Univ.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael Heiss

Siemens AG Austria
Siemens IT Solutions and Services SDE KIT
Gudrunstr.11
A-1101 Vienna, Austria, Europe

Fax: +43-5-1707-56591
Phone: +43-5-1707-46560
email: michael *dot* heiss *at* siemens *dot* com (no spam, please)

and

Automation and Control Institute at the
University of Technology Vienna, Austria
email: m *dot* heiss *at* ieee *dot* org (no spam, please)

CV:

July 11, 1963 born in Salzburg, Austria
since 1992 married, children 1993 and 1995

EDUCATION

1986: Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Technology Vienna
1989: PhD in Electrical Engineering at the same University, both Summa cum laude.
1991: Project Management Course at Harvard University
1995: Habilitation (Venia docendi) for Control Engineering at the University of Technology Vienna.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986-1990: Voest Alpine Automotive (today: BOSCH), research and development in the field of electronic diesel engine control.
1990-1991: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), visiting scientist.
1991-1995: University of Technology Vienna, project leader for a learning control project, lecturer.
1996-1998: Siemens AG Austria, PSE NLT2,
Head of the New Technologies group ECANSE, project manager, consultant, lecturer.
1998-2005: Siemens AG Austria, Head of PSE I,
Vice President for Technology Management at Siemens PSE.
2007-2009: Siemens AG, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Head of PTM KIT,
Vice President for Knowledge, Innovation, and Technology (globally)

Current Positions:

Since 2006: Siemens AG Austria, Head of SIS SDE KIT (former PSE KIT)
Vice President for Knowledge, Innovation, and Technology
Since 2009: Project Lead of the Siemens-wide global knowledge networking initiative.
since 1995: Univ.-Doz. (Assoc. Prof.) at the University of Technology Vienna.

Main Responsibilities:

Knowledge Networking with TechForum, TechnoWeb and Learning Network,
Research Cooperations and Innovation Network,
Idea Management,
Innovation Culture and Communication,
Customer Advisory Boards (CAB)
Innovation Program Management,
Intellectual Property Rights Management,
Innovation Analysts
Support Centers,
Technology Radar,
Initiatives/Projects/Events on Focus Topics.

SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS

Vice-Chair of the IEEE Technology Management Council, Chapter Central Europe (since 2006).
Member of the IFAC-Beirat Austria (since 2000)
Member of the Advisory Board of the Knowledge Management Academy (since 2002)
Delegate at the Information Technology Beirat of the Austrian Institute of Technology AIT (former Austrian Research Centers ARCS) (since 1998)
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International Computer Science Conventions, Canada (1997-2001).
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Natural and Artificial Intelligence Systems Organization (NAISO) Canada (since 2000).
Member of the Advisory Board of the International Conference on Knowledge Management ICKM 07.
Session Chairman at ACC'92 Chicago, CCA'94 Glasgow, ISFL'95 Zurich, ACC'95 Seattle, ICANNGA'97 Norwich, UK, NC'98 Vienna.
Session Organizer at CCA'94 Glasgow, INFORMATIK 2001, Vienna.
Member of the International Programme Committee: ISFL'97 Zurich, ICANNGA'97 Norwich, UK, EIS'98 Tenrife, Spain, AIII'98 Kosice, SK, NC'98 Vienna, ISFL'99 Rochester, NC 2000 Berlin, CI 2000 Sydney, EIS 2000 Paisly, Scotland, NF 2002 Habana, Cuba, EIS 2002 Malaga, Spain.
General Chairman of the Int. Symp. on Neural Networks NC'98 in Vienna.
Chair of the Steering Committe for NC'2000 in Berlin.
Associate Node of the European NEuroNet.
Reviewer for various journals and conferences.

