About

Matthias completed his Ph.D. with Ruhr-University Bochum's Institute for Neural Computation (INI) and the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science (DIKU). His project examined "Online multi-class support vector machines and their application to classification of acoustic remote sensing data in support of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty verification", improving machine learning algorithms and their application to geophysical data.

Since his research at the INI, Matthias has worked on coordination of climate change research with the World Meteorological Organization; contributed to a research project in occupational health with the Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion at Universität Witten/Herdecke; led the Strategic Project Management Team at the Berlin-based startup Aignostics to improve AI cancer research; and is currently Program Manager for Digitalization and Transversal Programs with McPhy, a pan-European specialist on production and distribution of low-carbon hydrogen electrolyzers.

Matthias holds a Diploma in Physics, a Diploma for Graduates in International Relations, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. His achievements have been recognized by a number of high-profile scholarships.

In his freetime, he likes to dance as well as teach Argentine Tango, and maintains a keen interest in scientific mechanisms underlying healthy movement such as evidence-based physical therapy and rehabilitation.

PhD Advisors:

Prof. Christian Igel at the University of Copenhagen's DIKU image lab and Prof. Tobias Glasmachers at the Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Publications:                                                                  (Non-peer-reviewed contributions are indented by two spaces.)

  Merten, J; Guyot, G; Martin, J; Tuma, M; Sucic, B; Borcherding, H; Spanier, P; Stierstorfer, J; Fki, R; Mayer, H; Wallmeier, P; Latrouite, S; Garnier, Y; Ginot, G; Goncalves, V; Taveira, N; Villa Fernandez, G; Lavorel, E; Lamara, T; Fischer, B: “Direct driving MW-scale appliances with PV: DC-Power”, 41st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, 2024.

Michaelsen, M.M., J. Graser, M. Onescheit, M. Tuma, L. Werdecker, D. Pieper, T. Esch: Mindfulness-based and mindfulness-informed interventions at the workplace: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of RCTs. Mindfulness, Springer Press, 2023.

  Michaelsen, M; Graser, J; Onescheit, M; Tuma, M; Pieper, D; Werdecker, L; Esch, T: iga.Report 45. Wirksamkeit von Achtsamkeitstechniken im Arbeitskontext. iga - Initiative Gesundheit und Arbeit, ISSN: 1612-1988, 2021.

Waliser, D., P.J. Gleckler, R. Ferraro, K.E. Taylor, S. Ames, J. Biard, M.G. Bosilovich, O. Brown, H. Chepfer, L. Cinquini, P. Durack, V. Eyring, P.-P. Mathieu, T. Lee, S. Pinnock, G.L. Potter, M. Rixen, R. Saunders, J. Schulz, J.-N. Thepaut, M. Tuma: Observations for Model Intercomparison Project (Obs4MIPs): Status for CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development, 2020

W. J. Merryfield, J. Baehr, L. Batté, E. J. Becker, A. H. Butler, C. A. S. Coelho, G. Danabasoglu, P. A. Dirmeyer, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, D. I. V. Domeisen, L. Ferranti, T. Ilynia, A. Kumar, W. A. Müller, M. Rixen, A. W. Robertson, D. M. Smith, Y. Takaya, M. Tuma, F. Vitart, C. J. White, M. S. Alvarez, C. Ardilouze, H. Attard, C. Baggett, M. A. Balmaseda, A. F. Beraki, P. S. Bhattacharjee, R. Bilbao, F. M. de Andrade, M. J. DeFlorio, L. B. Diaz, M. A. Ehsan, G. Fragkoulidis, S. Grainger, B. W. Green, M. C. Hell, J. M. Infanti, K. Isensee, T. Kataoka, B. P. Kirtman, N. P. Klingaman, J.-Y. Lee, K. Mayer, R. McKay, J. V. Mecking, D. E. Miller, N. Neddermann, C. H. J. Ng, A. Osso, K. Pankatz, S. Peatman, K. Pegion, J. Perlwitz, G. C. Recalde-Coronel, A. Reintges, C. Renkl, B. Solaraju-Murali, A. Spring, C. Stan, Y. Q. Sun, T. R. Tozer, N. Vigaud, S. Woolnough, S. Yeager: Current and emerging developments in subseasonal to decadal prediction. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2020.

Y. Kushnir, A. Scaife, R. Arritt, G. Balsamo, G. Boer, F. Doblas-Reyes, E. Hawkins, M. Kimoto, R.K. Kolli, A. Kumar, D. Matei, K. Matthes, W. A. Müller, T. O'Kane, J. Perlwitz, S. Power, M. Raphael, A. Shimpo, D. Smith, M. Tuma, B. Wu: Towards Operational Predictions of the Near-Term Climate. Nature Climate Change, v.9, pp. 94–101, https://rdcu.be/bhO7o , 2019.

