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Dr. Anja Pilz

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Data, Products, Governance at WDR
📍 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Dr. Anja Pilz develops AI and data-driven products at WDR, focusing on conceptual and strategic implementation. She earned her PhD in Machine Learning and NLP from the University of Bonn. Her background includes leading R&D teams in the healthcare sector, creating AI solutions for medical text understanding in German.

Anja is deeply involved in the tech community, serving on the program committees for PyCon DE & PyData and the IT-Tage conference. She believes in open source and giving back, frequently speaking at conferences to share her knowledge and encourage students to pursue careers in mathematics and data science.

Her main professional passion is Natural Language Processing, specifically for the German language.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Data, Products, Governance
Location
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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German NLP
Her primary passion is NLP for the German language, having led development of a clinical language understanding engine for German medical data in a previous role.
Building AI Products
Her headline is "Building AI products that users love, " and her current role at WDR involves guiding the development of data-driven products at a strategic level.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Data, Products, Governance
WDR
1-2023 - 6-2025
Head of Research & Development
DAMEDIC GmbH
1-2019 - 1-2023
Senior Data Scientist
DAMEDIC GmbH
7-2016 - 12-2018
Senior Data Scientist
DocCheck Medical Services
4-2015 - 6-2016
Head of Research & Innovation
ITyX Solutions AG
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Education
2009 - 2015
Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D.)
The University of Bonn
2006 - 2009
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
University of Applied Sciences Koblenz
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