LECTURES

1993-2005: Lecture "Kennfeldbasierte Regelung" University of Technology Vienna
1992/93: Lecture "Applied Nonlinear Control", University of Technology Vienna
Since 1995: "Privatissimum für Dissertanten", University of Technology Vienna
Since 1995: "Diplomandenseminar", University of Technology Vienna
2001-2007: Lecture "Knowledge Management in Software Industry", Danube University Krems
Since 2003: Lecture "Effective Management and Teamwork" together with Prok. Scholz, Prok. Siebenhofer, University Klagenfurt.
Since 2003: Lecture "Knowledge Networking", Knowledge Management Academy (KM A).
2005-2006: "Regelungstechnik Vertiefung" University of Technology Vienna
Since 2005: "Prozesstechnik Vertiefung" University of Technology Vienna

TALKS

2008: Invited talk at the Front End of Innovation Europe (FEI), Vienna: „Balanced Innovation Management and its Global Implementation“.
2009: Opening Keynote at the IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2009) in Limerick: "Mastering the Current Global Software Development Challenges".
2009: Keynote at the 20th Conference of the International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM 2009) in Vienna: "Innovation in an Enterprise 2.0".
2009: Invited talk at the MIT-Europe Conference of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Vienna: "Management of Complexity in System Design of Large IT Solutions"
2009: Invited talk at the E.N.G. Executive Briefing Summit in Madrid
2009: invited talk at the marcus evans Conference "Innovation Excellence" in Berlin about "Innovation in an Enterprise 2.0"
2010: Opening Keynote at the Post Merger Integration Expert Forum in Hamburg: “Is the post merger integration in an Enterprise 2.0 more effective?“
2010: invited talk KGS Global Summit "Enterprise 2.0: Rip or RoI?", Amsterdam: "Social media and ROI: use-cases are more compelling than Excel sheets".
2010: invited talk Learning Organization 2.0. St. Virgil, Salzburg.

2010: invited talk "How to create a knowledge sharing culture" Agenda Wissen, Vienna

and many invited talks:
e.g.: University Darmstadt 1994, Siemens Corporate Technology 1994, University Paderborn 1995, University Erlangen 1996, University Klagenfurt 1997, HTL Pinkafeld and HTL St.Pölten 1996-2000, Österreichisches Controller Institut (ÖCI) 2001, Management Live 2001, Profaktor 2002, VÖSI 2005, BWK 2005, ÖFG 2006, pma 2006, ITEA 2007...

AWARDS

1992: Eugen-Hartmann-Award 1990-1992 from VDI/VDE for the most important work within 3 years in the field of measurement, automation and control technology.
1988: Austrian Innovation Award for young scientists, 1988.
1984: Prize for the best PhD-thesis in the field of Automotive Engineering.
1989: Erwin Schrödinger Scholarship.
1995: Best Presentation Award, American Control Conference (ACC'95), Session: RBF-Networks.
1979, 1980: 15th and 10th Prize at the Philips European Contest Austria.
1979-1989: various photographic awards, e.g. gold medal, Pardubice 1987.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

since 1987: I.E.E.E. (Senior Member since 1999) and co-chair of the Technology Management Council, Chapter Central Europe since 2007
since 1985: ÖVE
1989-2002: VDE
since 1985: Techniker Cercle Wien
1994: New York Academy of Sciences
since 1990: International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Member of the "IFAC-Beirat" Austria
1995-2003: Wissenschaftforum - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

NETWORKING

since 2006: LinkedIn (Michael Heiss)
since 2006: Xing (Michael Heiss)
since 2006: Flickr (Michael Heiss) Photo Sharing
since 2007: Visualization Group at Flickr Photo Sharing - Group Moderation
since 2008: twitter (Michael Heiss) Microblogging
since 2008: Slideshare (Michael Heiss) Powerpoint Slide Sharing
since 2008: Yasni (Michael Heiss) Link Collection

