Oskar Bartenstein

Professional

• IF Computer Japan (04/1994- Present)
  President
  IF Computer Japan delivers knowledge management software for knowledge based e-commerce. Customers include Deloitte, NEC, Nokia, Paris-Miki, Toyota as well as research institutes and professionals.
• InterFace Computer Japan (10/1987-03/1994)
  President
  InterFace Computer Japan specialized in Artificial Intelligence software and consulting.
• Siemens AG, Central Research (12/1983-03/1984)
  Researcher
  Siemens AG is one of the worlds largest electrical engineering companies.

Academic

• The University of Tokyo, Japan (1988)
  Dr.-Eng.
  Information Engineering
• Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany (1983)
  Diplom Informatiker
  Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering
• Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (1982)
  Non-degree research fellowship by the College of Engineering
  Computer Science

Languages

• Japanese (fluent)
• English (fluent)
• German (fluent, native)

International Experience

• Europe (work, formal education, native)
• USA (formal education),
• AsiaPacific (work)
• Japan (work, formal education, resident)

Publications

• Applications of Declarative Programming and Knowledge Management
  Seipel, Dietmar; Hanus, Michael; Geske, Ulrich; Bartenstein, Oskar (Eds.)
  Springer, 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 3-540-25560-5
• Web Knowledge Management and Decision Support
  Oskar Bartenstein, Ulrich Geske, Markus Hannebauer, Osamu Yoshie (Eds.)
  Springer 2003 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-00680-X
• various technical papers and invited talks in related conferences and technology events in Japan, Germany, USA, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan.
• occasional publications in Nikkei Electronics, Nikkei Industrial Newspaper

Professional Organizations

• INAP Intl. Conf. on Applications of Declarative Programming and Knowledge Management
  founder member
• Welfare Systems Research Association, Tokyo
  board member
• OAG, Tokyo
  member
• Intelligent CAD Committee of the Japanese Society of Precision Engineering, Tokyo,
  member
• ISO/JIS SC22 WG 17,
  observer
• Robotics Society of Japan
  former member
• Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
  former member

Awards

• Grand Prize, NikkeiBP Information Systems Award 2002 (jointly with Paris-Miki, NEC, Joho Denshi and Nemesys)