Michael Hebgen

Michael Hebgen (born April 4, 1950 in Ludwigshafen ; † February 13, 2019 in Heidelberg ) was a German mathematician , computer scientist and university professor .

Life and professional history

Michael Hebgen and his twin brother Werner Hebgen (1950-2017) attended the Jesuit boarding school at St. Blasien from 1960 to 1968 .

After studying mathematics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , he initially worked at the University of Karlsruhe as a research assistant for the German internet pioneer Werner Zorn and was thus involved in sending and receiving the first German internet e-mails. In 1985 he became head of the communications department and deputy head of the computer center at Heidelberg University. In 2005–06 he reorganized the data center as acting director with the aim of increasing customer and service orientation. From 2007 until his retirement in 2013, he was director of the Heidelberg data center.

In addition to his work at the computing center, Hebgen was the German director of the European Academic Research Network (EARN), Secretary General of the European EARN and committee spokesman for the German Research Network (DFN) board from 1985 to 1990 . From 1992 to 1997 he was a member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the library sub-committee for electronic data processing and communication technologies . Together with Wolfgang König and Rainer Zillmann ( University of Frankfurt ), he designed the ultra-modern library system for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg . From 1997 to 2003 he was a member of the steering committee and the group of experts that implemented the concept in the cooperative library network Berlin-Brandenburg. From 1999 to 2003 he set up the medical education of the University of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina together with the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg as part of an EU project . In 2001, Mostar University appointed him professor for medical informatics . In 2013 he was one of the leading authors of the implementation concept of the universities of the state of Baden-Württemberg for data-intensive services (2013-2014). In addition to his numerous expert activities for the German Research Foundation DFG, the Leibniz Association and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), he was also a member of the Research Advisory Board of the Science and Politics Foundation , which supports the German Bundestag and the Federal Government in matters of foreign and security policy advises.

Michael Hebgen was married to Eva-Maria ( Evi ) Hebgen; the marriage had three children.

Publications

• An iteration method that yields the optimal interval containment of the inverse of an M-matrix interval. Computing 12 (2): 107-115 (1974).
• A scaling-invariant pivot search for interval matrices. Computing 12 (2): 99-106 (1974).
• Quo vadis EARN? In: PIK - Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, 1987 (10, 4) 235-237, ISSN (Online) 1865-8342, ISSN (Print) 0930-5157, DOI: 10.1515 / piko.1987.10.4.235 .
• EARN - A computer network for science and research in Europe. In: Das Rechenzentrum, Volume 8, Issue 1/1985.
• Internet as the basis for the new multimedia world. In: Bernhard Dorn (Ed.): Cyberquake: What the multimedia revolution means for companies and markets. Wiesbaden 1998. Doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-322-82760-9 .
• EARN (European Academic and Research Network) - a computer network for science and research in Europe: objectives, status and possibilities for connection with other networks . In: Norbert Meyer, Hans Rainer Friedrich (Hrsg.): New technologies, university and economy. Cologne 1985, 130-139.
• (with Peter Rudolf, Werner Zorn): "NNN - Latest Network News", special edition, IRA computer science department, University of Karlsruhe., March 1985.
• (with B. Dugall, W. König): Recommendations on the future structure of the academic libraries of the State of Berlin, taking into account the academic libraries of the State of Brandenburg. Recommendations of a group of experts on behalf of the Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Berlin , January 1997.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Our high school graduates. In: Kollegbrief. Yearbook of the St. Blasien College 22, 1968, p. 84
2. ↑ Werner Zorn: On the 30th anniversary of the 1st German Internet E-Mail from August 3, 1984 (Version 0.1 08/18/2014). 2014, accessed February 17, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Zeeh: Strengthening the university data center as a service facility . Since the beginning of the year, the computer center of the Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls-Universität has appointed a new management team - Professor Michael Hebgen as director. Heidelberg University, press officer, January 26, 2007, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ International News Service: European net moves closer to OSI . In: Network World Inc. (Ed.): Network World . January 19, 1989, p. 14 ( google.de ).
5. ^ Michael Schwarz: Heidelberg mathematician Michael Hebgen appointed to the Science Council. Active in the field of "new media and libraries" for years - Hebgen designed a revolutionary library concept for Berlin and Brandenburg with a "parallel search engine". In: idw- Informationsdienst Wissenschaft. News, appointments, experts. November 18, 1998, accessed February 22, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Zeeh: Strengthening the university data center as a service facility . Since the beginning of the year, the computer center of the Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls-Universität has appointed a new management team - Professor Michael Hebgen as director. Heidelberg University, press officer, January 26, 2007, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Joachim Lügger (Red.): Cooperative Library Association Berlin-Brandenburg Local concepts and technical interfaces. In: Konrad-Zuse-Center for Information Technology Berlin . May 1997, accessed February 17, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Stefan Zeeh: Strengthening the university data center as a service facility . Since the beginning of the year, the computer center of the Heidelberg Ruprecht-Karls-Universität has appointed a new management team - Professor Michael Hebgen as director. Heidelberg University, press officer, January 26, 2007, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Hannes Hartenstein, Thomas Walter, Peter Castellaz: Current implementation concepts of the universities of the state of Baden-Württemberg for high-performance computing and data-intensive services. De Gruyter, July 2013, p. 107 (photo), 108 , accessed on February 22, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Head of the computer center appointed to the working group of the Ministry of Science. In: Press release from Heidelberg University. Heidelberg University, July 2, 2012, accessed on February 22, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Implementation concept of the universities of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg for data-intensive services - bwDATA phase I (2013-2014)