Michael Kohlhase
Encyclopedia
Dr. Michael Kohlhase is a German
computer scientist and professor at Jacobs University, Bremen
, Germany
, where he is head of the KWARC research group (Knowledge Adaptation and Reasoning for Content) at the School of Engineering and Science.
Society and a trustee of the Interest Group for Mathematical Knowledge Management
(MKM). He was a trustee of the Conference on Automated Deduction
and the CALCULEMUS Interest Group. He has been Conference Chair of CADE
-21 and Program Chair of the KI-2006, MKM
-2005, and CALCULEMUS-2000 conferences and has served on the Programme Committees of more than three dozen international conferences. He has authored or edited four books and published almost 100 peer-reviewed papers.
Michael holds an adjunct associate professorship at Carnegie Mellon University
and was (2006–2008) vice director of the Department of Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems at German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
(DFKI) Lab Bremen
.
(1989) from University of Bonn
, a doctorate (1994) and habilitation
(1999) in Computer Science
at Saarland University
. He has pursued his doctoral and post-doctoral research in extended research visits at Carnegie Mellon University
,
University of Amsterdam, the University of Edinburgh
, and SRI International
. From 2000-2003, he has conducted research and taught at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
, where he was appointed to an adjunct associate professor. In September 2003 he was appointed as Professor of Computer Science at International University Bremen (Jacobs University Bremen as of 2007), and in 2006 he was a founding member of German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
(DFKI) Bremen
, where he is vice director of the Department of Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems.
(DFG).
1996:AKI-prize, dissertation prize of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher KI-Institute (AKI)”
1991:dissertation stipend of the Studienstiftung
(German National Academic Foundation)
1986:masters stipend of Studienstiftung
Dr. Michael Kohlhase's current research interests include Automated theorem proving
and knowledge representation
for mathematics
, inference
-based techniques for natural language processing
and semantics, and computer-supported education.
Much of his concrete work is based on web-based content markup formats like MathML
, OpenMath
, and OMDoc
and systems for managing this data, e.g. semantic search
engines for mathematical formulae, semantic extensions to LaTeX
, or converting legacy LaTeX documents from the arXiv
.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
computer scientist and professor at Jacobs University, Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, where he is head of the KWARC research group (Knowledge Adaptation and Reasoning for Content) at the School of Engineering and Science.
Academic Positions
Dr. Michael Kohlhase is president of the OpenMathOpenMath
OpenMath is the name of a markup language for specifying the meaning of mathematical formulae. Among other things, it can be used to complement MathML, a standard which mainly focuses on the presentation of formulae, with information about their semantic meaning...
Society and a trustee of the Interest Group for Mathematical Knowledge Management
Mathematical knowledge management
Mathematical knowledge management is the study of how society can effectively make use of the vast and growing literature on mathematics. It studies approaches such as databases of mathematical knowledge, automated processing of formulae and the use of semantic information, and artificial...
(MKM). He was a trustee of the Conference on Automated Deduction
Conference on Automated Deduction
The Conference on Automated Deduction is the premier academic conference on automated deduction and related fields. The first CADE was organized in 1974 at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Most CADE meetings have been held in Europe and the USA. However, conferences have been held all...
and the CALCULEMUS Interest Group. He has been Conference Chair of CADE
Conference on Automated Deduction
The Conference on Automated Deduction is the premier academic conference on automated deduction and related fields. The first CADE was organized in 1974 at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Most CADE meetings have been held in Europe and the USA. However, conferences have been held all...
-21 and Program Chair of the KI-2006, MKM
Mathematical knowledge management
Mathematical knowledge management is the study of how society can effectively make use of the vast and growing literature on mathematics. It studies approaches such as databases of mathematical knowledge, automated processing of formulae and the use of semantic information, and artificial...
-2005, and CALCULEMUS-2000 conferences and has served on the Programme Committees of more than three dozen international conferences. He has authored or edited four books and published almost 100 peer-reviewed papers.
Michael holds an adjunct associate professorship at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
and was (2006–2008) vice director of the Department of Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems at German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz , lit. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, is one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes in the field of innovative software technology based on Artificial Intelligence methods.DFKI was founded in 1988...
(DFKI) Lab Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
.
Academic career
Dr. Michael Kohlhase obtained a degree in MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(1989) from University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
, a doctorate (1994) and habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
(1999) in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
at Saarland University
Saarland University
Saarland University is a university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in 8 faculties that cover all major fields of science...
. He has pursued his doctoral and post-doctoral research in extended research visits at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
,
University of Amsterdam, the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
, and SRI International
SRI International
SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later...
. From 2000-2003, he has conducted research and taught at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
, where he was appointed to an adjunct associate professor. In September 2003 he was appointed as Professor of Computer Science at International University Bremen (Jacobs University Bremen as of 2007), and in 2006 he was a founding member of German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz , lit. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, is one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes in the field of innovative software technology based on Artificial Intelligence methods.DFKI was founded in 1988...
(DFKI) Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, where he is vice director of the Department of Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems.
Awards and Stipends
2000:3-year Heisenberg-Stipend of the Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is an important German research funding organization and the largest such organization in Europe.-Function:...
(DFG).
1996:AKI-prize, dissertation prize of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher KI-Institute (AKI)”
1991:dissertation stipend of the Studienstiftung
Studienstiftung
The German National Academic Foundation is Germany's largest organisation sponsoring students of outstanding academic achievements.It is non-political and non-denominational....
(German National Academic Foundation)
1986:masters stipend of Studienstiftung
Studienstiftung
The German National Academic Foundation is Germany's largest organisation sponsoring students of outstanding academic achievements.It is non-political and non-denominational....
Research interests
Automated theorem proving
Automated theorem proving or automated deduction, currently the most well-developed subfield of automated reasoning , is the proving of mathematical theorems by a computer program.- Decidability of the problem :...
and knowledge representation
Knowledge representation
Knowledge representation is an area of artificial intelligence research aimed at representing knowledge in symbols to facilitate inferencing from those knowledge elements, creating new elements of knowledge...
for mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, inference
Inference
Inference is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. The conclusion drawn is also called an idiomatic. The laws of valid inference are studied in the field of logic.Human inference Inference is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions...
-based techniques for natural language processing
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
and semantics, and computer-supported education.
Much of his concrete work is based on web-based content markup formats like MathML
MathML
Mathematical Markup Language is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content. It aims at integrating mathematical formulae into World Wide Web pages and other documents...
, OpenMath
OpenMath
OpenMath is the name of a markup language for specifying the meaning of mathematical formulae. Among other things, it can be used to complement MathML, a standard which mainly focuses on the presentation of formulae, with information about their semantic meaning...
, and OMDoc
OMDoc
OMDoc is a semantic markup format for mathematical documents. While MathML only covers mathematical formulae and the related OpenMath standard only supports formulae and “content dictionaries” containing definitions of the symbols used in formulae, OMDoc covers the whole range of written...
and systems for managing this data, e.g. semantic search
Semantic search
Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the Web or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results. Author Seth Grimes lists "11 approaches that join...
engines for mathematical formulae, semantic extensions to LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
, or converting legacy LaTeX documents from the arXiv
ArXiv
The arXiv |Chi]], χ) is an archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all...
.