Hi, my name is

Jan

I am a statistician and data scientist; A Free Software enthusiast and programmer. I code and host tools that enable people to regain their digital self-determination.

About Me

About

I am a PhD student in Applied Statistics, working on Validation procedures, Statistical Disclosure Control and Geo-Mapping in Dynamic Microsimulation. I am also a Free and Open Source Software enthusiast, programmer and co-founder of a small SaaS company that works on and hosts FOSS webservice for those who can not do so themselves.

Employment & Research

2021 - present
PhD Student, Applied Statistics
Trier University

Research Interests

  • Validation methods
  • Statistical Disclosure Control
  • Synthetic Data
  • Spatial Data

Projects

Academic Profile
2020 - present
Co-Founder
ViOffice

In mid 2020, together with a friend, I founded a small Software as a Service (SaaS) company with focus on privacy, digitalself-determination and the propagation of Free and Open Source Software.

Our role is to educate people about the importance of privacy, the usage of Open Source software for individuals, NGOs, activist groups and other companies and how to avoid monopolistic data harvesting mega companies.

Visit ViOffice

Selected Writing

Privacy as a Social Question
Blog Post ViOffice Privacy Surveillance
Privacy as a Social Question
Thoughts about social implications of surveillance and commercialisation of privacy.
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Commercialisation of Privacy
Blog Post ViOffice Privacy
Commercialisation of Privacy
Brief differentiation between commercialisation and costs of privacy.
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State Surveillance
Blog Post ViOffice Surveillance
State Surveillance
Informational blog post about the dangers of state (and general) surveillance on society.
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Free software in Administrations
Blog Post ViOffice Free Software PMPC
Free software in Administrations
Entry-level text about the concept of "Public Money? Public code!".
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GDPR - Bureaucratic Monster or Misunderstood?
Blog Post ViOffice GDPR
GDPR - Bureaucratic Monster or Misunderstood?
Layman opinion piece on the goals and achievements of the General Data Protection Regulation
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The GAMAM-free Office
Blog Post ViOffice Free Software
The GAMAM-free Office
On the importance of open standards, digital independence and fair digital markets
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Selected Code Projects

SynMap
Generate Synthetic Spatial Information and Map Data for the AMELIA data set
MSLogo
MikroSim Logo Generator for arbitrary regional data
OSM Tools
A Toolbox of functions and helpers to work with Data and APIs from the OpenStreetMap Project
Planado
Planado is a scheduling and room booking tool for the open source video conferencing software Jitsi Meet
WeKan Calendar Sync
WCS is a simple service that synchronises task boards of a Wekan instance with your calendar
Kaŝi
Kaŝi is a simple web application to apply the Fawkes algorithm to images in order to protect your privacy

Get in Touch

Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I will try my best to get back to you!
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