Peter Christian Lockemann (born November 17, 1935) is a professor of computer science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and was director at the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe (FZI). He retired in March 2004.

Peter Lockemann
Born(1935-05-17)17 May 1935
NationalityGerman
Alma materTechnical University of Munich
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thesis Die nichtlinearen Verzerrungen in A-Verstärkern mit Transistoren bei niedrigen Frequenzen[1]  (1963)
Doctoral advisorHans Piloty
Doctoral studentsKlaus Dittrich
Guido Moerkotte

Lockemann is considered a pioneer of business information systems and is involved in the development of databases and information systems. He has published textbooks and over 100 scientific articles.[2]

Life

edit

Lockemann studied Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich and finished his doctoral studies in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Piloty.[1] He was subsequently a Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Since 1972, the founding year of the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe, he has been a professor there, from 1979 to 1981 dean, and until his retirement he headed the group for Information Management Systems.

In 1985, together with several colleagues, he founded the FZI Research Centre for Computer Science in Karlsruhe. He has also held several guest professorships in the USA, including at the California Institute of Technology and at the MIT, and has held advisory positions with industry and ministries.[3]

In 2003, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main awarded him an honorary doctorate for his achievements in research and as a promoter of knowledge transfer into business practice. In 2005 he received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Die allgemeine Spannungs-Regulierungsproblem in Wechselstrom-Versorgungsnetzen" (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ^ "dblp: Peter Lockemann". Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  3. ^ "Peter Lockemann: CV". Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  4. ^ "Gnadenlos kooperieren: Bundesverdienstkreuz für Professor Lockemann". unikath: Das Magazin der Universität Karlsruhe (TH). No. Jan 2006. Universität Karlsruhe. 2006-01-01. p. 55.