University Education

• M.Phil. in System Dynamics

  2015 - 2018

  University of Bergen

  • Master Thesis: Building Confidence in Simulation Models using Automated Analyses

• B.Sc. in Business Administration

  2012 - 2015

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  • Bachelor Thesis: Adding Rigor to the Idea: Elaboration of the Dynamic Balanced Scorecard Method
  • Major: Management in Practice (Strategy)
  • Minor: Banking and Finance

• B.A. in International Relations

  2005 - 2010

  University of Geneva

  • Major: Political Science
  • Minor: International Law

Extracurricular Activities

• Founder, Center for Student Driven Innovation (sdi)

  2012 - 2015

  Switzerland

  Main activities:

  • Establishing a platform for students to run their own projects
  • Recruitment and training of new members
  • Providing a research and service platform for student-driven products

• euforia

  2014

  Switzerland

  Main activities:

  • Participation in Social Change and Leadership trainings
  • Liaison for euforia campus presence at the Bern University of Applied Science

• One Young World

  2010 - 2013

  El Salvador, Switzerland

  Main activities:

  • Organization of funding to sponsor the participation of Swiss students

• AIESEC

  2005 - 2010

  Switzerland

  Main activities:

  • Financial management for the largest job fair in the history of AIESEC in Geneva
  • Providing skills training on local and national level
  • Organizing conferences on local and national level

Awards & Grants

• Dataset Challenge, Winner

  2019

  EUROCSS, ETH

• Full funding for the inaugural summit in London

  2010

  One Young World

Courses

• Innosuisse Start-Up Training Business Concept

  2019

  Innosuisse, University of Bern

• Modul 1: Generieren von Forschungsideen

  2019

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

Conference/Seminar participation

• 6th International Preparedness & Response to Emergencies & Disasters

  2020

  Swiss Armed Forces

  Tel Aviv, Israel

• European Symposium Series on Societal Challenges

  2019

  ETH

  Zürich, Switzerland

• From Game Theory to Computational Social Science Workshop

  2019

  ETH

  Zürich, Switzerland

• 32. Langenargener Symposium

  2018

  Swiss Armed Forces

  Bregenz, Austria

• 2nd Trinational Conference for Civil-Military Cooperation

  2018

  Swiss Armed Forces

  St. Gallen, Switzerland

• International System Dynamics Conference (participated every year)

  2012-2018

  System Dynamics Society

  Multiple Locations

• Euforia Training Program (eTP)

  2014

  euforia

  Bern, Switzerland

• SME development workshop

  2011

  ESEN, MCTC

  San Salvador, El Salvador

• Forum: A culture of legality

  2010

  SICA, GTZ, FUSADES

  San Salvador, El Salvador

• One Young World Summit

  2010

  One Young World

  London, England

• Youth2Business Forum

  2009

  PwC, Alcatel and others

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Conflict Management Workshop

  2009

  Future Considerations

  Rome, Italy

• Workshop Day

  2008

  DHL, PwC and others

  Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Mentoring/Coaching Seminar

  2007

  IBM

  Zürich, Switzerland

• Training seminar for advanced trainers

  2007

  AIESEC

  Linz, Austria

Work Experience

• Founder and CEO, polyflow LLC

  11/18 -

  Urdorf, Switzerland

  Main responsibilities:

  • Client relations management
  • Research on Social Media and Conspiracy Theories
  • Consulting in modeling using System Dynamics and data analysis

• Specialist Officer, Swiss Armed Forces

  01/18 -

  Bern, Switzerland

  Main responsibilities:

  • Research on a competency model for first responders using expert interview input

• Researcher, Bern University of Applied Sciences

  06/19 - 08/20

  Bern, Switzerland

  Main responsibilities:

  • Development of in-house data science capabilities
  • Development of new projects in research and services for network analysis
  • Development of use cases for data science applications and data collection pipelines

• Research Assistant, Bern University of Applied Sciences

  08/12 - 08/17

  Bern, Switzerland

  Main responsibilities:

  • System Dynamics Modeling for the Horizon 2020 EU-project "Use it Wisely"
  • Conducting System Dynamics modeling seminars
  • Implementation of reorganization initiatives for the head of the institute

