# Gerti Kappel

> Austrian computer scientist and academic

**Wikidata**: [Q77423312](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77423312)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gerti-kappel

## Summary
Gerti Kappel (born 15 April 1960) is an Austrian computer scientist and academic. She is associated with TU Wien as an employer and has studied at TU Wien and the University of Vienna.

## Biography
- Born: 1960-04-15 (Vienna)
- Nationality: Austria
- Education: TU Wien; University of Vienna
- Employer(s): TU Wien
- Field(s): Computer science
- Known for: Austrian computer scientist and academic

## Contributions
The provided source material identifies Gerti Kappel as an Austrian computer scientist and academic, with education at TU Wien and the University of Vienna and employment at TU Wien. However, it does not supply details about specific research contributions such as named publications, software systems, standards, patents, leadership roles, or dated projects. It also does not list particular subfields, research topics, or concrete outcomes (e.g., books authored, papers published, or tools created) that can be reliably attributed to her from the given data.

What can be stated from the sources is her established presence in scholarly and library authority systems, reflected in multiple identifiers used to track academic authorship and catalog records across institutions (e.g., VIAF, GND, ISNI, Scopus Author ID, DBLP author entry, IEEE Xplore author ID, ACM Digital Library author ID, and Google Scholar author ID). These identifiers support disambiguation and attribution of works in bibliographic databases, but the underlying works themselves are not enumerated in the provided material.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Gerti Kappel?
A: Gerti Kappel is an Austrian computer scientist and academic. She was born on 15 April 1960 in Vienna and is associated with TU Wien as an employer.

### Q: Where did Gerti Kappel study?
A: The provided data lists TU Wien and the University of Vienna as her educational institutions. No degree titles or graduation dates are included.

### Q: Where has Gerti Kappel worked?
A: The provided material lists TU Wien as her employer. No additional employers or job titles are specified.

### Q: What languages does Gerti Kappel speak?
A: The source material lists German as a language she speaks, writes, or signs.

## Why They Matter
Based on the provided source material, Gerti Kappel matters as a documented Austrian academic in computer science with formal ties to major Austrian institutions (TU Wien and the University of Vienna). While the sources do not describe specific research outputs or innovations, they do show that she is sufficiently established in the scholarly ecosystem to be represented across many international authority and indexing systems. This kind of cross-database presence (e.g., VIAF, GND, ISNI, Scopus, DBLP, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, and Google Scholar identifiers) is typically associated with an academic whose work is cataloged, cited, and tracked for attribution.

In practical terms, these identifiers help prevent confusion with similarly named individuals (the dataset explicitly notes a “different from” relationship regarding “Gertrude Kappel”) and enable consistent linking of an author’s record across libraries and research platforms. Without such disambiguation and indexing, it would be harder for researchers and librarians to reliably connect publications to the correct person, especially in international contexts and across multiple cataloging standards.

## Notable For
- Austrian computer scientist and academic.
- Born 1960-04-15 in Vienna; Austrian citizen.
- Educated at TU Wien and the University of Vienna.
- Employer listed as TU Wien.
- Widely indexed via authority and research identifiers (e.g., ISNI 0000000051495788; GND 12849008X; VIAF 42891057; DBLP author id k/GKappel).

## Body
### Identity and Background
- Name: Gerti Kappel
- Aliases: Gertrude Kappel; G Kappel
- Sex or gender: female
- Occupation: computer scientist
- Description: Austrian computer scientist and academic
- Citizenship: Austria
- Language: German (spoken/written/signed)

### Birth
- Birth date: 1960-04-15
- Birth place: Vienna

### Education and Academic Affiliation
- Educated at:
  - TU Wien
  - University of Vienna
- Employer:
  - TU Wien

### Authority Control and Research Indexing
- ISNI: 0000000051495788
- GND ID / DDB person (GND) ID: 12849008X
- VIAF ID: 42891057
- Library of Congress authority ID: n2006002978
- WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkXtkbH4bqWX6x4c7CCwC
- DBLP author ID: k/GKappel
- Scopus author ID: 6603839955
- IEEE Xplore author ID: 37266983600
- ACM Digital Library author ID: 81100135805
- Google Scholar author ID: Rdz0vc8AAAAJ
- Additional catalog identifiers (as provided): IdRef 160422485; NUKAT n2006136595; BIBSYS 6044194; Canadiana ncf11592730; National Library of Latvia 000118818; National Library of Israel J9U 987007364755905171

### Disambiguation Note
- The dataset includes a “different from” statement distinguishing Gerti Kappel from “Gertrude Kappel.”

## References

1. Virtual International Authority File