Kurt Englmeier

Prof. Kurt Englmeier is a Professor of Business Information Systems at the Faculty of Computer Science, Hochschule Schmalkalden. He specializes in Information Architectures, Text Mining, and Enterprise Information Integration. His teaching focuses on topics like Blockchain, Human-Computer Interaction, and Project Management. Englmeier holds a Diplom from Universität Regensburg (1987) and a PhD from Hochschule St. Gallen (1993). He previously held a professorship in Business Informatics at Universidad de Talca, Chile (1999–2000 and 2004).

Research & Awards: His research includes managing EU projects such as IRAIA (FP5-IST), eStage, and WS-Talk (FP7). He is an ACM Senior Member and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Recent work addresses hate speech detection, fake news mitigation, and context-aware retrieval systems.

Grants & Projects: Led diverse EU-funded initiatives focusing on information systems and user-centric technologies. His contributions span collaborative projects like the IRAIA initiative (1999–2002) and eStage (2001–2002), emphasizing practical applications of information integration frameworks.

Labs & Teams: Engaged in interdisciplinary teams developing systems like Contexter for fake news detection and Aspect Blueprint tools for text analysis. His work bridges theoretical research with real-world enterprise solutions.