{"id":122,"date":"2013-10-03T12:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T10:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lwibs01.gm.fh-koeln.de\/blogs\/konen\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T17:18:17","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gm.fh-koeln.de\/konen\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_122 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-de_DE sprite-de_DE\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_122')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_122').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Professor for Applied Informatics and Mathematics, since 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Memberships and Functions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rst.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de\/cms\/de\/Veranstaltungen\/GMA-Fachausschuss\/index.html\">GMA Expert Group 5.14 Computational Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigevo.org\">ACM SIGEVO Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/ciplus-research.de\">Research Center CIplus (Computational Intelligence plus)<\/a> at Cologne University of Applied Sciences (since 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/lwibs01.gm.fh-koeln.de\/blogs\/ciop\">Research Center CIOP (Computational Intelligence &amp; Optimization)<\/a> at Faculty 10 , Cologne University of Applied Sciences, (since 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/fat70s236.eto.fh-koeln.de\/ait\/content\/e183\/e893\/index_ger.html\">Research Center COSA (Computational Services in Automation)<\/a> at Cologne University of Applied Sciences (2008-2012)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/utopiae.eu\/bioma-2020\/\">BIOMA&#8217;2020 (Bioinspired Optimisation Methods and their Applications, Bruxelles)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"https:\/\/ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl\/\">PPSN&#8217;2020 (Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Leiden)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"https:\/\/gecco-2019.sigevo.org\">GECCO&#8217;2019 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Prague)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee &amp; workshop organizer <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.uni-paderborn.de\/eim-i-fg-huellermeier\/ecda2018\/\">ECDA&#8217;2018 (European Conference on Data Analysis, Paderborn)<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"https:\/\/bioma2018.sciencesconf.org\/\">BIOMA&#8217;2018 (Bioinspired Optimisation Methods and their Applications, Paris)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/gecco-2018.sigevo.org\">GECCO&#8217;2018 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Kyoto)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/gecco-2017.sigevo.org\">GECCO&#8217;2017 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Berlin)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee<span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/gecco-2016.sigevo.org\">GECCO&#8217;2016 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Denver, Colorado)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigevo.org\/gecco-2015\/\">GECCO&#8217;2015 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Madrid, Spain)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/skill.informatik.uni-leipzig.de\/blog\/skill2015\">SKILL&#8217;2015 (Studierendenkonferenz Informatik, Cottbus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the dissertation (PhD) committee<span style=\"font-size: 14px\">: Universiteit Leiden (Patrick Koch, 2013)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/gfkl2013.lu\/\">ECDA&#8217;2013 (European Conference on Data Analysis, Luxembourg)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/home.agh.edu.pl\/%7Eppsn\/\">PPSN&#8217;2010 (Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Krakau)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigevo.org\/gecco-2009\/\">GECCO&#8217;2009 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Montreal, Canada)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the program committee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppsn2008.org\/\">PPSN&#8217;2008 (Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Dortmund)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for several scientific institutions: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Munich University of Applied Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for leading international journals: <span style=\"font-size: 14px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ees.elsevier.com\/asoc\/\">Applied Soft Computing (ASOC)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7782673\">IEEE Transactions on Games (ToG)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4804728\">IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games (TCIAIG)<\/a>, IEEE TNNLS, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/neural-networks\/\">Neural Networks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/medicine\/radiology\/journal\/11548\">International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/theoretical-computer-science\/\"> Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Memberships and Functions at TH K\u00f6ln<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.th-koeln.de\/informatik-und-ingenieurwissenschaften\/institut-fuer-informatik_29538.php\">Cologne Institute of Computer Science<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> (since 2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Head of appointment committee &#8222;Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)&#8220; (2020\/21)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the