Patrick' s World

At work

I've just finished studying computer science at the University of Bonn, Germany with a master degree. Psychology was my minor subject, which has some nice links to human computer interaction (HCI), the area I'm most interested in. Recently I've finished my thesis in this field.

Quite often I can be found at GMD, a leading German research institute in the field of information technology near Bonn. Have a look at my GMD homepage. Or meet me there! Enter GMD at N50°44.920' E7°12.066' and proceed to N50°44.963' E7°12.231', room 418 on the fourth floor of building C5.

Areas of special interest

... and corresponding skills or expertise

agents Java, JavaScript, VBScript, programming the Microsoft Agent

data mining InfoZoom

human computer interaction, ergonomics True follower of Donald Norman. Also influenced by Nielsen and Cooper.

innovative 3D input and and navigational devices DynaWall, Saitek

machine learning e.g. intelligent agents

virtual reality VRML, various 3D modeling tools

wearable computing Xybernaut, GPS, palmtops and sub-notebooks

General interest in ...

... and corresponding skills or expertise

web design (see my portfolio) all around the www: webdesign, website authoring tools, HTML, Style Sheets, Java, JavaScript, PHP, SSI ...

programming some other programming languages: VisualBasic, Prolog, ..., C++ (listed in order of preference).

computers all the major computing platforms (PC, Macintosh, Unix) and lots of software

Current Projects or Jobs

FIT homepage
Maintenance of the Gesellschaft für Informatik - Section 2.3's homepage

Past Projects

Year Title Location Outcome

98 Information Retrieval University of Bonn, Germany This grounds-up developed information retrieval system provides a web-based search functionality for one of Bonn University's departemental collections of technical reports.

96-98 COBRA: Commen Open BRokerage Architecture GMD, Germany. Successfully finished project.

97 humanIT homepage maintenance humanIT, Germany

96-98 HCI aspects of software agents University of Bonn and GMD, Germany. My thesis, finished just in time.

96-97 Norderstedt Adventure: evaluator of complex planning capabilities. University of Bonn, Germany The software is up and running, but sadly it never won a software prize.

96 FIT homepage re-design GMD, Germany Successful project finished in schedule.

95 YTU's www integration YTU, Turkey My only project ever finished ahead of schedule. The university's new homepage is running fine, and the HTML tutorials are finished.

94 CAT2: machine translation project iai, Germany Work in progress, but an e-mail-based context translation service is available.

Year	Title	Location	Outcome
98	Information Retrieval	University of Bonn, Germany	This grounds-up developed information retrieval system provides a web-based search functionality for one of Bonn University's departemental collections of technical reports.
96-98	COBRA: Commen Open BRokerage Architecture	GMD, Germany.	Successfully finished project.
97	humanIT homepage maintenance	humanIT, Germany
96-98	HCI aspects of software agents	University of Bonn and GMD, Germany.	My thesis, finished just in time.
96-97	Norderstedt Adventure: evaluator of complex planning capabilities.	University of Bonn, Germany	The software is up and running, but sadly it never won a software prize.
96	FIT homepage re-design	GMD, Germany	Successful project finished in schedule.
95	YTU's www integration	YTU, Turkey	My only project ever finished ahead of schedule. The university's new homepage is running fine, and the HTML tutorials are finished.
94	CAT2: machine translation project	iai, Germany	Work in progress, but an e-mail-based context translation service is available.

Publications

P. Schumacher, H. Kahler (1999): Anwendbarkeit software-ergonomischer Kriterien auf Einsatz und Gestaltung von Agententechnologie. In: Arend et al (ed.s): Software-Ergonomie '99, Teubner. Software-Ergonomie '99 conference, March 1999, Walldorf/Germany, 393-394.
P. Schumacher (1999): HCI-Prospekte von Softwareagenten, GMD Research Series 3/1999.

Working Experience

Goethe-Institut At the Goethe-Institut in Mannheim, Germany, I did community service for one year, starting in '91 after school. My job was to help the foreign language students with any problems they faced during their stay. Moreover I organized a wide-range program of sparetime activities for the students.

iai In the summer of '94 I worked six week on a machine translation project, using prolog. The iai (Institut für angewandte Informationstechnologie) is based in Saarbrücken, Germany.

emnid Emnid is a well-known German market research institute, based in Bielefeld. I worked there during the first half of '95, doing consumer surveys.

YTU In the summer of '95 I spent six weeks at the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. My job was to rewrite the university's homepage, to write several guides to HTML-hypertext and to collect and store www-resources.

Klett In early '96 I worked for the German publisher Klett. I wrote the glossary for a new book for learners of the German language.

GMD Redesigning a departemental homepage for GMD, a major German research institute, kept me busy during the '96 summer break, and I've done occasional homepage mainteance ever since.
Within the COBRA project I wrote my master thesis about HCI aspects of software agents.

Areas of special interest	... and corresponding skills or expertise
agents	Java, JavaScript, VBScript, programming the Microsoft Agent
data mining	InfoZoom
human computer interaction, ergonomics	True follower of Donald Norman. Also influenced by Nielsen and Cooper.
innovative 3D input and and navigational devices	DynaWall, Saitek
machine learning	e.g. intelligent agents
virtual reality	VRML, various 3D modeling tools
wearable computing	Xybernaut, GPS, palmtops and sub-notebooks

General interest in ...	... and corresponding skills or expertise
web design (see my portfolio)	all around the www: webdesign, website authoring tools, HTML, Style Sheets, Java, JavaScript, PHP, SSI ...
programming	some other programming languages: VisualBasic, Prolog, ..., C++ (listed in order of preference).
computers	all the major computing platforms (PC, Macintosh, Unix) and lots of software

Goethe-Institut	At the Goethe-Institut in Mannheim, Germany, I did community service for one year, starting in '91 after school. My job was to help the foreign language students with any problems they faced during their stay. Moreover I organized a wide-range program of sparetime activities for the students.
iai	In the summer of '94 I worked six week on a machine translation project, using prolog. The iai (Institut für angewandte Informationstechnologie) is based in Saarbrücken, Germany.
emnid	Emnid is a well-known German market research institute, based in Bielefeld. I worked there during the first half of '95, doing consumer surveys.
YTU	In the summer of '95 I spent six weeks at the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. My job was to rewrite the university's homepage, to write several guides to HTML-hypertext and to collect and store www-resources.
Klett	In early '96 I worked for the German publisher Klett. I wrote the glossary for a new book for learners of the German language.
GMD	Redesigning a departemental homepage for GMD, a major German research institute, kept me busy during the '96 summer break, and I've done occasional homepage mainteance ever since. Within the COBRA project I wrote my master thesis about HCI aspects of software agents.