People, 1. -  3. October 1998
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Coy
Biography:

Born in 1947. Educated at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt. (Studies in Elektrical Engineering, Mathematics and Philosophy). 1972 diploma as "Diplomingenieur der Mathematik (Dipl.-Ing. math.)", 1975 Doctoral Dissertation on the Complexity of Hardware Tests. Worked as computer scientist at TH Darmstadt, Universität Dortmund, Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany and Université de Paris VI, France. From 1979 to 1996 professor of informatics at Universität Bremen. Since 1996 professor of informatics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Teaches in Informatics and Society, Digital Media, and Theory of informatics.

Research in Digital Media, informatics and Society, Theory of informatics, social- and cultural history of informatics and computing, and philosophical and theoretical Problems of informatics.

Books:

  • Industrieroboter - Zur Archäologie der Zweiten Schöpfung (Berlin: Rotbuch 1985),
  • Aufbau und Arbeitsweise von Rechenanlagen, (Braunschweig/Wiesbaden: Vieweg, 2nd ed. 1991) and together with Lena Bonsiepen
  • Erfahrung und Berechnung - Zur Kritik der Expertensystemtechnik (Berlin et al.: Springer, 1989). Co-editor of other Books.

    More publications in informatics and the theory of digital media Look for recent manuskripte and preprints !

    Scientific and science-political activities:

  • advisor to the presidint of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for information- und communication technologies At the Institut für Informatik der HU Berlin:
  • Member of the Institut's Council (Institutsrat)
  • Speaker of the committee on teaching and studies (Kommission für Lehre und Studium)

    In the german scientific association for computing Gesellschaft für Informatik

  • Expert member of FB 8 "Informatik und Gesellschaft"
  • Co-editor of the journal Informatik-Spektrum
    • Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Informatik
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