://doi.org/10.1145/2422256.2422265
• Braschler, M., Choukri, K., Ferro, N., Hanbury, A., Karlgren, J., Müller, H., Petras, V., Pianta, E., de Rijke, M., & Santucci, G. (2010). A PROMISE for experimental evaluation [Conference paper]. Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Evaluation, 140–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15998-5_16
• Braschler, M. (2009). Best practices in system-oriented aspects for multilingual information access applications. Proceedings of the E Challenges 2009 Conference.
• Peters, C., Braschler, M., Di Nunzio, G., Ferro, N., Gonzalo, J., & Sanderson, M. (2008). From research to application in multilingual information access : the contribution of evaluation. Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, LREC 08.
• Arni, T., Baudinot, G., & Braschler, M. (2008). Wissensvorsprung durch Reputation Monitoring. Goldwyn Reports.
• Arni, T., Baudinot, G., & Braschler, M. (2008). Reputation Monitoring TM Bericht Q1/08.
• Braschler, M., & Ferro, N. (2007). Adding multilingual information access to the European Library [Conference paper]. Digital Libraries : Research and Development, 218–227. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77088-6_21
• Braschler, M., Herget, J., Pfister, J., Schäuble, P., Steinbach, M., & Stuker, J. (2007). Kommunikation im Internet : die Suchfunktion im Praxistest. Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, 58(3), 159–168.
• Agosti, M., Braschler, M., Ferro, N., Peters, C., & Siebinga, S. (2007). Roadmap for multilingual information access in the European Library [Conference paper]. Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 136–147. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74851-9_12
• Baudinot, G., Braschler, M., & Egli, R. (2006). Automatische Kategorisierung am Beispiel von E-Mail.
• Braschler, M., Herget, J., Pfister, J., Schäuble, P., Steinbach, M., & Stuker, J. (2006). Evaluation der Suchfunktion von Schweizer Unternehmens-Websites. In Churer Schriften zur Informationswissenschaft (Vol. 12). HTW Chur. https://www.fhgr.ch/fileadmin/fhgr/angewandte_zukunftstechnologien/SII/churer_schriften/sii-churer_schriften_12-Evaluation_der_Suchfunktion_von_Schweizer_Unternehmenswebsites.pdf
• Braschler, M., Di Nunzio, G. M., Ferro, N., & Peters, C. (2005). CLEF 2004 : ad hoc track overview and results analysis [Conference paper]. Multilingual Information Access for Text, Speech and Images, 10–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/11519645_2
• Peters, C., Braschler, M., Choukri, K., Gonzalo, J., & Kluck, M. (2004). The future of evaluation for cross-langauge information retrieval systems [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation LREC 2004, 841–844.
• Braschler, M., & Peters, C. (2004). CLEF 2003 methodology and metrics [Conference paper]. Comparative Evaluation of Multilingual Information Access Systems, 7–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30222-3_2
• Comparative evaluation of multilingual information access systems. (2004). In C. Peters, J. Gonzalo, M. Braschler, & M. Kluck (Eds.), 4th Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF 2003), Trondheim, Norway, 21-22 August 2003. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/b102261
• Braschler, M. (2004). CLEF 2003 : overview of results [Conference paper]. Comparative Evaluation of Multilingual Information Access Systems, 44–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30222-3_5
• Advances in cross-language information retrieval. (2003). In M. Braschler, J. Gonzalo, & M. Kluck (Eds.), Third Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF 2002), Rome, Italy, 19-20 September 2002. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/b12018
• Evaluation of cross-language information retrieval systems. (2002). In C. Peters, M. Braschler, J. Gonzalo, & M. Kluck (Eds.), Second Workshop of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF 2001) Darmstadt, Germany, 3-4 September 2001. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45691-0

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Bachmann, T., Doukaras, A., Carabias-Hütter, V., & Braschler, M. (2013, September). The potential of a web-based personalized horizon scanning tool. International Foresight Academy (IFA) Seminar, «Participatory Foresight for Smarter Futures - from Design to Impact», Winterthur, Switzerland, 16-19 September 2013.
• Agosti, M., Braschler, M., Choukri, K., Ferro, N., Harman, D., Peters, C., Pianta, E., de Rijke, M., & Smeaton, A. (2010, December). CLEF 2010 conference on multilingual and multimodal information access evaluation. CLEF 2010 Conference on Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Evaluation, Padua, Italy, 20-23 September 2010. http://sigir.org/files/forum/2010D/conferences/2010d_sigirforum_agosti.pdf
• Braschler, M., Heuwing, B., Mandl, T., Womser-Hacker, C., Herget, J., Schäuble, P., & Stuker, J. (2009). Evaluation der Suchfunktion Deutscher Unternehmenswebsites. 12. Tagung der Deutschen International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), Bonn, 19.-21. Oktober 2009.

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