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Susanne Schmidt, geb. 1968, political scientist FU Berlin, about 10 years Linux and (enthusiastic) Perl fan. From time to time projectmanager in linux-based software development companies. Working as freelancing journalist and writer in Berlin, publishing in c't, iX, Datenschleuder (CCC), Linux Magazin and Linux Enterprise; many book reviews (computer) at amazon.de, sometimes working as editor (computer books).

Special interest: NLP (natural language processing), information retrieval and analysis, (so called textmining and datamining), investigative journalism as background method to gather (digital) information, dna computing, gender and IT and all about the future of information technology and its influence in politics. Modern (japanese) art/painting.