Günter Schwichtenberg

Günter Karl Friedrich Schwichtenberg (born January 31, 1942 in Cologne ) is a German physicist and university professor . He was married twice and has two sons, Thomas and Stephan. Now he's widowed.

In 1968 Schwichtenberg finished his studies at the University of Cologne as a theoretical physicist (graduate physicist). He then worked at the university's computer center . In 1979 he became head of the University Computing Center (HRZ) at the University of Dortmund until his retirement in January 2007. Since 2010 he has lived in Cologne again.

Professional

• Programming an inductive learning machine (1967–1969)
• Procurement of a mainframe computer Cyber76 as a central regional computer for the University of Cologne and the comprehensive universities in Duisburg, Siegen and Wuppertal (1973)
• Programming of the Fortran-based software development environment FOSX for the social science area (following the development of the statistical system CABALA, together with Hartmut Garding, 1976)
• Research project (funded by the BMFT) on "Organizational and legal aspects for the implementation of computer network systems" (under the aegis of Paul Schmitz and Gerhard Haupt, 1978)
• Collaboration in the standardization of open communication systems ISO-OSI (1976–1984)
• Head of the working group for heads of scientific data centers (1986–1988)
• Participation in the founding of several associations to promote cooperation between computer centers in the scientific field:
  • German Research Network DFN,
  • Centers for Communication and Information Processing ZKI
  • German initiative for network information DINI
  • European University Information Systems EUNIS
• Publication of the HRZ customer magazine "computer-Postille" (1991–2007)

He has been a member of the Society for Computer Science since 1968 , in which he was particularly involved in the “Organization and Operation of Computer Centers” working group and in the development and maintenance of the “Dortmund Regional Group”.

Lectures from his work were

• 1975: Hardware Aspects of Man Machine Communication in a Problem Solving Environment (NATO ASI on Man Machine Interaction, Mati, Greece); in particular on the role of time behavior in man-machine dialogue;
• 1977: Concept for a uniform language framework for dialog, programming and control languages ​​(IBM Scientific Center, Heidelberg)
• 1979: "Formal means of description for communication systems" (GI working group "Information Systems", Tutzing)
• 1986: "Sociopolitical conditions for innovative data processing" - report on an information trip to the data processing centers in Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo and Singapore (Siemens Bank Forum, Brussels)
• 1988–2006: Lectures on the use of computers in the scientific field ("School of Thinking", "Internet Driving License", "Internet Applications for Science", "Introduction to Programming" for non-computer scientists).

Teaching assignments

• Participation in the mathematics propaedeutic course: "Programming with Fortran IV" ( University of Cologne , Department of Mathematics)
• "Introduction to cybernetic thinking", "Programming graphic information" and "Formalization of aesthetics" ( Kölner Werkschulen / FH-Köln)
• Seminar "Cybernetic Learning Models" at the University of Cologne (with Köhne, Pohley)
• Mentoring support for the IT training at the Fernuniversität Hagen
• "Data processing I to IV" for the training of industrial engineers at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences
• "Programming with Pascal" for business mathematicians at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Dortmund

Web links

• In-house magazine "computer-Postille" of the university computing center of the University of Dortmund from 1991 to 2006: Publication and writing of numerous articles