D. M. Smith, A. A. Scaife, E. Hawkins, R. Bilbao, G. J. Boer, M. Caian, L.-P. Caron, G. Danabasoglu, T. Delworth, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, R. Doescher, N. J. Dunstone, R. Eade, L. Hermanson, M. Ishii, V. Kharin, M. Kimoto, T. Koenigk, Y. Kushnir, D. Matei, G.A. Meehl, M. Menegoz, W. J. Merryfield, T. Mochizuki, W. A. Müller, H. Pohlmann, S. Power, M. Rixen, M. Tuma, K. Wyser, X. Yang and S. Yeager: Predicted chance that global warming will temporarily exceed 1.5°C. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079362, 2018.

Buizza, R., P. Poli, M. Rixen, M. Alonso-Balmaseda, M. Bosilovich, S. Brönnimann, G. Compo, D. Dee, F. Desiato, M. Doutriaux-Boucher, M. Fujiwara, A. Kaiser-Weiss, S. Kobayashi, Z. Liu, S. Masina, P. Mathieu, N. Rayner, C. Richter, S. Seneviratne, A. Simmons, J. Thépaut, J. Auger, M. Bechtold, E. Berntell, B. Dong, M. Kozubek, K. Sharif, C. Thomas, S. Schimanke, A. Storto, M. Tuma, I. Välisuo, and A. Vaselali: Advancing Global & Regional Reanalyses. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0312.1, 2018.

  M.G. Bosilovich, M. Fujiwara, J.D. Keller, M. Tuma: WCRP Task team for the Intercomparison of ReAnalyses (TIRA): Motivation and Progress. Abstract in Session "A086: Progress in Reanalysis: Development, Evaluation and Application" of the American Geophysical Union's 2018 Fall Meeting (AGU), 2018.

Marotzke, J; Jakob, C; Bony, S; Dirmeyer, P; O'Gorman, P; Hawkins, E; Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S; Le Quéré, C; Nowicki, S; Paulavets, K; Seneviratne, S; Stevens, B; Tuma, M: Climate research must sharpen its view. Nature Climate Change, 1758-6798, http://rdcu.be/oAm2, 2017.

  G. Boer, Y. Kushnir, A. Scaife, D. Smith, R. Arritt, G. Balsamo, C. Cassou, G. Danabasoglu, F. Doblas-Reyes, E. Hawkins, M. Kimoto, R.K. Kolli, A. Kumar, D. Matei, K. Matthes, J. Meehl, M. Msadek, W. A. Müller, T. O'Kane, J. Perlwitz, S. Power, M. Raphael, A. Shimpo, M. Tuma, B. Wu: WCRP activities on decadal climate prediction. Ninth Research Dialogue of the 46th Session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany, May 2017.

Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Landa, C. S., Metzl, N., O'Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., Smith, K., Cosca, C., Harasawa, S., Jones, S. D., Nakaoka, S.-I., Nojiri, Y., Schuster, U., Steinhoff, T., Sweeney, C., Takahashi, T., Tilbrook, B., Wada, C., Wanninkhof, R., Alin, S. R., Balestrini, C. F., Barbero, L., Bates, N. R., Bianchi, A. A., Bonou, F., Boutin, J., Bozec, Y., Burger, E. F., Cai, W.-J., Castle, R. D., Chen, L., Chierici, M., Currie, K., Evans, W., Featherstone, C., Feely, R. A., Fransson, A., Goyet, C., Greenwood, N., Gregor, L., Hankin, S., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Harlay, J., Hauck, J., Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Hunt, C. W., Huss, B., Ibánhez, J. S. P., Johannessen, T., Keeling, R., Kitidis, V., Körtzinger, A., Kozyr, A., Krasakopoulou, E., Kuwata, A., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefèvre, N., Lo Monaco, C., Manke, A., Mathis, J. T., Merlivat, L., Millero, F. J., Monteiro, P. M. S., Munro, D. R., Murata, A., Newberger, T., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Paterson, K., Pearce, D., Pierrot, D., Robbins, L. L., Saito, S., Salisbury, J., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schweitzer, R., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Sullivan, K. F., Sutherland, S. C., Sutton, A. J., Tadokoro, K., Telszewski, M., Tuma, M., van Heuven, S. M. A. C., Vandemark, D., Ward, B., Watson, A. J., and Xu, S.: A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), Earth System Science Data, 8, 383-413, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-383-2016, 2016.

Tuma, M; Rørbech, V; Prior, M; Igel, C: Integrated Optimization of Long-Range Underwater Signal Detection, Feature Extraction, and Classification for Nuclear Treaty Monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(6), 3649-3659, 2016.

