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Activities and Research Interests
- Social Computing.
- Investigation of open Web communities.
- Using network analysis to examine social and information networks.
- Applying text and data mining on network structures.
- Community building in free/libre and open source software development projects.
- Mining software repositories.
- Visual analytics.
- Software Engineering.
- Process oriented Knowledge Management, especially modeling techiques such as Knowledge Management Description Language (KMDL)
- Member of research group "Open Knowledge Models".
- Project manager of the free network mining software SONIVIS.
Academic Degrees
- Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Department of Computer Science, University of Potsdam.
PhD thesis: “Graph theoretical analysis of wiki-based networks for self-organized knowledge management“ (in German) April 2008, Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau, Prof. Dr. Helmut Krcmar, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tiziana Margaria-Steffen. - Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Berlin.
Main subjects: telecommunication networks, business information systems.
Diploma thesis: “XML-based and SCORM-compliant standardization and modularization for sustainable and reusable content objects“ (in German), March 2004, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hermann Krallmann.
Academic Positions
- Research Associate at the research group “Open Knowledge Models“, Institute of Information Technology Services (IITS), Department for Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, University of Stuttgart, Germany, June 2008 – present.
- Project Manager of open-source project SONIVIS, April 2008 – present.
- Research Associate at the research group “Corporate Knowledge Management“, Institute of Computer Science, Group of Business Information System and Electronic Government, University of Potsdam, Germany, Mai 2004 – May 2008.
- Research Assistant at the research group “E‑Learning and Integrated Knowledge Management”, Institute of Computer Science, Group of Systems Analysis and IT, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, March 2003 – April 2004.
- Working Student, Department of Information and Communication Networks (ICN), Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany, September 1998 – August 2001.
Program Committee Memberships
- International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2009), Hong Kong, China, December 3-4, 2009.
- European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2009, Workshop on “SemWiki – The Wiki Way of Semantics”, “Scripting for the Semantic Web”, 2009.
- K-CAP 2009 - "The Fifth International Conference on Knowledge Capture" is sponsored by ACM SIGART and held in cooperation with AAAI, Redondo Beach, California, 2009.
- ACM Hypertext 2009 “Linking people, resources and annotations”, 2009.
- Conference on Professional Knowledge Management, Workshop on “Corporate Web 2.0: Knowledge networks and social software in companies”, “Knowledge Services & Mashups”, 2009.
- Professional Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM) 2009, Workshop on “Knowledge Networks: Discovering network structure and patterns using Social Network Analysis”, 2009.
- TRIPLE-I '08, International Workshop on “Knowledge Acquisition from the Social Web”, Special Track on “Knowledge Services”, 2008.
- European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2008, Workshop on “Scripting for the Semantic Web”,
“SemWiki – The Wiki Way of Semantics”, 2008. - European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2007, Workshop on “Bridging the Gap between Semantic Web and Web 2.0”, “Scripting for the Semantic Web”, 2007.
Reviews for Conferences
- AMCIS - American Conference on Information Systems, 2007/08.
- ECIS - European Conference on Information Systems, 2007/08/09.
- HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2007/08.
- ICIS - International Conference on Information Systems, 2007.
Reviews for Publishers
- Spinger (Textbook: Social Semantic Web), 2008.
- Special Issue on "Social Networking through ICTS" Journal of Information Technology, 2009.
Editorship
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence (JETWI).
Organization /Chairing of Workshops
- Co-Chair, Conference on “Social Semantic Web (CSSW)“, SABRE - Software, Agents and Services for Business, Research, and E-Sciences 2007, Leipzig, Germany, 2007.
- Co-Chair, Workshop on “Collaborative Knowledge Management“, 4th Conference Professional Knowledge Management, 2007, Potsdam, Germany, 2007.
- Member of Organizing Committee, 4th Conference Professional Knowledge Management, 2007, Potsdam, Germany, 2007.
- Co-Chair, Workshop on "Applying Social Software for Knowledge Management", 2nd International Symposium in Media Informatics - "Cow Paths: Agency in Social Software", Aachen, Germany, 2006.
- Chair, Workshop on “Formation of Social Networks in Social Software Applications“, INFORMATIK 2006, Dresden, Germany, 2006.
- Co-Chair, Workshop on “Modeling and Analysis of Knowledge Intensive Business Processes“, 3rd Conference Professional Knowledge Management, 2005, Kaiserlautern, Germany, 2005.
Teaching Experience
- 2008 - present, Co-Instructor, “Free/Libre Open Source Software Engineering”, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
- 2006 - 2008, Instructor, seminar “Online Communities, Knowledge Work and Web2.0“, University of Potsdam, Germany.
