Dr. Sami Diaf

Dr. Sami Diaf was employed in the DFG research project "Exploring the experience-expectation nexus in macroeconomic forecasting using computational text analysis and machine learning" at the Professorship Fritsche until April 30, 2022.

He completed several diplomas in planning and statistics as well as a doctorate in economics and applied statistics in his Algeria and subsequently completed a master's degree in information management and information technology (study variant Data Analytics) at the University of Hildesheim. He is currently pursuing a PhD with Professor Fritsche on the topic of Central Banking Communication.

His research interests include the following areas:

• MachineLearning and Deep Learning
• Computational Linguistics
• Text Mining and NLP Applications
• Applied economics and statistics