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.

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Academic Articles

Construction of a Georeferenced House Data Set for the City of Trier within the MikroSim Project
Weymeirsch, J., Dieckmann, H., Münnich, R. (2024). Research Papers in Economics 9/24. Trier University.
Privacy and Disclosure Risks in Spatial Dynamic Microsimulations
Brenzel, H., Palm, M., Weymeirsch, J., Münnich, R. (2024). In J. Domingo-Ferrer & M. Önen (Eds.), Privacy in Statistical Databases. PSD 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14915. Springer, Cham.
Model Recalibration for Regional Bias Reduction in Dynamic Microsimulations
Weymeirsch, J., Ernst, J., Münnich R. (2024). Mathematics; 12(10):1550.
The Influence of Migration Patterns on Regional Demographic Development in Germany
Ernst J., Dräger S., Schmaus S., Weymeirsch J., Alsaloum A., Münnich R. (2023). Social Sciences; 12(5):255.
Overview report on the generation of synthetic universes for microsimulations
Ahmed, A., Articus, C., Ertz, F., Münnich, R., Schmaus, S., Shlomo, N., Weymeirsch, J. (2021). Deliverable D12.6, Leuven, InGRID-2 project 730998 – H2020.

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