Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck is an IBM Distinguished Engineer. Prior to joining IBM in the year 1987, he was a professor for mathematics at the university of Bielefeld, Germany. His fields of research include information theory, combinatorics, optimization, management theory. His theory of identification (invented with R. Ahlswede) won the 1990 IEEE Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society. Gunter Dueck worked for several years at the IBM Scientific Center as a researcher in optimisation and he managed an upcoming business in this field. He founded the Business Intelligence Services (Data Warehouses, Data Mining) for IBM Central Europe. Currently, he is working on strategy and cultural change of IBM Global Services.
Gunter Dueck is an IEEE Fellow, a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and a member of the board of the DMV (German Society of Mathematicians). He authored some satirical-philosophical books on humans, management and life (Wild Duck, E-Man, Omnisophie, Supramanie, Topothesie – on humane keeping of humans). No blood – no brain: Recently, he published the novel Ankhaba, where vampires discover the meaning of life. The book Lean Brain Management – Success and more Efficiency by Zero-Intelligence was celebrated as “Management Book of the year 2006” by the Financial Times Germany and getAbstract. His recent book Abschied vom Homo Oeconomicus deals with the unreason of academic and practical economics.