Photo: Birgit Decker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁵

Stefan Decker

Computer scientist

Stefan Josef Decker is a computer scientist, Professor for Database and Information Systems at RWTH Aachen University, and Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology. He specializes in the Semantic Web, Link Data, Knowledge Graphs and Computer Science.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Stefan Decker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1968.¹

About

As of January 25th, 2020, his research reached 21,206 (with h-index of 83 and i10-index of 201) Google Scholar Citations, notable for a Semantic Web researchers.

He was formerly Professor of Digital Enterprise at the National University of Ireland Galway, and executive director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Galway. Prof. Decker studied Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern. He received his doctorate at the Karlsruhe Technical University.

He was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2010.

From Wikipedia’s article on Stefan Decker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Fraunhofer SocietyBoard member Oct 1, 2015 to now¹³
Ontoprise GmbHFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedKarlsruhe Institute of Technology³
Date not recordedUniversity of Kaiserslautern³
Date not recordedGymnasium Georgianum Vreden³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, computer scientist, manager.⁶

Since 2015Director, Fraunhofer Society⁴
Since 2015Full professor, RWTH Aachen University⁴
Date not recordedComputer scientist, Information Sciences Institute⁴
Date not recordedFull professor, senior research fellow, director, University of Galway⁴
Date not recordedResearch assistant professor, University of Southern California⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Stanford University⁴
Date not recordedResearch assistant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology⁴
Date not recordedFounded Ontoprise GmbH⁵

Personal life

Born1968, Stadtlohn^{7 8}
CitizenshipGermany⁹
ResidencePalo Alto, Marina del Rey, Galway, Karlsruhe, Redondo Beach, Vreden, Kaiserslautern, Aachen¹⁰

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WikidataStefan Decker: Computer scientist, Information Sciences Institute, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: Founded Ontoprise GmbH, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported
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WikidataStefan Decker: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: residence, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataStefan Decker: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataFraunhofer Society, Board member
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WikidataOntoprise GmbH, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsStefan Decker photo by Birgit Decker, CC BY-SA 4.0