-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 21 de Novembro de 2002 08:56 To: All Subject: [IFIP] TC Visions - TC12/Bernd Neumann

Dear All,

After the insightful interviews of the Chairs of IFIP TC 1, TC 5, TC 7 and TC 13 we continue Project "Visions from the IT Engine Room" with Bernd Neumann, Chairman of IFIP TC 12 on Artificial Intelligence.

Five years ago in Bratislava we had an interesting discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Bernd's predecessor, Luigia Carlucci-Aiello, a formidable lady and a good friend of the Delivery Co. We remember the discussion ended on a lighter note that Artificial Intelligence was like a blonde wearing a dark wig. Luigia laughed a lot, herself being dark haired.

Now it's Bernd's time to tell a much larger audience about the IFIP developments in Artificial Intelligence during the last 5 years. He is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science of Hamburg University and Head of the Research Group on Cognitive Systems. In 1988, he founded the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Hamburg which offers application oriented R&D in cooperation with industry. His main research area is Artificial Intelligence, with special interests in Computer Vision, Foundations of Knowledge-Based Systems, and applications in Diagnosis and Configuration.

Bernd's motto - taken from the German version of Gyro Gearloose - is "Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör" [Nothing is too difficult for the engineer].

Bernd plays violin in regular string quartet sessions. He is President of a boys choir and organizes concert trips abroad. He likes travelling and believes that travelling is one of the vital assets for his IFIP involvement. If weather and other conditions permit, he flies with his little airplane, a Piper Cherokee, but complains that he has very little time left for his hobbies.

For an exclusive interview with Prof. Neumann click here -> http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/tcvisions.htm and then follow the link under his photo.

Enjoy,

The Delivery Co.

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Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/