tobias kotzian

phd student at the university of st. gallen

about

Portrait of Tobias Kotzian

I research strategic decision-making with AI: how people use AI systems when they reach decisions, and under which conditions relying on them is justified. That puts me somewhere between decision-making, explainable AI and trustworthy AI.

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I studied Informatics at the Technical University of Munich and moved to St. Gallen in 2026 for my PhD.

Alongside my studies I worked in Product Management at Check24 and in AI Strategic Partnerships at SAP among others. I spent a good part of my free time in student organizations. As Vice President of the TUM Blockchain Club I was the main organizer of a student-run Web3 conference with more than 1000 participants, and I co-founded the EuroTech Federation, a network for entrepreneurs, researchers and young professionals in European deep tech. In St. Gallen I organize wine events for students with Sapientia per Vinum.

education

  • PhD in Economics with a Focus on Business Innovation, University of St. GallenSeptember 2026 to present
  • MSc Informatics, Technical University of MunichThesis: Agentic AI and Hybrid Multi-Agent Systems: Interaction Patterns for Cooperative Autonomous Workflows2023 to 2026
  • BSc Informatics with a Minor in Business, Technical University of MunichThesis: Building Open Government Data Platform Ecosystems: The Case of Bavarian Tourism2019 to 2022

research positions

  • Research Associate, University of St. GallenApril 2026 to present
  • Visiting Researcher, Queensland University of Technology, BrisbaneJune to October 2025

selected experience

  • Working Student, AI Strategic Partnerships, SAP Labs Munich2024 to 2026
  • Working Student, Product Management, Check242023 to 2024
  • Student Project, Validas2022 to 2023
  • Working Student, Test Automation, MicroNova2021 to 2022

contact

solizer

Solizer is the name I have used online for years: for gaming, email, GitHub (SolizerCodes) and most other things. It comes from sol, the sun. I picked it as the solar counterpart to my best friend's gamertag, Lunarion, from luna, the moon. That is why this site lives at solizer.dev, and why the o in my name carries the sun symbol.