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This book contains a selection of articles from The 2014 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST´14), held between the 15th and 18th of April in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, technological development and applications.
The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics and Information Technologies in Education.

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Prof. Dr. Karl Stroetmann arbeitete nach dem Studium der Mathematik, Elektrotechnik und Physik von 1987 bis zum Abschluss seiner Promotion 1991 als Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Münster. Anschließend war er elf Jahre als Wissenschaftler in der Corporate Technology der Firma Siemens tätig. Seit 2002 ist Karl Stroetmann Professor am Fachbereich Informationstechnik an der Berufsakademie Stuttgart.

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