Janis Askolds Bubenko junior ( lv, Jānis Askolds Bubenko jaunākais; born 3 February 1935 in
Riga,
Latvia; died 15 January 2022 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer and Systems Science,
Royal Institute of Technology and
Stockholm University.
Biography
Born 1935 in Riga, Latvia, Bubenko fled with his family to Sweden at the end of World War II in 1944. He received his MSc in
civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
from the
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international leve ...
in
Gothenburg, Sweden in 1958, his Licentiate of Technology in
structural mechanics also from the Chalmers University of Technology in 1958. In 1973 he received his Ph.D. in
Information Systems
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...
from the
Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1973, and his
habilitation in 1974.
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extended CV, 2004. Accessed 12 July 2013
In 1961 Bubenko started his career as a manager in Univac Scandinavia, a branch of the U.S. computer company Univac. In 1965 he started as an assistant professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, where in 1969 he founded the research group Computer Aided Design of Information Systems (CADIS). From 1977 to 1981 he was a professor of Computer and Systems Sciences at
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...
and Chalmers University of Technology, and from 1981 to 2000 professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and University of Stockholm.
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Accessed 12 July 2013.
Bubenko has chaired multiple Information Systems conferences since the late 1970s. He is member of
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, and the
International Federation for Information Processing
The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing.
Established in 196 ...
(IFIP) Working Group 8.1.
Publications
Bubenko authored and co-authored more than 140 articles, and seven textbooks in the fields of "Information Systems Development Methods, Performance Analysis of Data Processing Systems, Operating Systems, and Conceptual Modelling Methods".
Accessed 12 July 2013Sjaak Brinkkemper
Jacobus Nicolaas (Sjaak) Brinkkemper (born Monnickendam, 18 January 1958) is a Dutch computer scientist, and Full Professor of organisation and information at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences of Utrecht University.
Biography
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, Eva Lindencrona and Arne Sølvberg.
* 2003. ''Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (1st : 2003 : Trondheim, Norway) History of Nordic computing : IFIP WG9.7 First Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (HiNC1), June 16–18, 2003, Trondheim, Norway''. Edited with Arne Sølvberg and John Impagliazzo.
Articles, a selection:
* 2007. "From Information Algebra to Enterprise Modelling and Ontologies - a Historical Perspective on Modelling for Information Systems". In: ''Conceptual Modelling in Information Systems Engineering''. John Krogstie
John Krogstie (born 23 May 1967) is a Norwegian computer scientist, professor in information systems at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, and an expert in the field of enterprise modelling.
Biograp ...
et al. eds. pp 1–18
References
External links
Janis A. Bubenko jr
at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm
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1935 births
Living people
Information systems researchers
Swedish computer scientists
Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology alumni
Latvian emigrants to Sweden
Latvian World War II refugees