Wolfgang Bibel
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.

Knowledge in Information Technology

Abstract
The talk focuses on knowledge systems (also called knowledge-based -
or expert - systems), their technology, history, state of the art and
great potential in future Information Technology to the benefit of
humankind. Knowledge systems are qualitatively and conceptually quite
different from the familiar data processing systems. We argue that
coping with the complexity of our world and of the problems we are
facing (eg. the consequences of the ongoing climate change) will fall
short of success unless knowledge systems will play a much greater
role than they do today. Knowledge systems are also crucial in model
and theory formation of complex phenomena, a task which in the
sciences and humanities of our days has been somewhat neglected in
favor of just massively collecting data.