Gustaf Neumann is an

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who is specialised in

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s. He is a

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and the chair of the Institute for Information Systems and New Media at the

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(WU Wien). Neumann is one of the authors of ''Wirtschaftsinformatik'', which is the bestseller book on Information Systems in German speaking countries with more than 500.000 copies.

Personal life

Gustaf Neumann is native of

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, born in 1958. His father, Gustaf Adolf Neumann, was an Austrian investigative journalist and newspaper editor.

Awards

* 1987 Heinz-Zemanek award of the Austrian Association of Computer Science (OCG) * 1988 Senator Wilhelm Wilfling Price * 2010 Tcl Community Service Award

Publications

Gustaf Neumann has published more than 200 books and papers in the areas of program transformation,

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, and information systems technology with a focus on e-learning applications. His book ''Wirtschaftsinformatik'' is one of the bestsellers in German Speaking countries.

References

External links

Personal Web-page at WU Wien

Institute for Information Systems and New Media

Vienna University of Economics and Business
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