PATENTS

Heiss, M.: Positionsgeber. German Patent DE 3832929, September 1988.
Heiss, M. and Dittrich, W.: Verfahren zum Steuern und Regeln einer Brennkraftmaschine. German Patent DE 3912604 (European Patent 0394216), April 1989.
Heiss, M., Augesky, Ch., Seibt, A., and Bittinger, W.: Einrichtung zum Steuern und Regeln einer Dieselbrennkraftmaschine. German Patent DE 3906083 (European Patent 0385969), Februar 1989.
Augesky, Ch. and Heiss, M.: Einrichtung zum Steuern und Regeln einer Brennkraftmaschine eines Fahrzeuges. German Patent DE 3822582 (European Patent 0353217), Juli 1988.
Augesky, Ch. and Heiss, M.: Verfahren zum Steuern und Regeln einer Brennkraftmaschine eines Fahrzeuges. German Patent DE 3822583 (European Patent 0353216), Juli 1988.
Augesky, Ch., Heiss, M., Höfinger, R., Bayer, R., and Forster, F.: Verfahren zum Steuern und Regeln einer Brennkraftmaschine eines Fahrzeuges. German Patent DE 3808819 (European Patent 0333701), März 1988.
Höfinger, R., Augesky, Ch., and Heiss, M.: Verfahren zum Steuern und Regeln der Brennkraftmaschine eines Fahrzeuges. German Patent DE 3808820 (European Patent 0353216), März 1988.

BOOKS

Heiss, M., Ed.: Proceedings of the International ICSC/IFAC Symposium on Neural Computation. ICSC Academic Press, Canada/Schweiz, 1998. 1029 pages, ISBN: 3-906454-15-0.
Heiss, M., Ed.: Proceedings of the International ICSC/IFAC Symposium on Neural Computation. ICSC Academic Press, Canada/Schweiz, 1998. CDROM, ISBN: 3-906454-14-2.

GUEST EDITORIALS / PREFACES

Fukushima, K., Heiss, M., Kurfess, F.J., Guest Editors: Neurocomputing, Vol.31, Elsevier, Amsterdam, March 2000. ISSN: 0925-2312.
Heiss, M.: “Wissen braucht Dünger, Licht und Kommunikation”. Preface to Pircher, R. (ed.): Wissensmanagement, Wissenstransfer, Wissensnetzwerke. Publicis Publishing, Erlangen 2010. ISBN: 978-3-89578-360-9.

