Benjamin Matthias Ruppik worked on author name standardization for the acl-org/acl-anthology repository, focusing on improving data consistency and author attribution. He enhanced the name_variants.yaml file by introducing canonical names, unique IDs, ORCID integration, and name variants, enabling deterministic author representation. Using YAML and data management skills, Benjamin linked author identities to stable identifiers, which supports more reliable downstream analytics and search functionality. He documented changes to the data model to facilitate future author disambiguation workflows. While no bugs were addressed during this period, his work laid a solid foundation for improved data governance and future enhancements in author tracking.