Estimating Tree Damages Using Remote Sensing Data
An investigation using ensemble learning for the classification of tree damage classes to determine forest condition — using the Black Forest as an example.
Timo Fischer
Senior Data Scientist @ OneData, Berlin
Data Scientist with a background in Business Information Systems and a focus on machine learning, remote sensing, and cloud infrastructure. Currently building data-driven solutions at OneData.
Timeline
My Journey
July 2014
📍 Frankfurt am Main
High school diploma graduation
Jan 2017
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Apprenticeship (IHK Frankfurt) — "Computer Science Expert, Software Development" at Dimension Data Germany
Oct 2017
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Software Developer at Dimension Data Germany
Oct 2020 – Jan 2023
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Associate Partner: Technical Development & Learning and Analytics at NTT Ltd.
Sep 2022
📍 Frankfurt am Main
M.Sc. Business Information Systems at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
Read about my thesis: Estimating Tree Damages Using Remote Sensing Data.
Skills
What I Work With
Python
ML pipelines, automation, data science
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL, data modeling
Remote Sensing
Earth observation, ensemble learning
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code, GCP
LLM Knowledge
Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG
Research