PeopleofSuperintelligence

University, Germany

University of Duisburg-Essen

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
6
Full moves in and out
0 in, 2 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 6 people shaping AI have worked or studied at University of Duisburg-Essen, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, University of Duisburg-Essen is tied for 553rd among 3,127 universities (tied for 808th of 8,827 organizations overall). Language and speech leads 2 areas of expertise (4 of 6 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 3 people in 2015–2016, with the last dated stint ending in 2017. Across dated career transitions, we record 2 full moves out and none in.

Active work stints peaked at 3 people in 2015–2016, with the last dated stint ending in 2017.Annual estimates from 2015 through 2025. Each person counts once per year with a dated work stint; degrees and undated roles are excluded.

A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at University of Duisburg-Essen from 2015 to 2017. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.

Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearOtherPeople
201533
201633
201711

Across work histories (excluding degrees), 6 of the 6 people who have worked at University of Duisburg-Essen (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting University of Duisburg-Essen to 38 peer institutions.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Google share the largest career overlap with University of Duisburg-Essen: 2 people each.Organizations where people with work records at University of Duisburg-Essen also worked at any time in their careers (6 people across 38 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at University of Duisburg-Essen. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft2
Google2
DFKI1
European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems1
European Media Lab1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2017. All 6 people associated with University of Duisburg-Essen appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 6 people who formerly worked or studied at University of Duisburg-Essen. 6 of the 6 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 6 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 68,226 (median h-index 37.5).

Posts that include University of Duisburg-Essen

University of Duisburg-Essen appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.