About the Authors

Abstract

Dirk Ahlers studied computer science at the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, Germany. In 2005, he started working as a research assistant at the OFFIS Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg where he conducted projects in mobility and geospatial retrieval. While working at OFFIS, he also pursued his PhD with a topic in geographic information retrieval. He is currently working at UNITEC, a private university in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where he researches potential for local search for the case of a country with little Web coverage, challenging informal address schemes, and uncertain location data. His research interests are geospatial Web information retrieval, search engines, location-based services, Web technology, mobility, and everything geo. E-mail: dirk@dhere.de

Citation

(2012), "About the Authors", Lewandowski, D. (Ed.) Web Search Engine Research (Library and Information Science, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 309-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1876-0562(2012)002012a014