PUBLICATIONS

Lasser, S., Heiss M.: Collaboration Maturity and the Offshoring Cost Barrier: The Trade-Off between Flexibility in Team Composition and Cross-Site Communication Effort in Geographically Distributed Development Projects. Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2005); ISBN: 0-7803-9028-8, Limerick, Ireland, 10-13 July 2005, Thread: Engineering Management, pp. 718-728.
Daniela Damian, Sabrina Marczak, Madalina Dascalu, Michael Heiss, Adrian Liche: Using Real-Time Conferencing Tools to Leverage the Collaborative Potential of Global Teams: An Experience Report from Siemens IT Solutions and Services. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2009), Limerick Ireland, 2009.
Glatz, G., Ackerlauer, H., Heiss, M., and Damian D.: Impact of knowledge networking and organizational learning on the performance of organizations. Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference IEMC 2007, Texas, USA.
Wölbitsch, M., Heiss, M., Mühlbacher, J.: Auswirkungen der virtuellen Wissensvernetzung auf die Post-Merger Integration - Fallstudie der integrativen Wirkung in einer außergewöhnlichen Unternehmenssituation. Buchbeitrag in "Geteiltes Wissen ist doppeltes Wissen!" M. Bentele, R. Hochreiter, H. Krcmar, M. Weber (Hrsg.), KnowTech 2009, ISBN 978-3-7723-1470-4, pp. 671-679.
Käfer, G., Heiss, M.: Wissensnetze als Basis für Enterprise 2.0 - Ein Erfahrungsbericht der Siemens AG aus 10 Jahren Wissensvernetzung als Basis für die Einführung von Enterprise 2.0. Buchbeitrag in "Geteiltes Wissen ist doppeltes Wissen!" M. Bentele, R. Hochreiter, H. Krcmar, M. Weber (Hrsg.), KnowTech 2009, ISBN 978-3-7723-1470-4, pp. 201-205
Mikulovic, V.; Heiss, M.; Herbsleb, J.D.: Practices and Supporting Structures for Mature Inquiry Culture in Distributed Software Development Projects. Proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, 2006. ICGSE '06. Oct. 2006, pp.245 - 246
Mikulovic, V., and Heiss, M.: "How do I know what I have to do?" - The Role of the Inquiry Culture in Requirements Communication for Distributed Software Development Projects. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering ICSE 2006, Shanghai, China, May 20-28, 2006.
Heiss, M., Stöckl, S., and Hausknotz C.: The Bottom-Up/Top-Down-Pattern: An Organizational Pattern for a Balanced Management System. Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC 2004), Singapure, October 2004.
Heiss, M. and Jankowsky, J.: The Technology Tree Concept - an Evolutionary Approach to Technology Management in a Rapidly Changing Market. Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC 2001), Albany, N.Y., Oktober 7-9, 2001, ISBN 0-7803-7260-3, pp. 37-43.
Kubasa, G. and Heiss, M.: Distributed Face-to-Face Communication in Bottom-up Driven Technology Management - A Model for Optimizing Communication Topologies. Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC 2002), Cambridge U.K., August 19-20, 2002, ISBN 0-7803-7385-5, pp. 234-238.
Ackerlauer, H. Heiss, M.: Breeding Technologies Within Expert Networks as a Balanced Technology Management Method. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 2006, VOL 3; pp. 245-252, WSEAS Press, Greece 2006. ISSN 1109-9526
Heiss, M. and Ackerlauer H.: Ausbrüten von Technologien. Insight 2/2006, pp. 34-36.
Heiss, M.: Universitäre Ausbildung unter den Ansprüchen von Bildung und Employability. Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft, 10.3.2006 Baden bei Wien, pp.1-13.
Heiss M.: "Aufbau einer Wissensvernetzungs-Kultur: Praktische Erfahrungen im Überwinden der Barrieren" in Wissens- und Innovationsmanagement, Ch. Kendlbacher Ed., Profactor, Steyr 2002, 16 Seiten, ISBN: 3-902087-11-0.
Heiss, M.: Lernen niedrigdimensionaler Kennfelder (German, English). Habilitationsschrift an der Technischen Universität Wien, Mai 1995.
Heiss, M.: Online learning or tracking of disrete input-output maps. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 27A(5): 657-668, Sept. 1997.
Heiss, M. : Error-minimizing dead-zone for basis function networks. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 7(6):1503-1505, 1996.
Hofbauer, A. and Heiss, M.: Divergence effects for online adaptation of membership functions. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 4(1): 39-52, 1998.
Heiss, M. and Kampl, S.: Double-Exponential Sigmoidal Functions for Neural Networks. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e&i 114(7/8): 360-363, 1997.
Heiss, M. and Kampl, S.: Multiplication-free radial basis function network. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 7(6):1461-1464, November 1996.
