Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Dr. rer. nat. habil., Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
1. Jul 2011 → 28. Oct 2013
Award Date: 28. Oct 2013
Computer Science, Dr. rer. nat., Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
1. May 2005 → 30. Jun 2008
Award Date: 30. Jun 2008
Bioinformatics, Diploma, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
1. Oct 2000 → 30. Apr 2005
Philosophy, Magister Artium, Hochschule für Philosophie München
1. Oct 1997 → 30. Sept 2000
Theology, Diploma, Johannes Gutenberg University
1. Oct 1992 → 31. Oct 1997
Current external positions
Guest professor, Vienna University of Technology
1. May 2016 → 30. Jun 2016
Guest professor, Vienna University of Technology
1. Apr 2014 → 30. Jun 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
1. Apr 2012 → 31. Mar 2013
Research Associate, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
1. Oct 2008 → 31. Jul 2016
Research and Teaching Assistant, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich
1. May 2005 → 30. Sept 2008
Keywords
- Algorithms for Large Datasets
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Machine Learning
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Approximate Single-Linkage Clustering Using Graph-Based Indexes: MST-Based Approaches and Incremental Searchers
Okkels, C. B., Thordsen, E., Aumüller, M., Zimek, A. & Schubert, E., 2026, Similarity Search and Applications - 18th International Conference, SISAP 2025, Proceedings. Amato, G., Mic, V., Traina, A., Messina, N., Amsaleg, L., Þór Guðmundsson, G., Þór Jónsson, B. & Vadicamo, L. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, p. 233-247 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16134 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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DCFO: Density-Based Counterfactuals for Outliers
Amico, T., Matthews, P., Krieger, L., Zimek, A. & Assent, I., 20. Apr 2026, KDD 2026 - Proceedings of the 32nd ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining V.1. Association for Computing Machinery / Special Interest Group on Programming Languages, p. 37-48Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Similarity Based on Resample Exposure
Lautrup, A. D., Arshad, H. S., Hyrup, T., Rajabinasab, M., Zimek, A. & Schneider-Kamp, P., 2026, Similarity Search and Applications: 18th International Conference, SISAP 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 1–3, 2025, Proceedings. Amato, G., Mic, V., Traina, A., Messina, N., Amsaleg, L., Þór Guðmundsson, G., Þór Jónsson, B. & Vadicamo, L. (eds.). Springer, p. 165-179 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16134).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Towards Semi-supervised Subspace Learning for Outlier Detection in Big Data
Rajabinasab, M., Lautrup, A. D., Schneider-Kamp, P. & Zimek, A., 2026, Similarity Search and Applications: Proceedings of 18th International Conference, SISAP 2025. Amato, G., Mic, V., Traina, A., Messina, N., Amsaleg, L., Þór Guðmundsson, G., Þór Jónsson, B. & Vadicamo, L. (eds.). Springer, p. 330-344 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16134 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Achieving Hilbert-Schmidt Independence Under Rényi Differential Privacy for Fair and Private Data Generation
Hyrup, T., Panagiotou, E., Roy, A., Zimek, A., Ntoutsi, E. & Schneider-Kamp, P., 29. Aug 2025, 20 p.Research output: Other contribution › Research
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Activities
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Machine Learning (Journal)
Zimek, A. (Associate editor)
2023 → …Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of research journal › Research
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Basic Data Mining Approaches to Anomaly Detection and Challenges in High-dimensional Data
Zimek, A. (Speaker)
8. Jul 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Dimensionality and Scalability Issues in Outlier Detection
Zimek, A. (Speaker)
9. Mar 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (Event)
Zimek, A. (Peer reviewer)
Feb 2021 → May 2021Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Machine Learning (Journal)
Zimek, A. (Member of editorial review board)
2021 → …Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of research journal › Research
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Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF) - Intl. Recruit Scheme
Campello, R. J. G. B. (PI), Zimek, A. (Project participant) & Gesteira Costa, I. (Project participant)
01/05/2023 → 01/05/2028
Project: Private Foundations
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FNU - FP1- - DFF - CLEVR: Clustering Evaluation Revisited
Zimek, A. (PI), Campello, R. J. G. B. (Project participant) & Arshad, H. S. (PhD student)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research Councils
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PREPARE: Personalised Risk Estimation and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Lindholt, J. S. (Project participant), Rasmussen, L. M. (Project participant), Sopina, L. (Project participant), Zimek, A. (Project participant), Bech, H. C. (Project participant), Obel, L. M. (Project participant), Dahl, M. (Project participant), Schneider-Kamp, P. (Project participant) & Skovbo, J. S. (Project participant)
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2026
Project: Research Councils
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DFF - FNU - Reliable Outlier Detection
Zimek, A. (PI), Campello, R. J. G. B. (Project participant) & Marques, H. O. (Project participant)
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research
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EU - STrukturfonden - Indsigts- og Prognoseværktøj - DigitaliseringsBoost
Zimek, A. (Project participant)
01/06/2019 → 31/05/2020
Project: Research
Datasets
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ELKI Multi-View Clustering Data Sets Based on the Amsterdam Library of Object Images (ALOI)
Schubert, E. (Creator) & Zimek, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 30. Jun 2010
Dataset
Press/Media
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Professor med fire uddannelser: Skæld ikke de unge ud
11/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Han læste til præst men blev professor i datalogi: - Skæld ikke de unge ud, hvis de vælger forkert
11/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Professor med fire uddannelser: Skæld ikke de unge ud
11/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Han læste til præst men blev professor i datalogi: - Skæld ikke de unge ud, hvis de vælger forkert
11/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Prizes
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Best Research Paper Award (SIAM SDM 2024)
Anderberg, A. (Recipient), Bailey, J. (Recipient), Campello, R. J. G. B. (Recipient), E. Houle, M. (Recipient), Marques, H. O. (Recipient), Radovanović, M. (Recipient) & Zimek, A. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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21st ACM Annual Best of Computing: Notable Article
Campos, G. O. (Recipient), Zimek, A. (Recipient), Sander, J. (Recipient), Campello, R. J. G. B. (Recipient), Micenkova, B. (Recipient), Schubert, E. (Recipient), Assent, I. (Recipient) & Houle, M. E. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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Teaching & Supervision
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Selected topics in spatiotemporal data analysis
Tampakis, P., Chiarandini, M. & Zimek, A. 01/09/2021 → 31/05/2022
Course: Teaching and supervision › Supervision
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Analysis of passing patterns and their stopping points in the Danish SuperLiga
Tampakis, P., Chiarandini, M. & Zimek, A. 01/09/2021 → 31/05/2022
Course: Teaching and supervision › Supervision
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Data Mining and Statistical Learning
Zimek, A. 01/09/2016 → 31/01/2019
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Data Mining for Translational Medicine / Applied Machine Learning
Zimek, A. 01/02/2017 → 31/05/2018
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Impacts
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Hjemmetest kan markant nedsætte risiko for hjerte-kar-sygdom
Schneider-Kamp, P. (Participant) & Zimek, A. (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life impact