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The Ernst Schröder Center for Conceptual Knowledge Processing (ESZ) (German: Ernst Schröder Zentrum für Begriffliche Wissensverarbeitung) is nonprofit organization based in Darmstadt dedicated to conceptual knowledge processing with the help of formal concept analysis, a special field of mathematical order theory. The institution is integrated into the Department of Mathematics of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

History
The ESZ was founded in Dezember 3, 1993 by Rudolf Wille, founder of the formal concept analysis, at the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) as a nonprofit organization. The name is a reminder of Ernst Schröder, who was Professor of Mathematics at TU Darmstadt from 1874 to 1876. He is one of the founders of mathematical logic. With his three-volume main work on the algebra of logic, he created one of the foundations for conceptual knowledge processing.

Goals
At the Ernst Schröder Center, human, social and information scientists, mathematicians and computer scientists work together with the aim of counteracting the impending reduction of cognitive autonomy through knowledge and information systems. With the help of the methods and instruments of conceptual knowledge processing, people are to be promoted in rational thinking, judgement and action.

The ESZ organises four scientific events per year. These are held in the form of colloquia with seminars from the field of formal conceptual analysis and related fields such as philosophy, computer science and didactics of mathematics. Further training courses and conferences take place if required. Numerous well-known researchers have lectured at the ESZ such as Karl-Otto Apel and Joseph Weizenbaum.

Assignments
In its statutes, the ESZ shall establish the promotion of training, research, development and application in the field of conceptual knowledge processing. To this end, seminars, conferences and training courses are organised. In principle, the Centre is concerned with critical stocktaking, development and communication of results, methods, procedures and programmes in the field of conceptual knowledge processing. Concrete tasks are:


 * Realization of seminars, conferences as well as training and further training meetings to the conceptual knowledge processing and their bases
 * Critical stocktaking, development and presentation of results, methods and software of conceptual knowledge processing
 * Analysis and consulting with methods of conceptual knowledge processing
 * Processing and mediation of research and development projects in the field of conceptual knowledge processing