Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann

Director

ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(German National Library of Economics
Leibniz Information Center for Economics)

Düsternbrooker Weg 120
24105 Kiel
Telephone: +49-431-8814-333
E-mail

Location Hamburg:
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Telephone: +49-40-42834-351

Research Interests

• Knowledge Management and Knowledge Transfer
• Web 2.0
• Semantic Technologies
• Future Internet

Professional Background

• 1985-1991:
  Diploma in Computer Science, Universities of Kiel and Dortmund
• Doctorate in Computer Science, University of Dortmund
• 1996:
  Postdoc, Texas A&M University, Center for the Study of Digital Libraries, USA
• 1997-2000:
  Head of Department, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, Ulm
• 2001-2010:
  Managing Director, Austria’s Competence Centre for Knowledge Management, Know-Centre Graz
• 2002:
  Habilitation ( 2nd doctorate degree ) in „Applied Information Processing and Communication“, Graz University of Technology
• 2004-2010:
  University Professor in Computer Science at Graz University of Technology
• Since 2010:
  Director of the German National Library of Economics – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and University Professor for Computer Media, University Kiel

Fellowships / Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Know-Center – Graz (Austria)
• Member of the Board of Directors of TrentoRise – Trento (Italy)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems, MIMOS (IT- Research Institute, Malaysia)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Italy
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Economic Symposium (GES)
• Member of the Leibniz Association, Section B
• Steering Board GOPORTIS – Leibniz Library Network for Research Information
• Advisory Council, Scientific Libraries at the Ministry of Science, Economy and Transport, Schleswig-Holstein
• Member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK)
• Membership in national and international expert committees
• Programme Committee Member of numerous high-level international conferences for Knowledge Management, Knowledge technology and Business Information Technology

Publications

• more than 215 Publications