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About the Contributors 252 About the Contributors about the contributors Gunther Kreuzberger works at the Ilmenau Technical University. Having received a masters degree in computer science in 1996 for the implementation of a neuro-fuzzy system, his research then focussed on multi-agent systems for therapy planning. In 1998 he joined the Institute of Media and Communication Science and became a senior lecturer and executive assistant to the collegiate administrative committee. As a lecturer he is nowadays in charge of lectures and seminars in the fields of digital communication, electronic documents and interactive media such as digital games or iTV. His research interests cover higher education courses on interactive media/ digital games, collaborative IT-enhanced life-long learning, and media applications for children as well as elderly people. Aran Lunzer is a British researcher in Human-Computer Interaction, currently employed at Hokkaido University as an Associate Professor with special responsi- bilities for overseas research liaison. After undergraduate studies in Engineering at Cambridge University, he worked from 1986 to 1991 on software technology for IBM UK Laboratories, then returned to full-time study to obtain his PhD in Com- puting Science from the University of Glasgow. From 2002 to 2004, between spells in Japan, he was an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Copenhagen. Copyright © 2010, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. About the Contributors 253 Aran’s research is focused on what he calls “subjunctive interfaces”, which are interfaces that support users in examining and comparing alternative results dur- ing trial-and-error use of software applications. He believes this is a necessary but generally lacking form of support in domains such as simulation, design, and data retrieval. In 2008/9 he has been building and refining a subjunctive interface for a cancer treatment simulator, as part of a large EU Integrated Project. Roland Kaschek studied mathematics at the university of Oldenburg (Ger- many). He received a joint Soviet-German PhD grant for study in Novosibirsk and Moscow in 1986-1987, and obtained his PhD in mathematics from the University of Oldenburg in 1990. After that he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria); at that time he worked on various aspects of information systems design, database design and business process design. From 1999 to 2002 he was an informatics consultant with UBS AG in Zurich (Switzerland), working on software architecture, software quality and data warehousing. Then until 2008 he was Associate Professor with Massey University in Palmerston North (New Zealand), where he continued to deal with information systems design issues and in particular became involved in Web information systems design and eLearning. He was then appointed Full Professor with the KIMEP in Almaty (Kazakhstan) until 2009, and was additionally a guest lecturer or professor with universities in Austria, Brazil, Germany, Thailand, and the Ukraine. Currently he is a mathemat- ics and informatics teacher at Gymnasium Gerresheim in Düsseldorf (Germany). * * * Aylin Akaltun, nee Aksac, studied Computer Science and Engineering at Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel in Germany (2002 - 2009) and was awarded a diploma in 2009. Her major interests are database theory and database manage- ment systems, knowledge management systems (representation and reasoning) and development of Service-oriented architecture. Currently, she works as software engineer at COR & FJA which is one of the leading software and consulting com- panies for insurers, banks and company pension schemes providers in Germany. Christian Erfurth has been holding teaching and research positions in the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena, Germany, since 2000. He is PostDoc at the computer science department. His research interests include distributed systems, software architectures, model-driven development, and agile development processes. Christian Erfurth holds a Diploma in computer science. He finished his PhD on proactive navigation of mobile agents in the year 2004, which was awarded in 2005. He has organized national and international workshops. Christian Erfurth is the leader of the agent group at the department. At the moment he is also responsible Copyright © 2010, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. 254 About the Contributors for two national research projects of FSU Jena with a couple of industry and other research partners. Jun Fujima is pursuing research related to software design based on meme media architecture and its application to various research domains such as interfaces for information management and access, Web-based system design, and human-computer interaction. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree at Hokkaido University, Japan in 1999 and 2001 respectively. Then he obtained his PhD in Electronics and Information Engineering at Meme Media Laboratory in Hokkaido University in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Hokkaido Univer- sity. He is currently a research programmer in the Children’s Media Department of Fraunhofer IDMT, Germany. Tom Gedeon is Chair Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University. He has worked previously at Murdoch University and the University of New South Wales. His BSc and PhD are from the University of Western Australia. He is a former president of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly, has been nominated for VC's awards for postgraduate supervision at three Universities, and has a number of journal board roles. Tom's research focuses on the development of automated systems for information extraction, and for the synthesis of the extracted information into humanly useful information resources (hierarchical knowledge), mostly using fuzzy systems and neural networks, as well as by cognitive modeling based on biologically plausible information flow constraints. Application areas of the research include mining, security and medical applications, particularly in the construction of intelligent interfaces which understand human eye gaze as well as facial expression and other human behavioural cues. Manoochehr Ghiassi is a professor of Information Systems, a Breetwor fellow, and director of the MSIS program at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. He received a B.S. from Tehran University, and an M.S. in Economics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He also holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering both from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. His current research interests include artificial neural network, business intelligence, software engineering, software testing, supply chain management, and simulation modeling. He is a member of the IEEE, and the ACM. Zhen-Sheng Guo is a doctor-course student at Knowledge Media Laboratory, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan. He is an international student from China. His research interests include 3D geographic information systems, new frameworks for integrating legacy system Copyright © 2010, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. About the Contributors 255 with geographic information systems, and the original approach of integrating Web Services with 3D geographic information systems. David Hawking is an Information Retrieval researcher. Between 1998 and 2008 he was a research scientist at CSIRO. In July 2008 he took up a full-time position at the Funnelback enterprise search company in the role of Chief Scientist. His interests lie in the areas of enterprise and Web Search. He is particularly interested in search evaluation in realistic contexts, distributed search techniques, enterprise/ intranet search, improvement of search through exploitation of context, personal search and search efficiency. He is a member of the editorial board for the Informa- tion Retrieval journal (INRT). David holds an Adjunct professorship in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University and supervises PhD students at both ANU and the University of Sydney. Christoph Igel, born 1968 in Saarbrücken (Germany). 1989-1996: Studies of political science, science of history, sport science and education science at Saarland University (Germany). 1997-2003: Scientific assistant with the Department of Hu- man Movement and Training Science at the Institute of Sport Science of Saarland University (Germany). 2002-2008: Deputy Head of the Competence Center “Virtual Saar University” at Saarland University (Germany). In 2007: Habilitation (formal qualification as university lecturer) at the Faculty of Psychology and Sport Studies at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany). Since 2009: Scientific Director of the Competence Center “Virtual Saar University” at Saarland University (Germany). In 2009: Chief Learning Officer 2009 in Germany (awarded by the jour- nal “Wirtschaft & Weiterbildung” (economy and continuing education). From 2010: Managing Director of the Centre for e-Learning Technology at Saarland University and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Saarbrücken, Germany). Klaus Peter Jantke, born in Berlin, Germany, studied Mathematics at Humboldt University Berlin. He graduated with an honours
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