Walter F. Tichy (born April 22, 1952, in

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) is a German computer scientist. He was professor of

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at the

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where he taught classes in

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until April 2022. He remains at KIT as a professor emeritus and has been teaching at Kutaisi International University in

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since September 2022. To the larger

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community he is best known as the initial developer of the

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system. However, he has also written highly cited works on

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, the

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, and

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.Google scholar profile
retrieved 2015-08-03.

References

External links

IPD Tichy - Prof. Dr. Walter F. Tichy
- Website at the university department
Articles by Walter F. Tichy

Walter F. Tichy - Kutaisi International University
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