Sonja von Mach
Research Assistant
Sonja von Mach M.A. is a research assistant at the Department of Information at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Already during her studies she was interested in search engines and the information needs of those searching.
After several years working in public libraries, she is now part of the RAT team and is responsible for the design of research studies.
Publications
Articles in refereed journals
Schultheiß, S.; Lewandowski, D.; von Mach, S.; Yagci, N. (2023). Query sampler: generating query sets for analyzing search engines using keyword research tools. PeerJ Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1421
Lewandowski, D.; Drechsler, J.; von Mach, S. (2012). Deriving query intents from web engine queries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(9), 1773–1788. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22706
Book chapters
Guratzsch, K.; von Mach, S.; Otte, J.; Pientok, J. (2008): Untersuchung der Qualität der Antworten bei Lycos iQ und deren Einbindung in die algorithmische Suche. In: D. Lewandowski, C. Maass(Hrsg.): Web-2.0-Dienste als Ergänzung zu algorithmischen Suchmaschinen, 83—128. http://eprints.rclis.org/12505/1/Qualiaet_der_Antworten_Lewandowski-Maass.pdf