Dr. Finkler is a graduate com­puter scientist (University of Saarbrücken). He was awarded a doctorate and researched at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI Saarbrücken) on the automated processing of natural language. Since 1998, Wolfgang Finkler has worked for the Deutsche Börse Systems AG, the IT subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. As senior expert he is responsible for the evaluation of new technologies, the exami­nation of their applicability in the environment of exchange systems and for the coaching of pro­jects. He conceived and implemented the in-house exchange Competitive Intelligence sys­tem EXOTIC that is now being operated under his supervision. Next to establishing this Com­petitive Intelligence service, he accompanies knowledge management activities. Wolfgang Finkler is an active member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) and of the "Gesellschaft für Wissensmanage­ment"

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ICI-29 Text Mining (DE)