AKAI KAERU – cutting-edge research evolved INTO practice

Akai Kaeru is a company with deep roots in visual data analytics research. Its two co-founders combine decades of research expertise in interactive high-dimensional data visualization, starting out long before the terms big data, data science, and explainable AI became the ubiquitous buzz words they are now. Akai Kaeru was founded in 2016 to evolve these acclaimed research products into practical software to help data scientists solve stubborn problems in real-world applications. This is and has been our guiding mantra.

About Us

Klaus Mueller - Co-Founder

Eric Papenhausen - Co-Founder

Klaus is President and CEO of Akai Kaeru. He holds a PhD in computer science and is currently on leave from his professorship in the Computer Science Department at Stony Brook University. He has authored more than 200 research papers in visual analytics and related topics which have been cited over 9,000 times. He won the US National Science Foundation Early Career Award, the SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity, and the IEEE CS Golden Core Award. Klaus is a member of the US National Academy of Inventors and a frequent speaker at scientific conferences around the world. Contact Klaus at mueller@akaikaeru.com .

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Eric Papenhausen - Co-Founder

Eric is CTO at Akai Kaeru. He holds a Masters Degree and PhD in Computer Science from Stony Brook University (SUNY). Eric has over 5 years of industry experience in Software Engineering at small and large companies alike. He has authored 15 papers in performance optimization and visual analytics with over 50 citations. Contact Eric at epapenha@akaikaeru.com