Gabriele Kotsis facts for kids
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Gabriele Kotsis
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Gabriele Kotsis in 2014
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| Born | 29 October 1967 Vienna, Austria
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| Citizenship | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (MSc, PhD) |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| Thesis | Workload Modeling for Parallel Processing (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Günter Haring |
Gabriele Kotsis (born October 29, 1967) is an amazing Austrian computer scientist. She is a full professor of computer science at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria. She leads the Department of Telecommunication and the Cooperative Information Systems division. She has also served as a vice-rector for Research and the Advancement of Women. She is a respected member and former president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Early Life and Education
Gabriele Kotsis studied at the University of Vienna. She earned her master's degree in business informatics between 1986 and 1991. Later, she completed her PhD studies in social and economic sciences from 1992 to 1995. She finished both degrees with special honors.
In 2000, she completed her "habilitation" in Informatics at the University of Vienna. This is a special qualification needed to become a professor in some European countries.
Gabriele Kotsis received early recognition for her work.
- Her master's thesis, about how computers connect and send information, won an award.
- Her PhD paper, which looked at how much work parallel computer systems do, won the famous Heinz Zemanek Award in 1996.
Career and Research
Even while she was studying for her PhD, Gabriele Kotsis worked as a university assistant. This was at the Department of Applied Informatics and Information Systems at the University of Vienna. She worked there from 1991 to 2001.
She also taught as a guest professor at other universities.
- From 2001 to 2002, she taught at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
- In 2002, she was a guest professor at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.
- She also taught at JKU before becoming a full professor of informatics there.
In 2002, she helped start a group for computer science professors. This group was part of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG). She was the first female president of the OCG from 2003 to 2007. She also helps with the OCG Book Series and a group for female IT professors called Fem-IT.
From 2007 to 2015, she was the vice-rector for Research at JKU. In this role, she helped create plans for research and development. She also worked with national and international groups and helped set up partnerships.
Since 2016, Gabriele has represented JKU in the ASEA-UNINET. This network helps universities in Europe and Southeast Asia work together. She was elected president of ASEA-UNINET from February 2019 to July 2020.
Gabriele Kotsis is a founding member of the ACM Europe Council. The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is a very important group for computer scientists. She was part of the council from 2008 to 2016. In 2014, she became an ACM Distinguished Member. This was for her work on understanding how parallel and distributed computer systems handle tasks. It was also for helping to start ACM Europe. In 2016, she received an award for her work on the ACM WomEncourage conference series. This conference helps encourage women in computing. From July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, she served as the President of ACM.
She is also a member of:
- The Austrian Center for Parallel Computation (ACPC).
- The Austrian Computer Society (OCG).
- She is a Distinguished Scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Honors and Awards
Gabriele Kotsis has received many awards and honors for her work:
- 2020 – Became President of the ACM.
- 2016 – Joined the Board of Trustees for the University of Klagenfurt.
- 2016 – Received an ACM Recognition of Service Award. This was for her contributions to ACM and for chairing the WomEncourage 2016 conference.
- 2016 – Won the IFIP EGOV-ePart 2016 Meritorious Paper Award. This was for her paper on how computers can understand politics.
- 2015 – Received the Emerald Highly Commended Paper Award.
- 2014 – Named an ACM Distinguished Scientist.
- 2013 – Won the iiWAS Best Short Paper Award.
- 2009 – Received the iiWAS Decennial Award. This was for her great scientific, teaching, and organizational work.
- 2006 (September) – Named "Expert of the Month" by a government ministry.
- 2000 – Won the OPNET / Mil3 Distinguished Paper Award.
- 1996 – Received the Heinz Zemanek-Preis. This is an Austrian Computer Society Award for excellent computer science publications.
- 1992 – Won the OCG-Förderpreis. This is an Austrian Computer Society Award for master's theses.
See also
In Spanish: Gabriele Kotsis para niños
