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Responsibilities

Marie Decker is a Research Associate and PhD student at GDI since April 2021. Her research interests are in fair and inclusive applications of Data Science and Machine Learning applications. Her teaching activities include topics of social responsibility and sustainability, as well as integrating concepts of scientific integrity in higher education.

 

Career

Marie Decker studied mathematics with a focus on data science and machine learning applications at RWTH Aachen University and is studying economics as a second degree at RWTH. She worked as a tutor for medical statistics and as a research assistant at the Institute of Applied Medical Technology in the Science Management group from November 2019 to April 2020. She got to know the GDI by giving a guest lecture in the lecture "Engineering Sciences and Society" with her organization Studieren Ohne Grenzen. From October 2018 to April 2021, she worked as a research assistant at the GDI.

 

Supervised Theses

Bachelor's Theses

• Waste Management in African Cities - How can sustainable waste management concepts contribute to the rapid urban developments in emerging markets in Africa, exemplified by Accra (Ghana)? (2023)
• Diversity in civil engineering – Diversity Management of companies in
  comparison using the example of Germany and Sweden (2022)

Master's Theses

• Acquiring Competencies in Engineering Studies - The Role of Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e. V. in the Acquisition of Competencies Necessary for Engineers (2021)

 

Teaching

Seminar “Innovation & Diversity“

Expanding Engineering Limits: Culture, Diversity and Gender - Lecture Part

Institute Internship „Engineer Meets User“

 

Presentations

2022

Decker, Marie; Berg Julia (2022). Social Engagement. IDEA League Sustainable Campus Conference 2022, Aachen, September 8^th, 2022.

Decker, Marie (2022). Bias in Daten und maschinellem Lernen: How to (not) measure Algorithmic Fairness.
Netzwerkrunde FemaleTrainees Bosch Rexroth AG, online, July 18^th, 2022.

2021

Decker, Marie (2021). Flipped Classroom Concept for Initiating a Reflection Process among Engineering Students in Large and Mandatory Courses
13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, online, July 05-06, 2021.

Decker, Marie (2021). On the importance of reflecting on algorithmic bias with regard to gender and diversity.
VDI Conference: 19th VDI Congress Women in Engineering, online, June 12^th, 2021.

 

Publications

Title	Author(s)
Chore or desire? Students’ response to online lessons in scientific integrity Journal Article (2022)	Sira, N. (Corresponding author) Decker, Marie Christin Kordtomeikel, Frauke Carole Winkens, Ann-Kristin Leicht-Scholten, Carmen Groß, Dominik
Teaching Topics of Responsibility and Sustainability in Large Engineering Classes Journal Article (2022)	Decker, Marie Christin Winkens, Ann-Kristin Leicht-Scholten, Carmen
Flipped Classroom Concept for Initiating a Reflection Process among Engineering Students in Large and Mandatory Courses Contribution to a conference proceedings (2021)	Decker, Marie Christin Winkens, Ann-Kristin Leicht-Scholten, Carmen