Jan Blunk, M.Sc.

| Address: | Computer Vision Group | 
| Department of Mathematics and Computer Science | |
| Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | |
| Inselplatz 5 | |
| 07743 Jena | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 3641 9 46427 | 
| E-mail: | jan (dot) blunk (at) uni-jena (dot) de | 
| Room: | 3019 | 
| Links: | 
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2023 | Research Associate | |
| Computer Vision Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena | ||
| 2021 – 2023 | M.Sc. Computer Science | |
| Master Thesis: “Steering Feature Usage During Neural Network Model Training” | ||
| Friedrich Schiller University Jena | ||
| 2019 – 2021 | B.Sc. Computer Science | |
| Bachelor Thesis: “Object Tracking in Wildlife Identification” | ||
| Friedrich Schiller University Jena | ||
| 2018 – 2019 | B. Sc. Studies in Computer Science | |
| Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel | 
Research Interests
- Trustworthy AI
 - Explainable AI (XAI)
 - Knowledge Integration
 
Supervised Theses
- Christian Ickler: “Feature Steering via Multi-Task Learning”. Master thesis, 2024 (joint supervision with Laines Schmalwasser)
 - Mattis Dietrich: “Monocular Facial Capture and Reconstruction using 3D-Morphable-Models for Facial Palsy”. Bachelor thesis, 2024 (joint supervision with Tim Büchner)
 - Konstantin Roppel: “Model Feature Attribution for Single Images using Conditional Independence Tests”. Master thesis, 2024 (joint supervision with Niklas Penzel)
 
Publications
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