About Me

I am a final-year undergraduate student of Computer Science at the University of Leipzig. My research looks at how internal representations of deep learning models can influence model reliability and performance. My thesis is being advised by Prof. Färber at Technische Universität Dresden.
This summer, I will join Prof. Lo's lab at National Taiwan University as a visiting researcher.
Previously, I conducted ML research at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences under Dr. Taha, and interned at ScaDS.AI. I have also spend a semester at NTUST in Taiwan and completed an internship at TSMC. Furthermore, I worked as a student tutor at the University of Leipzig.

Research Interests

My research focuses on improving the reliability and trustworthiness of deep learning models, including LLMs, by finding patterns in and manipulating internal representations, for example through relative latent spaces or via watermarking of training samples.

Publications

Peer-reviewed

• Relative Geometry of Neural Forecasters: Linking Accuracy and Alignment in Learned Latent Geometry
  Deniz Kucukahmetler, Maximilian Jean Hemmann, Julian Mosig von Aehrenfeld, Maximilian Amthor, Christian Deubel, Nico Scherf, Diaaeldin Taha
  TMLR 2026.
• A Comparative Empirical Study of Relative Embedding Alignment in Neural Dynamical System Forecasters
  Deniz Kucukahmetler, Maximilian Jean Hemmann, Julian Mosig von Aehrenfeld, Maximilian Amthor, Christian Deubel, Nico Scherf, Diaaeldin Taha
  NeurIPS 2025 workshop on Symmetry and Geometry in Neural Representations (NeurREPS).

Experience

Data & Systems Engineering Intern, TSMC, Taichung, Taiwan, 2025-2026
AI Engineering Intern, ScaDS.AI, Leipzig, Germany, 2025
Machine Learning Research Intern, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, 2024

Teaching

I served as a teaching / lab assistant for the following courses at the University of Leipzig:

• Modelling and Programming 1 (Winter 2023)
• Practical Course Object-Oriented Programming (Summer 2024)
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Modelling (Winter 2024)

Miscellaneous

Outside of research, I enjoy studying Mandarin, playing the piano and reading.