gender equality committee at TH K\u00f6ln (2017 &#8211; 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Laboratory head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mathserv.inf.fh-koeln.de\/\">Mathematics laboratory at the Cologne Institute of Computer Science<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> (since 2006)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/go\/festo\">Festo-Bildungsfonds representative<\/a> at Faculty 10, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (2010 &#8211; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Head of appointment committee &#8222;Applied Mathematics&#8220; (2013\/14)<\/li>\n<li>Head of appointment committee &#8222;Mathematics and Applied Computer Science&#8220; (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant head of appointment committee &#8222;Applied Mathematics&#8220; (2005\/06)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the faculty council at Faculty 10, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (2006 &#8211; 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Hobbies &#8211; Jazz<\/h3>\n<p>(one of the hobbies I deeply like to pursue, if time permits&#8230;\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\ud83d\ude42<\/span> )<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2023.pdf\"><strong>Saturday, 17. Juni 2023: 6. WZK (WohnZimmerKonzert), Bochum, KTTK-Quartett (K\u00fchn-Theurer-Theurer-Konen-Quartett with Milan K\u00fchn (ts), Janis Theurer (b), Martin Theurer (dr), Wolfgang Konen (p), compositions by Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Milan K\u00fchn, Martin Theuer u.a.m.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\">Saturday, 12. Oct. 2019: 5. WZK (WohnZimmerKonzert), Bochum, Wolfgang Konen Quartett &#8222;Tetra-Pack&#8220; feat. Kalle Giese (voc), Helmut B\u00f6ttcher (p), Martin Theurer (dr), Wolfgang Konen (p). Compositions by Chick Corea, John Lennon, Tim Richards, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson u.a.m.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturday, 29. Sep. 2017: 4. WZK (WohnZimmerKonzert), Bochum, Wolfgang Konen Trio feat. Kalle Giese (voc), compositions by Thelonius Monk, Mongo Santamaria, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery and others<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>two pieces for listening under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/sb8xmn0ibyu0xxo\/AACnHEi3XPv7oLW4-P861NEFa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>this link<\/strong><\/a> in my dropbox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 18. Oct. 2015, 18 Uhr: Concert in &#8222;Haus Witten&#8220;, compositions by Herbie Hancock et al.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_summertime_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday, 29. Sep. 2013: \u201eSummertime in Autumn\u201c, Lutherhaus, with Saskia Bordemann (<span class=\"SpellE\">voc<\/span>), Fabian Siebold (<span class=\"SpellE\">dr<\/span>) &amp; Wolfgang Konen (p)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturday, 29. Oct. 2011: 3. WZK, Bochum, Wolfgang Konen Trio feat. Uwe Kranz (g), compositions by Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea &amp; Wes Montgomery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittejazz.de\/?m=20100926&amp;cat=3\">Sunday, 26. Sep. 2010: &#8222;Jazz meets Lukas&#8220; mit Marcus Brinkmann (b), Sigi K\u00fchn (voc), Wolfgang Konen (p)<\/a>, percussive classics &amp; jazz<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday, 26. June 2010<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: 2. WZK, Bochum, Wolfgang Konen Trio feat Leonardo Vargas (pos), compositions by Paul Desmond, Chick Corea und Antonio Jobim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittejazz.de\/2010\/04\/vocalisen-oder-wem-gesang-gegeben-die-zweite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday, 11. April 2010<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittejazz.de\/2010\/04\/vocalisen-oder-wem-gesang-gegeben-die-zweite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: &#8222;Vocalisen &#8211; Wem Gesang gegeben&#8220; with Denise Rekowski &amp; Wolfgang Konen Trio, Almuth Keller &amp; Stefan Mross Trio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday, 21. June 2009<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/prgr_WZK-2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: 1. WZK, Bochum, Wolfgang Konen Trio, compositions by Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Antonio Jobim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allestheurer.de\/pages\/1.Seite%20Jazzlabor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday, 9. Dec. 2008<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allestheurer.de\/pages\/1.Seite%20Jazzlabor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: &#8222;Full House!&#8220; Big Band, public rehearsal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/Jazz%20Labor%20Fly1_08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday, 4. May 2008<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.fh-koeln.de\/%7Ekonen\/Publikationen\/Jazz%20Labor%20Fly1_08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: JazzLabor Witten, with Wolfgang Konen Trio, compositions by Wayne Shorter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Publications Long CV (PDF) Research interests Teaching ( current \/ past ) Short CV born 1962 in D\u00fcsseldorf. Abitura 1980. Dipl.-Phys., University Mainz, 1986. Guest scientist at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1989. Dr. rer.nat., University Mainz, Physics and Mathematics, 1990. 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