Research Interests

  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning in the Digital Humanities
  • Data preparation and processing
  • Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR)
  • Hodel, Tobias Mathias, Anna Katharina Janka, and Jonas Mikhael Widmer. “Digital Mappa – Simple and Web-Based Annotations. Tool Review.” IDE, December 2022. https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.15.1.
  • Ströbel, Phillip, Tobias Hodel, Andreas Fischer, Anna Scius, Beat Wolf, Anna Katharina Janka, Jonas Mikhael Widmer, Patricia Scheurer, and Martin Volk. “Bullingers Briefwechsel zugänglich machen: Stand der Handschriftenerkennung.” Edited by Peer Trilcke, Anna Busch, and Patrick Helling. Zenodo, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7715356.
  • Widmer, Jonas Mikhael, and Patricia Zihlmann. “Schreibt da Gotthelf?,” January 30, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48350/178083.
  • Hodel, Tobias, and Jonas Widmer. “Combining Automatic Text Recognition with Digital Paleography.” Böhlau Verlag Köln, April 14, 2025. https://doi.org/10.7788/9783412530921.197.
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since 02/2021 Research Associate Digital Humanities (University of Bern)
2016-2023 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Major in Data Science
(Fernfachhochschule Schweiz)
2011-2013 Master of Arts in Religious Studies (University of Bern)
2006-2011 Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (University of Bern)

Research Software Developer for The Flow Project (https://www.flow-project.net)