Data Science Center

Summer School 2026 "Location Matters"
Develop practical geodata workflows using QGIS and R, apply methods to your own research, and discuss ideas in an interdisciplinary setting with experts and peers – apply now by May 4, 2026.

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Central Hub for Data-Driven Research
The DSC brings together expertise, connects researchers, promotes data literacy, and supports research projects — in an interdisciplinary and future-oriented manner.
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Our Services
We support data-based research with consulting, training, IT resources, and more — from application to implementation. We also provide targeted support to departments and institutes.
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DSC Seed Grant
Financial support for your data science project: The Seed Grant supports pilot studies, networking formats, research projects, and more — with up to 2,500 Euros per applicant.
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DataNord
As part of the interdisciplinary data competence center for the Bremen region, the DSC is opening up its services to the region — researchers also benefit from additional services within the network.
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The Data Science Center (DSC) coordinates and advances the University of Bremen’s data-related expertise and activities. It promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, strengthens researchers’ data literacy, and supports sustainable, data-based research across allscientific fields.

The DSC also serves as a central point of contact, providing services in data management and data science. In addition, the DSC collaborates on data-based research projects, bringing its data expertise to research teams as a project partner.

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Dr.
Lena Steinmann
Coordinator
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Prof. Dr.
Rolf Drechsler
Spokesperson
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Collage der Profilbilder aller Mitglieder des Data Science Centers der Universität Bremen.

Become a member of our interdisciplinary network.

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Gruppe von Menschen, die in der Glashalle der Universität Bremen einem Vortrag in der Reihe "Data Snacks" zu hören.

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DSC Funds a Project Researching on Automatic Language Processing For Reading And Writing Classes

As part of the reserach project media-supported text production (Medienunterstützte Textproduktion, MuT), the potential of digital writing technologies, for example dictation with speech recognition, for weak writers is being investigated.

04.03.2021

Lars Hornuf on Data Science in Economics

In the interview series “Inside Data Science“ we introduce our members with their research activities and interests. Today with Lars Hornuf, professor of Business Administration, especially Financial Services and Financial Technology at Faculty 7 – Business Studies and Economics.

24.02.2021

Interview With Thorsten Dickhaus About Statistics and Data Science

In the interview series “Inside Data Science” we introduce our members with their research activities and interests. Today with Thorsten Dickhaus, Professor of Statistical Mathematics at Faculty 3 – Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bremen.

05.02.2021

Current Research at DSC: Picking The Right AI Hardware

Towards increased operational efficiency: Using neural networks to select the right hardware already during programming.

01.02.2021

The DSC Launches an Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Data Science

The “Data Science Forum” offers scientists from all faculties the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas on data science.

01.12.2020

Award of The First DSC Seed Grant

The first DSC Seed Grant funded the publication project "Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing: A Comparison of Selected Problems between China, Germany and the USA", which is to be published as a monograph later this year.

22.10.2020

New Funding Opportunity With The DSC Seed Grant!

The DSC offers financial support to scientists from all faculties in order to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and strengthen data science competencies at the University of Bremen.

24.08.2020

NFDI Enters The Second Round: Seven Letters of Intent With Contribution From Bremen

Also in the second call, Bremen is actively involved in establishing NFDI consortia - the DSC is also represented.

10.07.2020

Online Discussion Round: "NFDI - Neue Perspektiven in der kooperativen Wissenschaft!"

The opportunities and challenges in research data management will be discussed. Our spokesperson Rolf Drechsler provides the data science perspective.