Thomas Nitsche
Thomas Nitsche (born March 3, 1953 ) is a German software developer , mathematician and entrepreneur .
Life
Nitsche studied mathematics in Freiburg im Breisgau and at the Technical University of Munich .
During his studies in the 1970s he developed the chess programs ORWELL I to III and PARWELL . In 1978 Nitsche worked with the electronics company Hegener + Glaser and, together with Elmar Henne, developed the software for the Mephisto chess computer , the first version of which, Mephisto I, came onto the market in 1980. In the following years developed Nitsche and hen other versions and could with the Mephisto IIIs eventually 1984 World Chess Championship for microcomputers ( World Microcomputer Chess Championship ) in Glasgow by a shared first place with Fidelity Elite X , Conchess X and Psion win.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Nitsche developed pattern recognition software under the name Pattern Proximity and based on this, together with Philip Pieper, founded the company Proximic , which was used to market the control of context-related advertising on web pages based on context. The company was able to raise EUR 4.5 million in venture capital in an initial financing round and in 2008 relocated its headquarters to Palo Alto. The company was sold to comScore in 2015 .
Together with his wife Oxana and his sons Raphael Nitsche-Hahn and Maxim Nitsche-Hahn, he founded the COGEON Society for intelligent solutions mbH, Berlin , in 2013 , and became its managing director. The company developed the Math42 learning app for Android and iOS. The company was sold to the US education group Chegg in October 2017 .
As a chess player, his Elo rating is 1870 (as of October 2017). He has taken part in Munich city championships, is a member of the Vaterstetten-Grasbrunn chess club and, since 2013, of SV Empor Berlin , for which he participates in team championships.
Nitsche is the father of 4 children.
Web links
- Thomas Nitsche at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Website by Thomas Nitsche
- Thomas Nitsche 1979 in Stuttgart (right) with a prototype of the first Mephisto (light silver box) in the game against the SciSys / Novag Mk3 by David Levy (left), in the background Frederic Friedel , accessed on November 6, 2017
- Thomas Nitsche 1984 in Glasgow at the " Micro World Cup ", accessed on November 3, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c team description. Math42
- ↑ Munich student challenges world champions: Orwell was Parwell's godfather. In: Computerwoche , May 18, 1979
- ↑ Chess Computer: Tricks and Deception. In: Der Spiegel , December 8, 1980
- ↑ Briquettes for small coal. In: Computerschach und Spiele , No. 6, 1997, pp. 63-65
- ^ Mephisto WM module 1984 Glasgow. Chess computer online museum
- ^ ICGA: Tournament Results
- ↑ Proximic Ad Tactics Challenge to Google. In: Spiegel online , January 18, 2008
- ↑ Tiny start-up rival to Google? In: Mercury News , October 6, 2007
- ↑ 25 German startups: invented instead of copied. In: Wirtschaftswoche
- ↑ Qwiki Cofounder Louis Monier Exits, Joins Proximic. In: TechCrunch , May 18, 2011
- ↑ comScore Acquires Analytics Firm Proximic. ( Memento from October 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: MartechAdvisor.com , May 6, 2015
- ↑ A visit to Math42: The mathematicians development booth. In: golem.de
- ↑ The deal is the hyper-bang for us. In: Spiegel Online , October 20, 2017
- ↑ Briquettes for small coal. In: Computerschach und Spiele , No. 6, 1997, pp. 63-65
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nitsche, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German software developer, mathematician and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1953 |