Halper, Ch., Heiss, M., and Brasseur, G.: Digital-to-analog conversion by pulse-count modulation methods. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, 45(4):805-814, August 1996.
Heiss, M.: Reinforcement learning or tracking of input-output maps. in Applied Artificial Intelligence, 8(4):483-496, 1994.
Heiss, M.: Inverse passive learning of an input-output map through update-spline-smoothing. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 39(2):259-268, February 1994.
Heiss, M.: Error-detecting unit-distance code. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, 39(5):730-734, 1990.
Heiss, M.: Kennfelder in der Regelungstechnik. Automatisierungstechnik at, 43(8):363-367, 1995.
Leichtfried, J. and Heiss, M.: Ein kennfeldorientiertes Konzept für Fuzzy-Regler. Automatisierungstechnik at, 43(1):31-40, 1995.
Heiss, M., Heiss, D., and Kampl, S.: Lernen linear interpolierter Kennlinien. Automatisierungstechnik at, 42(11):497-506, 1994.
Heiss, M.: Pulsanzahlmodulator statt Pulsbreitenmodulator zur Verbesserung der Reglerdynamik. Automatisierungstechnik at, 41(11):428-432, 1993.
Heiss, M.: Regressionsparabelfilter und -Differenzierer. Automatisierungstechnik at, 37(12):468-470, 1989.
Heiss, M.: Schnelle Berechnung der "closed-loop"-übertragungsfunktion. Automatisierungstechnik at, 36(12):487-488, 1988.
Heiss, M.: Symmetrische Komponenten bei elastischen Begrenzungen. Automatisierungstechnik at, 35(8):334-335, 1987.
Hofbauer, A. and Heiss, M.: The origin of spikes during online adaptation of membership functions. International Journal Automation Austria, 4(1):1-14, 1996.
Leichtfried, J. and Heiss, M.: Fuzzy-Regler als glättender Regel-Interpolator. International Journal Automation Austria, 3(2):47-61, 1995.
Heiss, M.: Basisfunktionsnetzwerke als Grundlage zur Kennfeldinterpretation von neuronalen Netzen und Fuzzy-Reglern. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e & i, 112(7/8):345-353, 1995.
Heiss, M.: Monotonieerhaltende Glättungsverfahren und Monotonisierung. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e & i, 110(5):233-238, 1993.
Heiss, M.: L2-optimale Stützstellen für linear interpolierte Kennlinien. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e & i, 108(12):555-557, 1991.
Heiss, M.: Pseudo-logarithmisches Vergessen von Abtastwerten. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e & i, 108(4):149-151, 1991.
Heiss, M.: Adaption von Kennlinien in Echtzeit. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik e & i, 106(10):398-402, 1989.
Heiss, M.: Optimal dead-zone characteristic for minimizing the a-posteriori error in basis function networks (invited). In IEEE Conference on Decision on Control (CDC 96), pp. 476-477, Kobe, Japan, 1996.
Heiss, M.: Dead-Zone Adaptation vs. Overtraining Phenomenon for Basis Function Networks (invited). In Proc. of IMACS Symposium on Mathematical Modelling (MATHMOD'97), pp. 757-761, Vienna, 1997.
Hofbauer, A. and Heiss, M.: The origin of spikes during online adaptation of membership functions. In Proc. Int. Symp. on Fuzzy Logic (ISFL'95), pp. A10-17, ETH Zurich, May 1995. Academic Press.
Kampl, S. and Heiss, M.: Multiplication-free radial basis function network. In American Control Conference (ACC 95), pp. 3782-3785, Seattle, 1995. IEEE.
Heiss, M. and Leichtfried, J.: Selflearning fuzzy controller with smooth transfer characteristic and guaranteed convergence. In IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA 94), pp. 1251-1256, Glasgow, 1994.
Heiss, M.: Methods of learning or tracking passively an input-output map without neural networks. In Workshop notes: Real-World Applications of Machine Learning at the European Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 1-14, Wien, 1993.
Heiss, M.: Inverse passive learning of an input-output map through update-spline-smoothing. In American Control Conference (ACC 92), pp. 2320-2326, Chicago, 1992. IEEE.
Heiss, M.: Sind Regeln eines Fuzzy-Reglers nur Stützstellen im Ein-Ausgangskennfeld? In Informationstagung Mikroelektronik ME'95, pp. 3-8, Wien, 1995. öVE Schriftenreihe Nr. 8.
Heiss, M.: Lernen von Kennfeldern als Ma&szlignahme zur Verringerung der Umweltbelastung. In Informationstagung Mikroelektronik ME'93, pp. 195-201, Wien, 1993. öVE Schriftenreihe Nr. 5.
Heiss, M.: Berechnung von Leiterbahn-Induktivitäten. Elektronik, 37(18):103-104, 1988.
Heiss, M.: Instabile Betriebsarten der Pulsbreitenmodulation. Elektronik, 38(20):64-65, 1989.
Heiss, M. and Dittrich, W. Pulsanzahlmodulator als D/A-Umsetzer. Elektronik, 38(19):96-98, 1989.
Augesky, Ch. and Heiss, M.: Elektronische Gleichförmigkeitsregelung bei Dieselfahrzeugen. Elektronikschau, pp. 42-43, Juli 1990.

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