Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Schenkel
Office H 525
Email: schenkeluni-trierde | rschenkelacmorg
Tel.: +49 651 201-2040
ORCID: 0000-0001-5379-5191
Research
Ralf Schenkel works at the intersection of databases, information retrieval and semantic information systems. The focus of his research is on searching semistructured data, including the integration of heterogeneous information sources and the efficiency of large-scale search engines. More recently, he has worked on mining and searching complex argumentation structures and retrieval in digital libraries, especially dblp.
List of scientific publications from dblp and Google Scholar.
Roles at Trier University
| from 2026 | Student advisor Master Data Science |
| since 2023 | Chair of the examination committee Master Data Science |
| since 2023 | Deputy member of the senate committee for scientific information provisioning and infrastructure |
| since 2019 | Member of the council of Faculty IV |
| since 2018 | Member of the examination committee Master Data Science |
| since 2017 | Member of the finance committee of Faculty IV |
| 2019-2022 | Spokesperson of the Department Computer Sciences |
| 2018-2022 | Member of the examination committee Business Informatics (since 2023 deputy member) |
| 2018 | Chair of an appointment committee |
| 2017-2024 | Representative of Trier University in the supervisory board of Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH |
Supervised PhD students (finished)
| 2025 | Dr. Tobias Zeimetz | Hybrid and Quality Aware Federations of Linked Data Fragment Interfaces and Traditional RESTful Web APls | Universität Trier |
| 2022 | Dr. Lorik Dumani | Frequency- and quality-driven methods for ranking and clustering arguments | Universität Trier |
| 2022 | Dr. Christin K. Kreutz | Information systems on bibliographic metadata for researchers | Universität Trier |
| 2014 | Dr. Steffen Metzger | User-centric knowledge extraction and maintenance | Universität des Saarlandes |
| 2012 | Dr. Tom Crecelius | Socially enhanced search and exploration in social tagging networks | Universität des Saarlandes |
| 2012 | Dr. Andreas Broschart | Efficient query processing and index tuning using proximity scores | Universität des Saarlandes |