Picture of Kai A. Olsen Kai A. Olsen

Positions:

  • Professor Høgskolen i Molde (HSM), Molde University College
  • Professor II Institutt for informatikk, Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)
  • Adjunct professor Department of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.
    • Contact information:
  • Phone: (+47) 71 21 42 33
  • Fax: (+47) 71 21 41 00
  • Email: kai.olsen at ii.uib.no
    • Presentations (Powerpoint):
  • Visualisering (04.09.06)
    • Current references (scientific):
  • Formalizing Internet, Web and eBusiness Applications for the Real World, Scarecrow Press
  • Flexible User Interfaces for B2C Systems, Using Booking as a Case Study, HCI 2005, Las Vegas (with A. Malizia)
  • Computer intelligence, Computer, September, 2006
  • ERP for SMEs – is proprietary software an alternative?, to appear in Business Process Management Journal (with P. Sætre)
  • The devil is in the details. Why Telecommunication Back Office Operation Support Systems Fail, to appear in Case studies in Information Technology (with J.G. Williams)
  • Optimal and herustic solutions for a scheduling problem arising in a foundry, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 32, Issue 9 , September, 2005
    • schedulinginfoundry.pdf
    Current references (other) Note! Titles may have been changed by editors:
  • Rapport fra Civita om kvalitet i høyere utdanning, februar, 2006
  • Gratis lærebøker – må de koste så mye?, i Utdanning nr. 12, 2006
  • Digital moral, kronikk i Dagbladet 10.12.05 (med A. Berre)
  • Kvalitet i høyere utdanning, kronikk i Aftenposten 09.11.05
  • Flukten fra nyttige realfag, kronikk i Aftenposten 30.06.05
  • Åpne dører til høyere utdannelse?, kronikk i Aftenposten, 20.03.06
  • Giardia – hva om den var dødelig?, kronikk i Bergens Tidende 05.03.05
  • Matematikken – trenger vi den?, kronikk i Sunnmørsposten 07.01.05 (med S. Oshaug), kronikk i Bergens Tidende 05.03.05
    • Research interests:
  • Logistics: customer-oriented production, generic products, variant handling, generic Bill of Material (BOM).
  • Human-computer interaction: user interfaces, visual languages, visualization.
  • IT-strategy: system development, eBusiness

    • List of all publications

    Teaching at UiB:
  • Inf 111, Brukergrensesnitt (HCI)

    • Teaching at HSM:

  • Ida 105, Menneske-maskin kommunikasjon (HCI)
  • Ida 750, IT ledelse og IT strategi (IT Strategy)
    • Statement of current economic interests:
    Employment at Molde College and University of Bergen. Payment for committee work from Østfold College, Oslo College and Bodø College. Consultant fees from Oshaug Metall AS and Oddstøl Elektronikk AS. Publishing of Tour Guides (Turbok Molde, Turbok Ålesund)
    Hobbies:
  • Mountaineering and hiking, see Tourguides: Turbok for Molde og Omegn; Turbok for Ålesund og Omegn and Fjord hiking.

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