department of informatics

Edy Portmann

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About: 

Web addicted, Human-Computer Information Retrieval Researcher and Soft Computing Prophet who likes to travel the world.

 

 

Contacts

Full Name: 
Dr. Edy Portmann
Current Position: 
Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley
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Research

Domains of Interest: 
  • Human–Computer Information Retrieval: contains aspects of both Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval
  • Mediamatics (Multimedia and Informatics): combines technologies, strategies and methodologies from Multimedia, Social Web, Semantic Web, Social Semantic Web, and Web of Things
  • Soft Computing: deals with imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth and approximation and this includes Fuzzy Systems, Computing with Words, and Collective Intelligence

...and this are likewise the contents of my PhD dissertation which can be downloaded here!

Education

Education: 

Publications

Activities

Memberships: 
  • ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
  • IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • SIGIR: Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval
  • WFSC: World Federation on Soft Computing
  • WoT: The Web of Things

Experience

Working Experience: 

Leisure

Hobbies: 
  • Culture: Food and Drink, Movies, Music and Art
  • Reading: Novels and Scientific Papers
  • Sports: Running, Biking, Snowboarding and Fitness
  • Traveling: Africa, America, Asia and Europe

History

Member for
1 year 19 weeks