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Mark Cieliebak

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Associate Professor at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
📍 Zurich, Switzerland

Mark Cieliebak is a Professor for Natural Language Processing at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the founder/CEO of SpinningBytes AG. With a PhD from ETH Zürich, he focuses on applying NLP research to practical industry solutions and is a key organizer of the Swiss NLP Days.

He successfully bridges the gap between academia and industry by simultaneously leading a university research group and his own commercial AI company.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Associate Professor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
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Applied NLP
His career centers on translating academic research in Natural Language Processing into real-world applications through his company, SpinningBytes, and his work at ZHAW.
Generative AI
He is actively involved in the Generative AI community, demonstrated by his organization of the Swiss NLP Days 2025, which heavily features this topic.
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Career

Work history

7-2012
Associate Professor
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2-2015
CEO and Founder
SpinningBytes AG
8-2007 - 4-2012
Head of IT
Netbreeze GmbH
9-2005 - 4-2007
Software Engineer
sd&m Schweiz AG
3-2004 - 6-2006
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Santiago, Chile
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Education
1999 - 2003
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
ETH Zürich
1992 - 1999
Master's degree ("Diplom")
University of Dortmund
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