Stefan Decker
Executive Director @Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
Managing Director of Fraunhofer FIT, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology
EDUCATION
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Doctoral Degree (Dr. rer. pol.), Computer Science
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Masters (Dipl.-Inform.), Computer Science and Mathematics
Gymnasium Georgianum Vreden
Abitur, Mathematics, Chemistry, Philosophy, Paedagogy, Literature
SKILLS
ABOUT STEFAN DECKER
I am passionate about transforming the Web from a network of documents to a network of knowledge (aka knowledge graphs), enabling problem solving, improving society at large, business and science.As a trained and highly cited computer scientist my interest is in science with practical impact.As a director of a research institute I aim at hiring people smarter than me and helping them to achieve their aspirations.Although my educational background is formal logic and AI, I believe in a human-centric approach by putting people first - as users of technology as well as colleagues.I aim at inspiring people by developing visions which allows a group to collaborate and to achieve more than any individual could.I have a talent to recognise and initiate technology directions early and to ask the scientific questions necessary to advance a field.Specialties: Semantic Web, recognising and shaping technology tends.
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