Elgar Fleisch (born January 22, 1968, in

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) is an Austrian/Swiss Professor of

Information Information is an Abstraction, abstract concept that refers to something which has the power Communication, to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the Interpretation (philosophy), interpretation (perhaps Interpretation (log ...

and

Technology Management Technology management refers to the integrated planning, design, optimization, operation and control of technological products, processes and services, in order to manage of the use of technology for human advantage. It contains a number of manag ...

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

and the

University of St. Gallen The University of St. Gallen (HSG) is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, that specialises in business administration, economics, law, international affairs, and computer science. It was established in 1898. It consistent ...

. Besides his academic career, Elgar Fleisch is also locally known as a singer, songwriter and musician. He is part of the duo Fleisch & Fleisch and has recorded nine albums together with his brother Gerald.

Biography

Elgar Fleisch graduated 1987 in mechanical engineering at th
HTL Bregenz
studied information systems at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

, and received his PhD in 1993 in

Machine Learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of Computational statistics, statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalise to unseen data, and thus perform Task ( ...

. In 1994 he completed his postdoctoral studies at the Institute of

Information Management Information management (IM) is the appropriate and optimized capture, storage, retrieval, and use of information. It may be personal information management or organizational. Information management for organizations concerns a cycle of organiz ...

at the

(HSG) on enterprise networks. In 1996 Elgar Fleisch interrupted his postdoctoral research for one year and founded IMG Americas. In 2000, he became assistant professor at the

. Since 2002 Elgar has been full professor at the Institute of

at the

(ITEM-HSG). In 2004 he was also appointed to

, where he holds the Chair of

at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics. Elgar Fleisch spent his sabbaticals at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

and at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

. He is a co-founder of several spin-off and start-up companies as well as a member of the supervisory boards of Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, German

Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG, Bern, Switzerland and Uniqa Insurance Group, UNIQA Insurance Group AG, Vienna, Austria. Prof. Fleisch is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Gebert Rüf Foundation, Basel.

Research

Since 1999, Prof. Fleisch's research interest focused on the merger of the physical and digital worlds to an

Internet of Things Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks. The IoT encompasse ...

. Together with his team, he pursues the goal of understanding this fusion with a specific focus on technology, applications and implications. In addition, he aims to develop new

technologies and applications for the benefit of the economy and society. Prof. Fleisch has organized his research into several research laboratories, each spanning both universities and combining technology and social sciences. Most projects take place in close cooperation with industry. Elgar Fleisch and his team have published their results in over 500 scientific papers.

Publications

* ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elgar_Fleisch * Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=9CEJKM4AAAAJ

References

External links

Elgar Fleisch at ETH Zürich

Elgar Fleisch at University of St. Gallen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleisch, Elgar 1968 births Academic staff of ETH Zurich Living people Austrian business theorists Swiss business theorists Information systems researchers