Dr. Marc Heimann is a philosopher, an applied AI researcher, consultant, and former university lecturer based in Hamburg, Germany. With a PhD in Philosophy, his work bridges transformer architecture with human factors, focusing on mechanistic interpretability, AI literacy, and model governance. He is the creator of Metaphor Tracer, an open-source toolkit for inspecting hidden LLM states, and the author of 13 peer-reviewed papers spanning, epistemology of transformer models, cognitive science, AI ethics, and model behavior. Today, Marc conducts independent research, advises organizations on LLM integration, and delivers briefings to translate complex AI dynamics into actionable strategy for non-technical decision-makers.
Speaking on: Beyond Von Neumann: From Reading Text to Wrangling Words