# Deepbionics > Academic profile and research website of Prof. Dr. Michael C. Thrun, focused on decision support systems, explainable artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge discovery and interdisciplinary data science. Canonical site: https://www.deepbionics.de/ Primary language: English Last updated: 2026-08-01 ## Core pages - [Profile and overview](https://www.deepbionics.de/): Research profile, academic role, applied research and technology transfer. - [Research and projects](https://www.deepbionics.de/projects.html): Decision support systems, explainable AI, knowledge discovery, forecasting, clustering and interdisciplinary applications. - [Open-source software](https://www.deepbionics.de/rpackages.html): R packages for visualization, clustering, classification, forecasting, distribution analysis and reproducible data science. - [Teaching](https://www.deepbionics.de/lectures.html): University teaching and course materials in artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge discovery and temporal data mining. - [Publications](https://www.deepbionics.de/publications.html): Complete chronological publication list with DOI links where available. - [Contact](https://www.deepbionics.de/contactme.html): Academic collaborations, talks, teaching, software and applied-research enquiries. ## Research themes - Decision support systems in medicine, science, business and industry. - Explainable and human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence. - Machine learning, classification, clustering and high-dimensional data analysis. - Knowledge discovery, visualization and self-organizing swarm intelligence. - Time-series forecasting and decision-oriented evaluation. - Interdisciplinary research in medicine, life sciences, environmental science, archaeology, economics and industrial analytics. ## Authoritative identity links - [University profile](https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb12/fachbereich/personen/honorarprofessuren-und-emeriti/) - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9542-5543) - [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=LyA4BVEAAAAJ) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-habil-michael-thrun-476b7617b/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/Mthrun) - [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Michael-Christoph-Thrun-2183531503) - [DBLP](https://dblp.org/pid/205/4239) - [Xing](https://www.xing.com/profile/Michael_Thrun) ## Citation guidance Use DOI links on the publication and project pages as the authoritative source for individual scholarly works. Medical AI projects are decision-support systems and do not replace integrated expert diagnosis. Commercial project descriptions may be limited by confidentiality agreements.