- 2007: Instructor, seminar “Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining and Network Analysis in virtual Knowledge Spaces”, University of Potsdam, Germany.
- 2005 - 2006: Instructor, seminar “Analysis and Design of IT-Systems” (in German), University of Potsdam, Germany.
- 2004 - 2008: Co-Instructor, lecture/tutorials “Business Process Management“ (in German), University of Potsdam, Germany.
Student (Co-)Advising
- Present: Master thesis Computer Science, Christian Scharff “Community detection in Wiki-based social networks”
- Present: Master thesis Computer Science, Janette Lehmann “Revealing content-based relations in social and information networks from Wiki-based information spaces using text mining techniques” (in German)
- 2008: Master thesis Business Administration, Kerstin Hoffmann “Open Innovation – A change in the cardiac rhythm management market?”
- 2008: Master thesis Computer Science, Stefan Kröger “Analysis of dynamics in social networks using the example of MediaWiki-based collaboration networks”.
- 2008: Master thesis Computer Science, Anne Baumgraß “Statistical analysis of knowledge activities in Wiki-based networks” (in German).
- 2007: Master thesis Computer Science, Benedikt Meuthrath “Wiki-Mining to compare open open-source- and corporate networks” (in German).
- 2007: Master thesis Business Administration, Mareen Dräger “Incentive systems for social software” (in German).
- 2007: Master thesis Business Administration, Michael Stoffer “Knowledge Management in spatial and temporal distributed project teams” (in German).
- 2006: Master thesis Business Administration, Katja Richter “Specification of a model for introducing Wikis in companies” (in German).
Memberships in Professional Associations
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), 2006 - present.
- International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) 2006 - present.
- Free Software Foundation (FSF), 2009 - present.
- Association of Informatics (GI), 2005 - present.
Service
- Equal opportunity commissioner, Department for Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, University of Stuttgart, 2008-present.
- Femtec – Carrier Center for Women in Engineering and Natural Science. Invited speaker in workshops to attract young females to the field of computer science, Berlin, 2005-2007.
Academic Honors
- Donated Multimedia Award 2004 of the University of Potsdam for a component-based E-Learning content production approach, 2004.
- Donated Erasmus-Scholarship for one year studies at the Dublin City University, 2001.
Invited Talks
- Müller, C.: "Interdependent evolution of social and information networks in Wikis"; Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Networked Information Systems (NBI), Berlin, Germany, February, 2009.
- Müller, C.: “Applying Social Network Analysis and explorative statistics on Wiki-based information spaces” (Slides), University of Tübingen, Department of Applied Cognitive Psychology and Media Psychology Workshop on “Collaborative knowledge building based on Wikis”, Tübingen, Germany, November 12/13, 2008.
- Müller, C.: “SONIVIS:Tool - Analysis of social information spaces”, Data and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) Colloquium, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, June 12, 2008.
- Müller, C.; Meuthrath, B.: “Wikis, users, activities...SONIVIS?”. Interview, Radio Fritz, Broadcast “Trackback” TRB 076: Wikis, Net-Testament, Cheatbots., Potsdam, Germany, May 10, 2008.
- Müller, C.: "Using Social Network Analysis in Competence Management", Track 2: Social Software: Web 2.0 and Competences, Professional Training Facts 2007 Learning – Competence – Performance, November 13th and 14th, 2007.
Publications
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Books
Müller, C.: Graph theoretical analysis of wiki-based networks for self-organized knowledge management (in German). GITO-Verlag, Berlin, 2008, ISBN-10: 3940019372
Müller, C.; Gronau, N. (Eds.): Analysis of social networks and social software - Foundations and Application Examples (in German). GITO-Verlag, Berlin, 2007, ISBN: 978-3-940019-26-4.
Auer, S.; Bizer, C.; Müller, C.; Zhdanova, A. V. (Eds.): The Social Semantic Web 2007. Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Social Semantic Web (CSSW). September 26–28, 2007, Leipzig, Germany. Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), ISBN: 978–3-88579–207-9, ISSN: 1617–5468.
Book Chapters
Müller, C.; Gronau, N.: Examination of virtual information spaces based on network analysis (in German). In. Back, A.; Gronau, N.; Tochtermann, K. (Eds.): Web2.0 in der Unternehmenspraxis. Olenbourg Verlag München, 2008, 256-266.
Müller, C.: Analysis of social information spaces to foster self-organized knowledge management (in German). In. Alpar, P.; Blaschke, S. (Eds.): Web2.0 - Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme. Vieweg+Teubner, Wiesbaden, 2008, 159-181.
Müller, C.: Analysis of knowledge communication in Wiki-based networks (in German). In. Zerfaß, A.; Welker, M.; Schmidt, J. (Eds.): Kommunikation, Partizipation und Wirkungen im Social Web. Herbert von Halem Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2008. 348-369.