• Junior Consultant, Emprecultura

  11/09 - 03/12

  San Salvador, El Salvador

  Main responsibilities:

  • Support to the senior consultant in team coaching and consulting services
  • Training on the implementation of strategy tools (Balanced Scorecard and Systems Thinking)
  • Client management

• National Committee President, AIESEC

  06/08 - 09/09

  San Salvador, El Salvador

  Main responsibilities:

  • Reorganization of AIESEC in El Salvador
  • Training a new generation of members
  • Formulation and implementation of a new strategy for AIESEC in El Salvador

Publications

• Urman, A. & Katz, S., 2020. What the do in the shadows: examining the far-right networks on Telegram, Information, Communication & Society, DOI.

• Katz, S. & Groesser S.N., 2019. Elaborating the Dynamic Balanced Scorecard: Adding Rigor to Strategy Formulation and Implementation, Long Range Planning, Revise and Resubmit.

• Katz, S. & Groesser S.N., 2013. Explicate the links between external trends, stakeholder objectives, and an organization's strategy by an augmented Balanced Scorecard. SEM Radar,12(2), 29-47.

Conference Proceedings

• Katz, S. & Groesser S.N., 2018. Building Confidence in Simulation Models using Automated Analyses, In: Eberlein, R., King, A.B. & Strohecker, J. (Eds): Proceedings of the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 06.-10. August 2018, Reykjavik, Iceland.

• Katz, S. & Groesser S.N., 2015. Dynamic Balanced Scorecard: Taking stock and looking ahead. In: Chichakly, K. & Saeed, K. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 19.-23. July 2015, Cambridge (MA), USA.

Teaching

• ICTT: ICT Trends and Forecasting

  2020

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor Program Course

• Online Profiles and Opportunities for the Organization of the Future

  2018

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Guest Lecture in Bachelor Program Course

• Social Media Analytics/Microtargeting

  2017

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Guest Lecture in Master Program Course

• MPS3: Quantitative Modeling and Simulation using System Dynamics

  2017

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor Program Course

• Module PINC: Your Project Incubator

  2015

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor Program Course

Workshops given

• Building Confidence in Simulation Models using Automated Analyses

  2018

  International System Dynamics Conference

  Reykjavik, Iceland

• Quantitative Modeling Course for Students

  2016

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Bern, Switzerland

• Modeling Workshop Cluster 5

  2015

  Horizon 2020 Project "Use-It-Wisely"

  Athens, Greece

• Quantitative Modeling Tutorial

  2015

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Lecture in Bachelor Program

• Modeling Workshop Cluster 6

  2014

  Horizon 2020 Project "Use-It-Wisely"

  Delft, Netherlands

• Fishbanks Workshop for Qualitative Modeling Course

  2014

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  Bern, Switzerland

• 3 Workshops on Entrepreneurship

  2010

  Global Entrepreneurship Week

  San Salvador, El Salvador

Work in Progress

• Developing a toolbox for automated SD model validation

  Project Page

  Different descriptions of validation tests of System Dynamics models are available in specialized literature, but few attempts have been made to operationalize them. The aim of this project is to standardize validation tests and implement them in an automated testing sequence. This testing sequence, called PySD testing battery, provides modelers and reviewers with relevant insights about model behavior. The validation tests included are continously developed and refined. Automating the tests allows to decrease the time used for validation at the same time increasing its rigor. This is helpful for producing models with higher confidence and quality. The testing battery provides interpretation aid to the modeler to ensure that the output of such testing remains easily understandable.

• Topology of protest movements

  By comparing the patterns of social media-facilitated organizations of protest movements (namely, Hong Kong, Catalonia, Venezuela and Iran), the objective is to identify different strategies that are applied to coordinate, mobilize others, and adapt to the changes in the surrounding environment.

• Dynamic community detection in social networks

  Dynamic community detection in networks is done mostly through dividing a network into several static snapshots, which leads to misattribution of the strength of ties and misrepresentation of communities overtime. This limitation is addressed by introducing a dynamic view on edge construction and edge maintenance.

• System Dynamics learners for stock price prediction

  Using System Dynamics learners, a neural network can be boosted to provide more accurate predictions on future price movements and capitalize on the inherent dynamics within the financial system.

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