Bernhard Thalheim

Bernhard Thalheim

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Born (1952-03-10) March 10, 1952
Radebeul, Germany
Fields Computer science
Institutions Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Brandenburg Technical University
University of Rostock
Dresden University of Technology
Alma mater Dresden University of Technology
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Known for Conceptual modeling and its theoretical foundation
Notable awards Peter P. Chen Award of Elsevier for Entity-Relationship Model Research
Website
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Bernhard Karl Thalheim (born 1952) is a German computer scientist and Professor of Information Systems Engineering at the University of Kiel who is known for conceptual modeling and its theoretical foundational contributions.

Biography

Born in Radebeul near Dresden, Germany, Thalheim received his M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer science in 1975 at the Dresden University of Technology, his PhD in Discrete mathematics in 1979 at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and his Habilitation in Theoretical computer science in 1985 at the Dresden University of Technology.

From 1986 to 1989 Thalheim was an Associate Professor at the Dresden University of Technology. In 1989 he moved to the University of Rostock, where he was Professor until 1993. From 1993 to 2003 he was Dean and Full Professor at the Brandenburg Technical University, and since 2003 he is Professor at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität of Kiel. Thalheim has been Visiting Professor at the Kuwait University; at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria; at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; and at Massey University at Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Thalheim has received a number of awards for his achievements in information systems engineering. He was honored in 2005 as the Kolmogorov Professor h.c. at the Lomonosov Moscow State University,[1] on 22. 10. 2008 received the Peter P. Chen Award of Elsevier for Entity–relationship model research,[2] is the founder of the German Chapter of DAMA, international Vice-Chair of the steering committee of the FoIKS conferences, Member of steering committees of conferences, e.g. ER, ADBIS, ASM, NLDB Editor of Data and Knowledge Engineering and other journals, and member of the advisory board of Dataport.[3]

Work

Conceptual modeling

The foundational contributions to conceptual modeling theory[4] and Science of Conceptual Modeling[5] of Thalheim can be found at multiple levels and abstractions, such as:

With this work Thalheim contributed to the formalization and theoretical underpinning of conceptual modeling.

His ideas about conceptual modeling foundations and theory have been applied in field as:

Higher Order Extended Entity–relationship model

The Higher Order Extended Entity–relationship model (HERM) and dependencies in relational databases serve as the foundation of many systems analysis and design methodologies, computer-aided software engineering tools, and repository systems. The HERM Model is the basis for wide number of commercial projects in Germany and Europe, and is commonly cited as the definite reference for foundations of database management systems and entity–relationship modeling. The approach has been ranked as one of the top methodologies for database design and systems development by several surveys of high-profile companies.

Thalheim's contributions in the HERM is deep-rooted in A. P. G. Brown's[9] invention of the entity–relationship model concept, and the basic ideas appeared in earlier papers especially by practitioners, such as that by Peter Chen.[10]

Other developments

Publications

Bernhard Thalheim published several books, papers and articles.

Selected books

Articles

References

  1. "Putin verleiht Informatiker der Kieler Uni russische Ehrenprofessur" [Putin grants honorary professorship to computer scientist from Kiel University] (in German). University of Kiel. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. "Peter P. Chen Awardees". Conceptualmodeling.org. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. "Beirat zur Unternehmensentwicklung" [Advisory Board for Business Development]. Dataport (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  4. "Towards a Theory of Conceptual Modeling". J. UCS 16(20): 3102-3137 (2010)
  5. The Science of Conceptual Modeling. DEXA (1) 2011: 12-26
  6. Entity-Relationship Modeling Foundations of Database Technology, Springer, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-540-65470-4
  7. 'Dependencies in relational databases published by Teubner in 1991
  8. Handbook of Conceptual Modeling: Theory, Practice, and Research Challenges, Springer 2011 - Hardback - 589 pages - ISBN 3-642-15864-1
  9. A. P. G. Brown, "Modelling a Real-World System and Designing a Schema to Represent It", in Data Base Description, ed Douque and Nijssen, North-Holland, 1975, ISBN 0-7204-2833-5
  10. Peter P. Chen, "The Entity-Relationship Model--Toward a Unified View of Data". In: ACM Transactions on Database Systems 1/1/1976 ACM-Press ISSN 0362-5915, S. 9–36

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