Publications
In the past I have been published in a number of areas. These days I limit myself to writing roleplaying games and publishing them once in a while. Basically you can separate my business related publications (including conference presentations) from my scientifical publications (mostly for my Ph.D.) and finally from my private publications relating to my various hobbies. Below you will also find publications where I helped as an editor or rule tester (or something like that).
Business Publications & Conference Appearances
Most of my business publications center on the Spring framework and its positive effects on Java Enterprise development. My company – QuinScape – is one of the few Premier Systems Integration Partners for SpringSource, the original company behind the Spring framework. Additionally QuinScape drives the OpenSAGA project – the first (and so far only) german open source project striving to provide a SAGA compliant and Java based development platform for web based applications.
- Mit cloud-basierten Open-Source-Angeboten zu kommunalen Open-Government-Lösungen (OpenRheinRuhr 2011)
- OpenSAGA – Überblick über die neuen Funktionen (OpenRheinRuhr 2011)
- Erfolgreiche IT-Kostenreduzierung in der kommunalen Verwaltung durch interoperable und quelloffene Entwicklungs-plattformen am Beispiel von OpenSAGA (KomFIT 2011)
- Kostengünstige Open-Government-Lösungen in der Cloud mit OpenSAGA (Moderner Staat 2011)
- How to effectively provide accessible solutions from the cloud using OpenSAGA (Conference presentation, N.E.P.E.S. Annual Network Meeting 2011, 8.7.2011, Istanbul, part of ECP 2011)
- OpenSAGA 2.0 – Neue Features für die Erstellung moderner E-Government-Applikationen (Conference presentation, LinuxTag 2011, Berlin)
- OpenSAGA, Open Source in Europe (OSOR.eu, 2011)
- Erfolgreiche IT-Kostenreduzierung in der kommunalen Verwaltung durch interoperable und quelloffene Entwicklungsplattformen am Beispiel von OpenSAGA (Conference presentation, SEE 2011, Frankfurt)
- OpenSAGA 1.5: Deklarativer Portalbau live vorgeführt (Conference presentation, W-JAX 2010)
- Semantisch expressive Webentwicklungssprachen – der nächste Schritt? (Conference presentation, W-JAX 2010)
- OpenSAGA – Verwaltungsmodernisierung mit deutscher Open Source – Beispiel einer strategischen und basisdemokratischen e-Government-Initiative (Conference presentation, OpenRheinRuhr 2010)
- OpenSAGA – ein deutscher Open-Source-Ansatz zur Verwaltungsmodernisierung (Workshop presentationISOS 2010 workshop, GI Jahrestagung 2010)
- OpenSAGA – eine neue Open-Source-Plattform für barrierefreie Webanwendungen (Conference presentation, Linuxtag 2010, Business- und Behördenkongress; my colleague Sven Helmberger did the actual presentation)
- Strategische E-Government-Lösungen auf Open-Source-Basis (Conference presentation, JAX 2010; I also moderated the E-Government Day at JAX 2010)
- Spring richtig konfigurieren – auf welche Weise? (Conference presentation, W-JAX 2009)
- Spring einführen und gewinnen – wie macht man das richtig? (Conference presentation, W-JAX 2009)
- Die SpringSource Tool Suite in freier Wildbahn (entwickler.press, Online-Artikel)
- Spring Roo: “Grails, nur mit Java” – oder mehr? (entwickler.press, Online-Artikel)
- Spring Praxishandbuch Band 2: Dynamisierung, Verteilung und Sicherheit
(2009; entwickler press; Thomas Biskup, Rafael Stalitza, Sascha Steiger, Nils Wloka) - Spring Praxishandbuch: Integration und Testing
(2007; entwickler press; Thomas Biskup, Nils Wloka, Sven Helmberger, Sascha Steiger, Rafael Stalitza) - Spring mal ganz privat: Nützliches aus dem Inneren (JAX 2009, Conference presentation)
- Einsatz von Spring in der Entwicklung von Software-Produktlinien (W-JAX 2008, Conference presentation in the Spring track)
- Semantic Web! Semantic What? The End of the Web as we know it (2008, Thomas Biskup, Create or Die)
- Spring Tipps: Erweiterung des Spring Frameworks um neue Namespaces
(Java Magazin 12.2007, Thomas Biskup) - Spring Tipps: Contract First Web Services mit Spring (Java Magazin 09.2007, Thomas Biskup)
- Advanced Spring – Staging mit Spring: Erweiterung von Spring um variable Konfigurationen
(Java Magazin 03.2007, Thomas Biskup)
Scientific Publications
My scientific publications usually are concerned with highly specialized topics regarding new synergistic approaches for more efficient software development techniques and related framework aspects.
