David Schwartz, PhD, is head of the Information Systems Division and a senior lecturer at the Bar-Ilan University Graduate School of Business Administration, Israel.  He serves as editor of the internationally acclaimed journal Internet Research (Emerald Group Publishing), and currently serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies (Inderscience Publishers), and the International Journal of Knowledge Management (Idea Group Publishing).

Dr. Schwartz has published extensively on many aspects of software and information technology and his writings have been included in leading publications such as IEEE Intelligent Systems, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communications, Kybernetes, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior.    His books include Cooperating Heterogeneous Systems (Kluwer, 1995) and the co-edited Internet-Based Knowledge Management and Organizational Memory (Idea Group Publishing, 2000). 

His most recent major publication, the Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, brings together over 170 contributors from 23 countries and includes 940 definitions and over 3,600 references.  David’s research interest in Knowledge Management ranges from its epistemological roots through to enabling technologies, drawing heavily from his background in Artificial Intelligence.   Other research areas in which he is active include Computer Mediated Communications, Distributed Artificial Intelligence, and Internet-based Systems.   

Dr. Schwartz received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University; MBA from McMaster University; and B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, Canada. 

Dr. Schwartz' research interests include:

•  Cooperating Intelligent Agents - the subject of his first book Cooperating Heterogeneous Systems
•  Logic Programming
•  Business Applications of the Internet - the subject of his second book Internet-Based Organizational Memory and Knowledge Management
•  Distributed Artificial Intelligence
•  Internet Search
•  Knowledge Management - the subject of his third book, Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management