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
📍 Freiberg am Neckar
High school diploma graduation
Aug 2014 – Jan 2017
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Apprenticeship (IHK Frankfurt) — "Computer Science Expert, Software Development" at Dimension Data Germany
Jan 2017 – Sep 2020
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Software Developer & Working Student at Dimension Data / NTT Germany
Full stack development with Angular, Python, and PHP. CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and SonarQube. Bug analysis and troubleshooting of custom-built solutions.
Oct 2020 – Jan 2023
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Associate Partner: Technical Development & Learning and Analytics at NTT Ltd.
Solutions architecture & process automation for HR self-service. BI & data analytics for talent management. ETL-driven license management achieving 40% cost reduction.
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.
Project
2018, 2019 & 2021
📍 Tour de France
NTT Client Experience Center — Technical lead for the Client Roadshow at the Tour de France. Responsible for technology, network infrastructure, and connectivity across all event locations.
Project
2021 – 2022
📍 International
NTT International Hackathons — Organized and facilitated global hackathon events with partners (Cisco DevNet, Hackathon for Sustainability), bringing together 300+ employees from around the world.
Project
2022
📍 International
Red Bull Basement — Developed, deployed, and operated a custom private metaverse connecting experts from around the globe to help competitors develop their skills.
Aug 2022 – Present (Part Time)
📍 Frankfurt am Main
Software Engineer at YOUniquehorns GmbH
Developed the KI Stellenmanager — a RAG-based AI system for automated job description evaluation, competency generation, and salary classification for the public sector using vector databases (Qdrant), DSPy, and LiteLLM.
Jan 2023 – Present
📍 Berlin
Senior Data Scientist at OneData
Developed Link AI — an entity recognition algorithm that boosts linking accuracy by up to 80%.
Building the foundation for AI agents on the One Data Platform, enabling users to interact with data through intelligent assistants.
Founded and lead the company-wide AI Guild — a cross-team community for sharing AI knowledge, raising questions, and organizing regular meetings.
Skills
What I Work With
Python
ML pipelines, automation, data science
LLMs & Agents
RAG, vector DBs, DSPy, agent systems
Databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Qdrant
Cloud
AWS, Azure, GCP
Docker
Containers, deployment, orchestration
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code
RESTful APIs
Python, Java Spring, integration
CI/CD
Jenkins, SonarQube, pipelines
Remote Sensing
Earth observation, ensemble learning
Research