- Biskup, Thomas: Agile fachmodellgetriebene Softwareentwicklung für mittelständische IT-Projekte, Doktorarbeit, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2010
- Biskup, Thomas; Gusev, M.; Manceski, G.; Mitrevski, P.: A New Solution for Workflow and Document Management Used for University Management in WODOMI Project, Proc. of the International Conference “ICT Innovations ‘09” (Springer Conference Proceedings Series), Ohrid, Macedonia, 2009
- Biskup, Thomas: Conceptual Programming – A New Perspective on Efficient Software Development by example of the WODOMI project, Proc. of the International Conference “ICT Innovations ‘09” (CD Conference Proceedings), Ohrid, Macedonia, 2009
- Biskup, Thomas; Heyer, N.; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Building Sound Semantic Web Frameworks for Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Systems; in: Sugumaran, V. (Hrsg.): Advanced Topics in Intelligent Information Technologies. Idea Group Publishing Hershey (PA), London 2007, S. 153–181
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, J.: Conceptual Model Driven Software Development (CMDSD) as a Catalyst Methodology for Building Sound Semantic Web Frameworks; in: Radaideh, M. (Hrsg.): Architecture of Reliable Web Applications Software. Idea Group Publishing Hershey (PA), London 2007, S. 194–221
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Building Blocks of a Semantic Web Framework — Requirements Analysis and Architectural Implications, Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Web Semantics – WebS’04 in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications DEXA 2004 —- Zaragoza (Spain), Database and Expert Systems Applications, 15th International Workshop on (DEXA’04), 2004, S. 214–218
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: The WASP Framework – Bridging the Gap between the Web of Systems, The Web of Services and the Web of Semantics with Agent Technology, Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Intelligent Mobile Agents in Peer-To-Peer Networks (IMAP2P) in conjunction with the 4th International Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, (EIS’2004), Madeira (Portugal), CD Proceedings, 2004
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Component Requirements for a Universal Semantic Web Framework, In: AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 3, October 2004, S. 25–28
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Requirements for a Semantic Web Framework Architecture, In: Proceedings of XII Latin-Ibero-American Congress on Operations Research and Systems CLAIO’2004 —- Havana (Cuba), 2004
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Approach to Bridge the Gap between the Web of Systems, the Web of Services and the Web of Semantics using Agent Technology and the WASP Framework, Proceedings of 15th IRMA International Conference – Innovations Through Information Technology, (IRMA’2004), New Orleans, (USA), CD Proceedings.
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: How to Simplify Software Projects with Conceptual Model Driven Software Development (CMDSD), Proceedings of International Conference on Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency in Industry (OIE’2006), Poznan (Poland), S. 25–32.
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge; Rautenstrauch, Claus: The WASP Framework — Bridging the Gap between the Web of Systems, the Web of Services and the Web of Semantics with Agent Technology, In: International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT), Vol. 1, No. 2, April – June 2005, S. 68–82
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Building a Semantic Web Framework with Reusable and Configurable Core Technologies, In: Proceedings of 16th IRMA International Conference — Managing Modern Organizations With Information Technology, (IRMA’2005), San Diego, USA, 2005, S. 859–862
- Biskup, Thomas; Marx Gómez, Jorge: Bridging the gap between EA goals and technology requirements with Conceptual Programming; in: Doucet, G., Gøtze, J., Saha, P., Bernard, S. (Hrsg.): Coherency Management: Architecting the Enterprise for Alignment, Agility, and Assurance, Idea Group Publishing Hershey (PA), 2009
- Biskup, Thomas: Realisierung natürlichsprachiger Web-Agenten in Java, Tagungsband der Net.ObjectDays, 2001
Hobby Publications
My hobby references usually pertain to roleplaying games and rules supplements since I am highly fascinated by all game design aspects relating to this genre of games. Don’t take some of these things too seriously – I did it for the money (excuse me, money? not in that business – it’s just for fame and honor). I consider Maddrax: Reloaded so far to be my crowing achievement and plan to release more roleplaying games in the future via Lulu.com.
- I am working on the first (?) old school clone of AD&D originating in Germany – Hexer & Helden. You can learn more about it and download it from the official blog.
- I am also working on a Gamma World clone called Gaia Gamma. It will be an english post-apocalyptic RPG about mutants and science fantasy.
- I am researching the origins of the RPG hobby. To do something substantial in that regard I am building a clone of original white box (or brown box 😉 ) D&D with Chainmail as the underlying combat engine. You can watch the results of “The Fantasy Game” here.
- Maddrax: Reloaded (Maddrax RPG; online PDF version; the same one as below but for free as a PDF – get it, play it and tell me what you think!)
- MADDRAX: Reloaded (Maddrax RPG; the cheapest and first and only roleplaying game ever published in pulp format; fully self-contained in 64 pages including great art; just 2,50 EUR for the game and a pulp magazine with a great story; design, writing and layout completely by yours truly with editing by Michael “Mad Mike” Schönenbröcher; Note: This is not the 242-page first edition of the Maddrax RPG but a complete and new redesign of the original idea targetted much more at simple and fast gameplay!)
- GURPS (1995; Deutsches Basisregelwerk basierend auf der 3. Auflage, playtester and editorial support)
- Hero System Sidekick (original edition, playtester and editorial support)
- NUELOW NL01 “Fairies!” (1995, additional editing)
- NUELOW NL02 “Lust and Dust!” (1995; editing)
- NUELOW NL03 “Ugly Ducklings and Ice Queens” (1995; editing)
- NUELOW NL04 “Horndogs!” (1995; editing)
- NUELOW NL05 “Hominids!” (1995; design, development and editing)
- NUELOW NS1 “Trampled, Stomped and Mangled!”
(1995; design, development and editing together with Steven Miller) - NUELOW NS2 “War Horse player characters for Fairies”
(1995; design, development and editing together with E. M. Tinggaard, based on material of Steven Miller)
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