Müller, C.: Social Network in corporate application systems (in German). In. Hein, F.-M. (Eds): Elektronische Unternehmenskultur. Frankfurt/Main: Deutscher Fachverlag. 2007. 250-257.
Müller, C.; Trier, M.; Herzog, M.: Process-Oriented Production of Learning Units for Sustainable E-Learning Offerings. In: Breitner, M.H.; Hoppe, G. (Eds.): E-Learning - Einsatzkonzepte und Geschäftsmodelle. Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2005, 331-348.
Journal Publications
Müller, C.; Meuthrath, B.; Baumgraß, A.: Analyzing Wiki-based networks to improve knowledge processes in organizations. Published in the Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2008, 526-545.
Müller, C.; Dibbern, P: Self-organized knowledge management in companies based on Wiki technology – a case study (in German). Hildebrand, K.; Hofmann, J. (Eds.): Social Software. HMD 252, dpunkt.verlag, Heidelberg 2006. 45-54.
Müller C.; Bahrs J.; Gronau, N.: Considering the Knowledge Factor in Agile Software Development. J.UCS Journal of Universal Computer Science Volume 0 Issue 2. 2005, 128-147.
Conference Publications
Müller, C.; Kröger, S.: Visualizing dynamics in virtual information spaces. Published in the Proceedings of Triple-I'08, Graz (Austria), 2008, 413-420.
Müller, C.; Gronau, N.; Lembcke, R.: Application of social network analysis in knowledge processes. Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Dublin (Ireland), 2008.
Müller, C.: SONIVIS: Social networks in virtual information spaces – a wiki-approach. Published in the Proceedings of SUNBELT XXVIII International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St.Pete (USA) 2008, 52-53.
Müller, C.; Meuthrath, B.: Analyzing Wiki-based networks to improve knowledge processes in organizations. Published in the Proceedings of Triple-I'07, Graz (Austria), 2007, 103-110.
Müller, C.: Analysis of Wiki-based networks to enhance corporate knowledge exchange processes (in German). To be published in the Proceedings of Conference on Networks (Netzwerktagung). Frankfurt/M. (Germany), 2007.
Müller, C.: Analysis of self-organization in Wikis (in German). Published in the Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium at the 8th International Conference on Business Informatics, Karlsruhe (Germany), 2007.
Müller, C.; Weber, E.: Gronau, N.: Requirements for an Integration of Methods analyzing Social Issues in Knowledge Organizations. Published in the Proceedings of the 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Acapulco (Mexico). 2006, 4049-4056
Müller, C.: Birn, L: Wikis for Collaborative Software Documentation. Published in the Proceedings of I-Know'06, Graz (Austria), 2006.
Bahrs, J; Müller, C.: Modeling and Analysis of Knowledge Intensive Business Processes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3782, Dec 2005, 243-247.
Müller, C., Bahrs, J., Gronau, N.: Evaluation of KMDL Models of Knowledge intensive Business Processes in the Area of Software Engineering. Published in the Proceedings of I-Know'05, Graz (Austria), 2005, 365-372.
Müller, C.; Trier, M.: A Procedural Model for the Production of reusable and standard-compliant E-Learning Offerings. Published in the Proceedings of Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik) 2005, Bamberg, 2005, 881-900.
Trier, M.; Müller, C.: Towards a systematic approach for capturing Knowledge-intensive Business Processes. Published in the Proceedings of PAKM 2004, Vienna (Austria), 2004, 239-250.
Gronau, N.; Müller, C.; Uslar, M.: The KMDL Knowledge Management Approach: Integrating Knowledge Conversions, Business Process Modeling, Skill Management and Knowledge Management Systems, Published in the Proceedings of PAKM 2004, Vienna (Austria), 2004, 1-10.
Trier, M.; Müller, C.; Herzog, M.: Efficient video production processes for component-based E-Learning contents (in German). Published in the Proceedings of Potsdamer Multimedia Conference, Potsdam (Germany), 2004. Donated Best Paper Award »Multimedia-Preis der Universität Potsdam«.
Müller, C.; Trier, M.; Herzog, M.: Process-oriented Production of Learning Units for sustainable E-Learning Offerings. Published in the Proceedings of ELWH, Hannover (Germany), 2004.
Miscellaneous
Batagelj, V.; Hoser, B.; Müller, C.; Staab, S., Stumme, G. (2008): The Evolution and Dynamics of Research Networks (08391 Group Summary). In: Alani, H.; Staab, S.; Stumme, G.: Social Web Communities. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Dagstuhl, Germany.