  Rixen, M; Carlson, D; Sparrow, M; Lee, B; Tuma, M: The Polar Challenge: Pushing the Boundaries of Observations for Climate Research and Services. WMO Bulletin, Bulletin, Vol 64 (2), 2015.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C; Mialle, P. Kernel-based machine learning techniques for infrasound signal classification. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2014), Vienna, April 2014.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Investigation of kernel-based machine learning techniques for infrasound signal classification. CTBTO Science and Technology (S&T 2013), Vienna, June 2013.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C; Prior, M. Joint optimization of a signal processing chain for hydroacoustic signal classification. CTBTO Science and Technology (S&T 2013), Vienna, June 2013.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C; Prior, M: Hydroacoustic signal classification using support vector machines. In C. Chen (ed.), Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing, 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2012.

  Tuma, M; Rørbech, V; Igel, C. Comparison of preprocessing methods for SVM classification of hydroacoustic signals in support of Nuclear-Test-Ban verification. 72. Annual Meeting of the German Geophysical Society (DGG), Hamburg, March 2012.

Tuma, M; Igel, C: Improved working set selection for LaRank. International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), Seville, August 2011.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C; Prior, M. Advances in kernel-based classification of IMS hydroacoustic signals. CTBTO Science and Technology (S&T 2011). Vienna, June 2011.

Tuma, M; Igel, C; Prior, M: Hydroacoustic signal classification using kernel functions for variable feature sets. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Istanbul, August 2010.

Wotawa, G.; Becker, A.; Kalinowski, M.; Saey, P.; Tuma, M.; Zähringer, M: Computation and analysis of the global distribution of the radioxenon isotope Xe-133 based on emissions from nuclear power plants and isotope production facilities and its relevance for the verification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 167(4-5):541-557, 2010.

  Tuma, M. "Das Blubbern der Bombe". Ruhr-University Bochum's science magazine RUBIN, Young Science Journalism Special Issue, Fall 2010.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Kernel-based signal classification. Infrasound Technology Workshop, Tunis, October 2010.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Classification of CTBT hydroacoustic signals. Machine Learning and Earth Structure Workshop, European Seismological Commission (ESC) 32nd General Assembly, Montpellier, September 2010.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Automatic classification of hydroacoustic signals to support verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. German Statistical Society Spring Meeting (DAGStat), Dortmund, March 2010.

Tuma, M; Iossifidis, I; Schöner, G: Temporal stabilization of discrete movement in variable environments: an attractor dynamics approach. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Kobe, May 2009.

Kalinowski, M; Tuma, M: Global radioxenon emission inventory based on nuclear power reactor reports. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100(1):58-70, 2009.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Support Vector Machines for CTBTO hydroacoustic signal classification. CTBTO Technical Meeting on Data Mining, Vienna, November 2009.

  Tuma, M; Igel, C. Kernel-based machine learning techniques for hydroacoustic signal classification. CTBTO International Scientific Studies Conference. Vienna, June 2009.

  Wotawa, G; Becker, A; Kalinowski, M; Saey, P; Tuma, M; Zähringer, M. Global distribution of the Radioxenon Background caused by known civilian emissions and its consequences for CTBT verification. CTBTO International Scientific Studies Conference. Vienna, June 2009.

Kalinowski, M; Becker, A; Saey, P; Tuma, M; Wotawa, G: The complexity of CTBT verification. Taking noble gas monitoring as an example. Complexity, 14(1):89-99, 2008.

  Tuma, M; Kalinowski, M. Enhancing CTBT verification through a global radioxenon emission inventory for nuclear power plants. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2008), Vienna, April 2008.

  Tuma, M; Kalinowski, M. Global radioxenon emission inventory in support of CTBT monitoring. German Physical Society (DPG) Annual Meeting, Berlin, February 2008.

  Tuma, M; Kalinowski, M. First version of a global inventory of radioxenon emissions from nuclear power plants. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2007), Vienna, April 2007.

Conference committee memberships:

Member of the Organizing Committee for the "2019 International Conference on Regional Climate" (ICRC-CORDEX 2019), 15th-18th October 2019, Beijing, China

Member of the Organizing Committee for the "2018 International Conferences on Sub-Seasonal to Decadal Climate Prediction", 17-21 Sept. 2018, Boulder, CO, USA

Teaching:

TA: Evolutionary algorithms, winter term 2013/2014

TA: C++ intensive course, winter term 2012/2013

Awards:

Research Award for Young Scientists and Engineers, CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, 2013

With Shark Library team: "Gold Prize" at Open Source Software World Challenge, South Korea, 2011

Full scholarship for the 22nd Int. Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs, Hamburg, 2010

Fellow of the Ruhr-University Research School Bochum, Life Sciences Section, 2009 -

Doctoral fellowship from the German National Academic Foundation, 2009 - 2011

Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Travel Award, Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), 2008

Young Scientist's Travel Award for Europeans, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2007