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Erhard Konrad
Professor (retired), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Technical University of Berlin. -
Data: 1940 born in Cleasnita (Kloestitz), Bessarabia province,
Kingdom of Romania
(today: Vesela Dolyna,
view,
Oblast Odessa, Ukraine).
Education in Germany (West).
Studies in mathematics, physics, and philosophy.
1969 graduation in mathematics (Diploma),
Heidelberg University.
1976 Doctorate in computer science, Technical University of Berlin.
1981 Habilitation (postdoctoral degree) from the Technical University of Berlin, venia legendi in
information systems and artificial intelligence.
1977-82 assistent professor at the Technical University of Berlin. 1982-84 visiting
associate professor at the University of California (
UC Santa Barbara and
UC Santa Cruz).
1984-2005 professor at the Technical
University of Berlin, speciality: knowledge-based systems.
Teaching Experience
At the Technical University of Berlin: courses in information
systems, database systems,
artificial intelligence, expert systems, computer chess,
strategic games, automated reasoning, deduction systems;
at
University of Bremen (1978-80):
introductory courses in computer science (algorithmization,
computer organization);
at the University of California (1982-84): undergraduate and graduate courses in programming, database systems, artificial intelligence,
computers and society. Also industry courses on
knowledge-based systems (IBM e.g.).
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence (AI), knowledge-based systems, neural networks,
fuzzy logic and systems, evolutionary computation, natural language understanding, automated reasoning, philosophical foundations of AI,
computer chess (background: former player of the highest German chess league, team member of the
1969 German vice-champion Heidelberg Chess Club); database systems, information retrieval, software metrics,
history of computing.
Memberships
Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (
GI),
Association for Computing Machinery (
ACM),
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (
IACAP),
New York Academy of Sciences (
NYAS).
Professional Activities
Research worker (information retrieval) at the Study Group for Systems Research (SfS) Heidelberg
(1969-71),
member of a joint project of SfS,
German Patent Office
Munich, and
Siemens AG Munich.
Freelancer (statistical market research) with IDV-
Infratest
Heidelberg/Munich (1970/71).
Teaching assistant in computer science at the Technical University of Berlin (1971-76).
1981 research stay at
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
Served on the committee Computer-Assisted Information Systems of the
Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (1971-81),
and on the editorial board of the journal
Information
Systems (1986-96).
Recent Activities:
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2007),
February 12-14, 2007, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2008),
February 11-13, 2008, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2009),
February 16-18, 2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2010),
February 15-17, 2010, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2011),
February 14-16, 2011, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2013),
February 11-13, 2013, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (
AIA 2014),
February 17-19, 2014, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Computational Intelligence (
CI 2015),
February 16-18, 2015, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Member of the Program Committee of
The IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Control Systems (
RCS 2016),
August 22-24, 2016, Chengdu, China.
University Service
At the Technical University of Berlin: member of
academic boards and committees (Department Education Committee, Department Council,
Students' Parliament Budget Committee, Academic Senate),
Director of the Computer Science Library (1988-90), Counselor
for Foreign Students (1991-99), Director of the Institute of Applied Computer
Science (1996-2001).
Special Contributions
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Interdisciplinary Project ATLAS (computer science, psychology, linguistics), 1989-1992.
ATLAS.ti,
a prototype of a program for qualitative data analysis, was developed.
A commercial version of the program is worldwide distributed by
ATLAS.ti Scientific Software Development GmbH.
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Early World Wide Web (WWW) Project.
In the beginning of November 1993, the first WWW server of the Technical University of
Berlin
was set up. This Web server was one of the first in Germany
and among the first 250 in the world,
registered by NCSA.
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Software Metrics and Measurement Theory.
A debate is presented dealing with the application of measurement theory to software metrics.
The focus is on the measurement of cognitive complexity and its theoretical
foundations.
Address:
Technical University of Berlin
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
D-10587 Berlin
E-Mail: erhard.k@mailbox.tu-berlin.de
Last update: February 26, 2016