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Research Interests

His research focuses on learning systems and the closely related area of computational semiotics. This includes occasional lectures on philosophical issues relating to the concept of humanity within the context of evolution and modern technology.

 Education

• 1979–1989: New major and doctorate in the philosophy of science, doctorate degree (summa cum laude) at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (major in logic and the philosophy of science, minors in experimental psychology, phonetics, and theoretical linguistics) Doctoral dissertation: An examination of the formal characteristics of non-theorems within the context of the method of analytic tableaux as part of the mathematical proof theory
• 1975–1979: Studies in theology (part 2): with a focus on theology at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt; graduate degree (grade: very good); areas of specialization included problems of text analysis (Hebraic, Greek, Latin texts), specifically the difficulty of assigning meaning
• 1970–1972: Graduate studies in theology (part 1): specializing in philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy

Professional and Academic Career

• May 2007: Foundation of the Research Centre of Demographic Change (Forschungszentrum Demografischer Wandel – FZDW) in collaboration with other professors, deputy managing director
• 2005–2007: e-learning representative of the university (creation of a complete infrastructure and team)
• since September 2004: Professor of computer science at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences with a special focus on knowledge representation and dynamic modelling; foundation of the multidisciplinary MA Barrier-Free Systems – BaSys with the Intelligent Systems Master programme in collaboration with colleagues; participation in the High Integrity Systems – HIS Master programme
• as of March 2002: Temporary professor of programming, real-time systems, computer architecture and theoretical computer science at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Faculty 2: Computer Sciences and Engineering; foundation of the Institute of Professional Computer Science with Applications for Healthcare (Institut für professionelle Informatik mit Anwendungen im Gesundheitswesen – IPIAG) in Faculty 2 in collaboration with professors Filip, Orth, Schrader, and Wagner
• as of September 2001: Lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Faculty 2: Computer Science and Engineering; freelance consultant
• 1999–2001: Foundation of Knowbotic Systems GmbH & Co KG in collaboration with Dr Joachim Hasebrook; managing director until 2001. Knowbotic Systems developed software for competence management in companies (Web-based, client server) and language-based services including an open platform (Cobra, distributed, C++, integration of the most important manufacturer of speech recognition and speech synthesis modules). In 2001, Knowbotic Systems won the first prize in the start-up competition of the Frankfurt Economic Development in collaboration with the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
• 1999: Founder and director of the "Learning Systems" department at inm numerical magic GmbH (Frankfurt); tasks included the development of a new neuron model for optimizing the learning behaviour of neural networks
• 1994–1998: Co-founder of the Institute for New Media – INM and director of the Knowbotic Interface project at INM (Frankfurt): The project focused on the theoretical analysis of the conditions a computer must fulfil in order to learn an indefinite number of human languages naturally ("Blind's World I", "Real Neuron"...)
• 1992–1994: Research assistant at the Institute for New Media at the Städelschule (Frankfurt)
• 1990–1992: Research fellow of the newly founded Center for Information and Language Processing – CIS at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich; teaching position and the commencement of work on learning systems
• 1989–1990: Teaching position at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in the philosophy of language; in parallel, university priest at the Munich University of Applied Sciences
• 1970–1972: Employed as a youth social worker

Memberships

• Association for Computing Machinery – ACM, member
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE, member (senior member)
• Institute for New Media (Institut für Neue Medien – INM), co-founder and director
• BM-Online, association for disabled persons on the Internet (Behinderte Menschen Online e. V.), co-founder and director (the association was dissolved in 2010)
• German Society of Semiotics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Semiotik – DGS), advisory member for the computer semiotics section along with Alexander Mehler (joint resignation in April 2008)
• German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik – GI), member (membership terminated on 31.12.05)
• Humboldt Society (Humboldtgesellschaft e. V.), academic adviser (membership terminated on 31.12.05)

Publications

cf. http://www.doeben-henisch.de/gdhnp/csg/csg_papers.html