Johann Gamper
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
Dominikanerplatz 3, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
email: gamper at inf dot unibz dot it
phone: +39-0471-016140
PostDoc/PhD position in spatio-temporal databases available! More information is here.

Publications

Journals

  1. J. Gordevicius, J. Gamper, M.H. Böhlen. Parsimonious temporal aggregation. The VLDB Journal. 2012.
  2. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, C. Dyreson, and J. Gamper. Windowed pq-Grams for Approximate Joins of Data-Centric XML. The VLDB Journal. 2012.
  3. I. Timko, M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper. Sequenced spatiotemporal aggregation for coarse query granularities. The VLDB Journal, 20(5): 721-741, 2011. [pdf]
  4. M. Akinde, M.H. Böhlen, D. Chatziantoniou, and J. Gamper. Theta-constrained multi-dimensional aggregation. Information Systems, 36(2): 341-358, 2011.
  5. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper. The pq-gram distance between ordered labeled trees. ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), 35(1):1-36, 2010. [pdf]
  6. M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper, and C.S. Jensen. An algebraic framework for temporal attribute characteristics. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 46: 249-374, 2006. [pdf]
  7. P. Brusilovsky, J. Knapp, and J. Gamper. Supporting Teachers as Content Authors in Intelligent Educational Systems. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2(3/4): 191-215, 2006. [pdf]
  8. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. A review of intelligent CALL systems. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 15(4):329-342, October 2002.
  9. J. Gamper and O. Stock. Corpus-based terminology. TERMINOLOGY, 5(2):147-159, 1998/1999.
  10. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Abstract temporal diagnosis in medical domains. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 10(3):209-234, 1997. [pdf]

