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 =====Prof. em. Dr. Otthein Herzog===== =====Prof. em. Dr. Otthein Herzog=====
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 ====About==== ====About====
-Dr. Herzog started out to study Computer Science at the Universitaet Karlsruhe in summer 1969 and received his diploma in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from the Universitaet Bonn in 1972. He received his PhD from the Informatics Department of the Universitaet Dortmund in 1976.+1966-1967: General Studies at the Leibniz Kolleg, Universitaet Tuebingen 
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 +1967-1969: Studies of Electrical Engineering at the Universitaet Stuttgart 
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 +1969-1970: Studies of Informatics at the Universitaet Karlsruhe 
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 +1979-1972: Studies of Informatics and Mathematics at the Universitaet Bonn, Diploma (MSc) in Applied Mathematics and Informatics 
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 +1972-1977: Researcher at the Computer Science Department, Universitaet Dortmund 
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 +1976:      Dr. rer. nat. from the Computer Science Department, Universitaet Dortmund 
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 +1977-1993: with IBM in several technical and managerial positions in 
 +international software product development and research. His projects included mainframe operating systems, quality assurance (DOS/VSE and Unix), communications software, full-text information retrieval systems (IBM SearchManager), CIM repository systems, and a system for environmental impact analysis for the EXPO 2000 at Hanover. 
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 +1985-1991: Head of the IBM Institute for Knowledge-based Systems in the Scientific Center of IBM Germany, numerous AI research projects, the most important one being LILOG - Natural Language Processing and Text Understanding. 
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 +since 1998: he is an affiliate professor at the George Mason University, Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory, formerly directed by the late Dr. Ryszard Michalski, and now by Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak. 
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 +2000-2002: CTO at Lenze AG, responsible for hardware and software development. 
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 +1993-2009: Chair for Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Universitaet Bremen heading the Artificial Intelligence Research Group. 
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 +since 2009: supervising many PhD students, directing research projects, and acquiring new projects at Universitaet Bremen 
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 +since 2010: “Wisdom Professor of Visual Information Technologies” at  Jacobs University Bremen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, where he is also a founding member of the Research Centers "VisComX - Visual Communication and Expertise" and the “Humanities Research Center” 
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 +====Activities==== 
 +His current research interests at TZI/Universitaet Bremen include: 
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 +  * Multi-agent systems for modeling and simulating autonomous processes and integration of heterogeneous data sources, e.g., for production and logistics networks, 
 +  * Data mining and knowledge discovery techniques with applications in, e.g., network security, and dynamic knowledge management in autonomous processes. 
 +  * Mobile, wearable and ubiquitous computing for AAL 
 +  * Automatic content analysis and annotation of still images, videos and sound for content-driven multimedia archiving, retrieval, and video abstracting. 
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 +Within the Universitaet Bremen, Dr. Herzog continues to contribute to the interdisciplinary activities of the 
 +  * LogDynamics - Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics, 
 +  * the Graduate School Advances in Digital Media, 
 +  * the International Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics, 
 +  * the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, and 
 +  * Embedded Microsystems Bremen (EMB).  
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 +His current research interests at Jacobs University Bremen as a faculty member of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences include: 
 +  * Automated semantic analysis of videos in cooperation with Prof. Peter Ludes, Mass Communications 
 +  * Informatics for the Humanities. 
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 +Dr. Herzog is an elected Fellow of acatech – the German National Academy of Science and Engineering, where he was a member of the Executive Committee with the portfolio “International Relations” from 2011-2013 and he is Vice Coordinator of the acatech Topical Network “Information and Communication Technology”. 
  
-From 1977 to 1993 he worked with IBM where he held several technical and managerial positions in international software product development and research. His projects included mainframe operating systems, quality assurance (DOS/VSE and Unix, 1977-1984), communications software, full-text information retrieval systems (IBM SearchManager), CIM repository systems, and a system for environmental impact analysis (1991-1993). +Dr. Herzog is also a Fellow of the GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik, and member of the DAGM and the ACM.
-From 1985 to 1991 he directed the Institute for Knowledge-based Systems in the Scientific Center of IBM Germany, where he headed numerous AI research projects, the most important one being LILOG - Natural Language Processing and Text Understanding.+
  
-From March 2000 to February 2002, Dr. Herzog was on leave from the university and held the CTO position at Lenze AG where he was responsible for hardware and software development.+He also serves as 
 +  * Trustee and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT), Birlinghoven, 
 +  * member of the IFIP Board of the GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik. 
 +  * member of the Advisory Board of InES -Institute for Enterprise Systems, an interdisciplinary Research Institute for Enterprise Systems at the University of Mannheim,
  
-From 1993 to 2009, Dr. Herzog held the chair on Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Universität Bremen and headed the Artificial Intelligence Research Group. He continues to supervise PhD students, to direct research projects, and to acquire new projects.+  * member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Excellence Cluster “Intelligent Technical Systems Ostwestfalen-Lippe”
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