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I studied computer
science at the Technical
University Darmstadt, Germany. I finished Ph.D. 1997 at the Department
of Computer Science, Hamburg University, with Prof. Christiane Floyd as a
supervisor. Since April 1997, I have been working at the Blekinge Institute of
Technology. This fall (2003), I move to the IT-University in
Copenhagen. I will
be working 50% in Ronneby and 50% in Copenhagen. Where is
Yvonne?
However, I am still part of
UODDS
January 1999 my colleague Olle Lindeberg and I,
started up a small but ambitious research group: Use
Oriented Design and Developing of Software.
Use-orientation cuts across the sub-divisions of software
engineering. Process management has to allow for evolution and co-operation with users; architectures have to
support vertical and horizontal prototyping; requirements are under re-design throughout
the life cycle and so on. The product of software development, the processes that lead to
it and the context of use respectively its change and development have to be regarded
as interlaced domains of reality. Use oriented design has to take all three dimensions
into account.
To be able to develop relevant guidelines and methods, we focus our empirical research on the actual work practice of software
development. We use qualitative social science methods informed by ethnography and ethnomethodology. Cooperative Method Development uses empirical findings to adapt and further
develop methods together with practitioners. Under the heading 'Design for
Change', we look at methods, techniques and tools promoting the design of adaptable software that can be tailored to a developing work
practice. Tailorable software brings design to use. It challenges traditional ways to organise software development. We look
into approaches to flexibilise software processes to allow for a interlace of design
activities and use.
Beside that I am member of the Forum
InformatikerInnen für Frieden und Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung the
German sister organisation of the CPSR Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility .
And I am interested in Gender and Equality issues.
So far so good… The job might be most of the
life time, but it is not all… Or?
- Music. I love to
listen to music, classical, jazz, and a lot more. Copenhagn will be
wonderful
- Cooking for my friends. I definitely
like to have guests. Sometimes they have to stand my experiments. But most
of them come again :-)
- I am slowly renovating my house. It is
fun to spend halve a day here and there to improve things. I am taking it
slowly, not to spoil the enthusiasm. Yeah, and there is a garden as
well
- I read every kind of stuff, sometimes.
I am a declared fan of Peter Høeg. A great book about cultural differences
is 'Language Shock - Understanding the Culture of Conversation' from Mickael
Agar. I love thrillers as well. This years book: Etienne Wenger: Communities
of Practice. Learning, Meaning and Identity. Cambridge University Press 1998
- Even as I have a car now, I cycle - and
swim and hike and garden and am lazy outdoor.
(The photos shows me and my bike at Northcap, and the Nothcape itself :-)
Gosh, there is really a lot, when you start writing
about it.
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