Conference and Workshop Proceedings

  1. M. Kacimi and J. Gamper. Diversifying search results of controversial queries. In Proc. of the CIKM-11, pages 93-98, Glasgow, UK, October 24-28, 2011. [pdf]
  2. J. Gamper, M.H. Böhlen, W. Cometti, and M. Innerebner. Defining isochrones in multimodal spatial networks. In Proc. of the CIKM-11, pages 2381-2384, Glasgow, UK, October 24-28, 2011. [pdf]
  3. B. Cadonna, J. Gamper, and M.H. Böhlen. Sequenced event set pattern matching. In Proc. of the EDBT-11, Uppsala, Sweden, March 21-25, 2011. [pdf]
  4. J. Gordevicius, F.J. Estrada, H.C. Lee, P. Andritsos, and J. Gamper. Ranking of evolving stories through meta-aggregation. In Proc. of the CIKM-10, pages 1909-1912, Toronto, Canada, October 26-30, 2010. [pdf]
  5. S. Marciuska and J. Gamper. Determining objects within isochrones in spatial network databases. In Proc. of the ADBIS-10, pages 392-405, Novi Sad, Serbia, September 20-24, 2010.
  6. R. Kasperovics, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. On the efficient construction of multislices from recurrences. In Proc. of the SSDBM-10, pages 42-59, Heidelberg, Germany, June 30-July 2, 2010.
  7. J. Gordevicius, J. Gamper, and M.H. Böhlen. Parsimonious temporal aggregation. In Proc. of EDBT-09, pages 1006-1017, Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 24-26, 2009. [pdf]
  8. I. Timko, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. Sequenced spatio-temporal aggregation in road networks. In Proc. of EDBT-09, pages 48-59, Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 24-26, 2009. [pdf]
  9. R. Kasperovics, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. Evaluating exceptions on time slices. In Proc. of ER-09, pages 251-264, Gramado, Brazil, November 9-12, 2009.
  10. V. Bauer, J. Gamper, R. Loperfido, S. Profanter, S. Putzer, and I. Timko. Computing isochrones in multi-modal, schedule-based transport networks (Demo paper). In Proc. of ACMGIS-08, pages 1-2, November 5-7, 2008, Irvine, CA, USA. [pdf]
  11. M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper, and C.S. Jensen. Towards general temporal aggregation. In Proc. of BNCOD-08, LNCS 5071, pages 257-269, Cardiff, UK, July 7-10, 2008. Invited paper.
  12. J. Gordevicius, J. Gamper, and M.H. Böhlen. A greedy approach towards parsimonious temporal aggregation. In Proc. of TIME-08, pages 88-92, Montreal, Canada, June 16-18, 2008.
  13. R. Kasperovics, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. Representing public transport schedules as repeating trips. In Proc. of TIME-08, pages 54-58, Montreal, Canada, June 16-18, 2008.
  14. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, C. Dyreson, and J. Gamper. Approximate joins for data centric XML. In Proc. of the ICDE-08, pages 814-823, April 7-12, 2008, Cancun, Mexico.
  15. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. An incrementally maintainable index for approximate lookups in hierarchical data. In Proc. of the VLDB-06, pages 247-258, Seoul, Korea, September 12-15, 2006. [pdf]
  16. M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper, and C.S. Jensen. How would you like to aggregate your temporal data? In Proc. of the TIME-06, pages 121-136, Budapest, Hungary, June 15-17, 2006. IEEE Computer Society Press. Invited paper. [pdf]
  17. M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper, and C.S. Jensen. Multi-dimensional aggregation for temporal data. In Proc. of EDBT-06, LNCS 3896, pages 257-275, Munich, Germany, March 2006. [pdf]
  18. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. Approximate matching of hierarchical data using pq-grams. In Proc. of VLDB-05, pages 141-152, Trondheim, Norway, Aug.-Sep. 2005. [pdf]
  19. N. Augsten, M.H. Böhlen, and J. Gamper. Reducing the integration of public administration databases to approximate tree matching. In Proc. of EGOV-04, LNCS 3183, pages 102-107, Zaragoza, Spain, Aug. 30 - Sept. 3 2004.
  20. J. Gamper and N. Augsten. The role of web services in digital government. In Proc. of EGOV-03, LNCS 2739, pages 161-166, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2003.
  21. J. Gamper and P. Dongilli. Towards a portal for minority rights in Europe. In Proc. of the IADIS International Conference on e-Societey 2003, pages 313-320, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2003.
  22. J. Gamper and P. Dongilli. Towards a semantic portal for minority rights in Europe. In Collected Posters of ISWC-02, page 20, Sardinia, Italy, June 2002.
  23. J. Gamper and N. Augsten. The "eBZ - Digital city" initiative. In Proc. of the IADIS International Conference on e-Societey 2003, pages 156-162, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2003.
  24. J. Knapp, J. Gamper, and P. Brusilovsky. Multiple use of content in a web-based language learning system. In Proc. of ICALT-04, pages 750-752, Joensuu, Finland, Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 2004. [pdf]
  25. J. Knapp, J. Gamper, and P. Brusilovsky. Reuse of lexicographic examples in a web-based learners' dictionary. In Proc. of ELEARN-04, pages 776-783, Washington, DC, USA, November 1-5 2004. [pdf]
  26. A. Trifonova, J. Knapp, M. Ronchetti, and J. Gamper. Mobile ELDIT: Transition from an e-learning to an m-learning system. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-04, Lugano, Switzerland, June 21-26 2004.
  27. A. Abel, J. Gamper, J. Knapp, and V. Weber. Evaluation of the web-based learners dictionary ELDIT. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-03, pages 1210-1217, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2003.
  28. A. Abel, J. Gamper, J. Knapp, and V. Weber. Describing verb valency in an electronic learner's dictionary: Linguistic and technical implications. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-03, pages 1202-1209, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2003.
  29. A. Abel, J. Gamper, J. Knapp, and V. Weber. New answers to old questions about lexicon acquisition and dictionary use. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-03, pages 1218-1224, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2003.
  30. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. A data model and its implementation for a web-based language learning system. In Proc. of WWW-03, pages 217-225, Budapest, Hungary, May 2003. [pdf]
  31. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. XML for an electronic learners' dictionary. In Proc. of the IADIS International Conference on WWW/Internet 2002, pages 427-434, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2002.
  32. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. Collaborative language leanring with a Web-based tandem system in South Tyrol. In Proc. of the 1st International Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural Context, number 3 in International Proc. Series, pages 91-104, Joensuu, Finland, September 2002.
  33. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. A web-based language learning system. In Proc. of the 1st International Conference on Web-based Learning, LNCS 2436, pages 106-118, Hong Kong, August 2002.
  34. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. Tutoring in a language learning system. In Proc. of the 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, pages 465-470, Orlando, Florida, July 2002. Selected as one of the best papers in the session "Adaptive Hypermedia in Education".
  35. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. A Web-based tandem system for language learning in South Tyrol. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-02, pages 567-568, Denver, Colorado, June 2002.
  36. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. New media in the design of a learners' dictionary. In Proc. of EDMEDIA-01, pages 541-546, Tampere, Finland, June 2001.
  37. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. A review of call systems in foreign language instruction. In Proc. of AIED-01, pages 377-388, San Antonio, Texas, May 19-23 2001.
  38. C. Qu, J. Gamper, and W. Nejdl. A collaborative courseware generating system based on WebDAV, XML, and JSP. In Proc. of ICALT-01, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August 2001.
  39. C. Qu, J. Gamper, and W. Nejdl. Collaborative courseware authoring and publishing based on WebDAV, XML, and XSLT. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Trends in Communications (EUROCON-2001), Bratislava, Slovak Republic, July 2001.
  40. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. Towards an adaptive learners' dictionary. In Proc. of AH-00, LNCS 1892, pages 311-314, Trento, Italy, August 2000. [pdf]
  41. J. Gamper and J. Knapp. Adaptation in a language learning system. In Proc. of the ABIS-Workshop 2001 held in conjunction with "Lehren, Lernen, Wissen und Adaptivität", Dortmund, Germany, October 2001.
  42. J. Gamper. A parallel corpus of Italian/German legal texts. In Proc. of LREC-00, pages 531-538, Athens, Greece, June 2000. [pdf]
  43. J. Gamper and P. Dongilli. Primary data encoding of a bilingual corpus. In Proc. of the 11th Annual Meeting of the GLDV, Frankfurt a/M, Germany, July 1999.
  44. J. Gamper. Towards the creation of an Italian/German corpus of legal texts. In Proc. of the SLE-Workshop on Language Technologies — Multilingual Aspects, pages 31-38, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 1999.
  45. J. Gamper, W. Nejdl, and M. Wolpers. Combining ontologies and terminologies in information systems. In Proc. of TKE-99, pages 152-168, Innsbruck, Austria, August 1999. [pdf]
  46. J. Gamper. Improving textual knowledge representation through markup and ontologies. In Proc. of LSP-99, pages 114-125, Brixen, Italy, September 1999.
  47. J. Gamper. Encoding a parallel corpus for automatic terminology extraction. In Proc. of the Ninth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, pages 275-276, Bergen, Norway, June 1999.
  48. J. Gamper. Terminology and medical diagnosis systems. In Proc. of the Twin Conference on Professional Communication and Knowledge Transfer, Vienna, Austria, August 1998.
  49. J. Gamper. Aufbau eines zweisprachigen Textkorpus für Terminologie-Extraktion. In Proc. zur Tagung Rechtslinguistik des Deutschen und Italienischen: Ziele, Methoden, Ergebnisse, Europäische Akademie Bozen, Italien, October 1998.
  50. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Modellbasierte Diagnose und Zeitliches Schließen in der Medizin. In Arbeitspapiere zum Workshop Informationsverarbeitung in der Biomedizin (Erkennung von Stoffwechselerkrankungen), pages 39-54, Leipzig, June 1996.
  51. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Proposing measurements in dynamic systems. In Proc. of IJCAI-95, pages 784-790, Montréal, Canada, August 1995. [pdf]
  52. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Formalizing reasoning about change: A temporal diagnosis approach. In Proc. of AI*IA-95, LNAI 992, pages 335-346, Firenze, Italy, October 1995. [pdf]
  53. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Formalizing reasoning about change: A temporal diagnosis approach. In Proc. of the 2nd Dutch/German Workshop on Non-Monotonic Reasoning, pages 60-66, Utrecht, The Netherlands, March 1995.
  54. W. Nejdl and J. Gamper. Model-based diagnosis with qualitative temporal uncertainty. In Proc. of UAI-94, pages 432-439, Seattle, Washington, July 1994. [pdf]
  55. W. Nejdl and J. Gamper. Harnessing the power of temporal abstractions in model-based diagnosis of dynamic systems. In Proc. of ECAI-94, pages 667-671, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1994. [pdf]
  56. J. Gamper and W. Nejdl. Proposing measurements in dynamic systems. In Working Papers of the 5th International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX-94), pages 114-120, New Paltz, NY, October 1994.
  57. W. Nejdl and J. Gamper. Qualitative temporal behavior description and temporal diagnosis using interval algebra. In International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX-93), pages 91-104, Aberystwyth, Wales, September 1993.
  58. L. I. Kuncheva, R. Z. Zlatev, S. N. Neshkova, and J. Gamper. A combination scheme of artificial intelligence and fuzzy pattern recognition in medical diagnosis. In 8th Austrian Artificial Intelligence Conference (FLAI'93), LNAI 695, pages 157-164, Linz, Austria, June 1993.
  59. M. Hiesmayr, J. Gamper, T. Neugebauer, P. Mares, K.-P. Adlassnig, and W. Haider. Clinical application of patient data management systems (PDMS): Computer-assisted weaning from artificial ventilation (KBWean). In Patient Data Management in Intensive Care, pages 129-138, 1993.

