Larry Kerschberg

Computer Science professor Larry Kerschberg
Titles and Organizations

Professor, Department of Computer Science

Contact Information

Phone: 703-993-1661
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Nguyen Engineering Building
Room 4412
Mail Stop: 4A5
Email: kersch@gmu.edu

Personal Websites

Biography

Larry Kerschberg has taught at George Mason University since 1986 and was chair of the Department of Information and Software Engineering from 1989-1997. Kerschberg's current research interests include social networks, social semantic search, agent-based systems, semantic web, knowledge management, and intelligent information integration. He has over 40 years of experience in industry and academia and is the principal inventor of two patents related to intelligent semantic search. He is a founding editor-in-chief of Springer’s Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, which has been continuously published since 1992.

Research

2003 - 2007: Knowledge Sifter: Ontology-Based Search Over Corporate and Open Sources Using Agent-Based Web Services. Funded by USGS - National Imagery and Mapping Agency.

2003 - 2007: NIMADODKnowledge Sifter. Funded by the US Department of the Navy.

Research Interests

Decision Support Systems, Systems Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mobile Computing, Agent-Based Systems

Degrees

  • PhD, Engineering, Case Western University
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • BS, Engineering Science, Case Institute of TechnologyÂ