Kai Moltzen, M.Sc.
Vita
Following my Bachelor's in Engineering and Management (B. Eng.) at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, I completed an M.Sc. in Data Science at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Alongside my studies, I gained industry experience through internships and working student positions at Mercedes-Benz, Ulixes Robotersysteme, and Markt-Pilot.
During both my undergraduate and graduate education, I enjoyed sharing knowledge by conducting tutorials in Mathematics and Machine Learning. I was also actively involved as a student representative and member of various study commissions during my Bachelor's and Master's studies. To broaden my cultural and technical horizons, I spent three semesters abroad at Tampere University (Finland) and Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy).
Currently, as a research associate in Leuphana's AIX group, I am pursuing my PhD under the supervision of Ricardo Usbeck. In this role, I continue my passion for teaching across several subjects, contribute to the development of the research group, and conduct research in topics related to GeoAI.
Teaching
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Data Visualization
- AI project
- Advanced Machine Learning - LLMs, RAG, KGs
- DataX
Research Interests
- Spatial Representation Learning
- (Qualitative) Spatial Reasoning
- Geospatial Knowledge Graphs (GeoKGs)
- Geospatial Foundation Models (GeoFMs)
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence
- Natural Language Understanding
- AI to enhance (natural) disaster resilience
- AI for Good
Projects
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Leuphana Start Week - On the Effects of Human Cooperation with AI Assistants
Kai Moltzen (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Teaching
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Studienqualitätsmittel: Implementation and Maintenance of a Student AI Server
Kai Moltzen (Project manager, academic) , Debayan Banerjee (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Teaching
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Studienqualitätsmittel: Student AI server
Debayan Banerjee (Project manager, academic) , Kai Moltzen (Project manager, academic) , Ricardo Usbeck (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Teaching
Publications
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- GANDR - Georelating Dataset, Metrics, and Evaluation
Kai Moltzen (Author) , Ricardo Usbeck (Author) , 19.12.2025 New York, NY, USA , p. 61-71 , 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- LLM Agents for Georelating - A New Task for Locating Events
Kai Moltzen (Author) , Junbo Huang (Author) , Ricardo Usbeck (Author) , 12.12.2025 New York, NY, USA , p. 277–280 , 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Posterpresentation LLM-Agents for Georelating
Kai Moltzen (Speaker)
Activity: Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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Presentation Leuphana @ Session II Future Knowledge Experts
Kai Moltzen (Speaker)
Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Prizes
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2025 Research Award of the School of Management & Technology
Kai Moltzen (Recipient) Ricardo Usbeck (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Award for Completing the Course of Study with Outstanding Success
Kai Moltzen (Recipient) ,Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Education