Books, Book Chapters, Edited Books and Conference Proceedings

  1. J. Gamper, M.H. Böhlen, and C.S. Jensen. Temporal aggregation. In Ling Liu and M. Tamer Özsu, editors, Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer-Verlag, 2009. (print and online)
  2. M.H. Böhlen, J. Gamper, C.S. Jensen, and R.T. Snodgrass. SQL-based temporal query languages. In Ling Liu and M. Tamer Özsu, editors, Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer-Verlag, 2009. (print and online)
  3. A. Mitrakas, P. Hengeveld, N. Polemi, and J. Gamper. Towards secure e-government. In Secure E-Government Web Services, chapter 1, pages 1-28. IDEA Group Publishing, Hershey, USA, 2007.
  4. A. Mitrakas, P. Hengeveld, D. Polemi, and J. Gamper, editors. Secure E-Government Web Services. IDEA Group Publishing, Hershey, USA, 2007.
  5. M. Böhlen, J. Gamper, W. Polasek, and M. Wimmer, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference "E-Government: Towards Electronic Democracy" (TCGOV-2005), LNAI 3416, Bozen, Italy, March 2005. Springer-Verlag.
  6. M. Böhlen, J. Gamper, W. Polasek, and M. Wimmer, editors. Poster Proceedings of the TED Conference on e-Government - Electronic Democracy: The Challenge Ahead, volume 13 of Schriftenreihe Informatik, Bozen, Italy, March 2005. Universitätsverlag Rudolf Trauner.
  7. J. Gamper. A Temporal Reasoning and Abstraction Framework for Model-Based Diagnosis Systems. PhD thesis, RWTH Aachen, July 1996. Published in "infix"-Verlag, St. Augustin.