Profession

Talks

  • GAMBAS Security and Privacy. Internet of Things European Research Cluster, Activity Chain 5 Meeting Delft, Netherlands, 8.2.2013.
  • Generic Adaptive Middleware for Behavior-driven Autonomous Services. Workshop on IoT Everything Linked: From the Sensors to the Cloud (co-located with IoT Week 2012), Venice, Italy, 18.6.2012.
  • iScreen: A Toolkit for Interactive Screens. International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, Porto, Portugal, 5.6.2012.
  • Building Blocks of Smart Space Applications, 3rd Workshop on Pervasive Computing and Embedded Systems, PECES 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 22.11.2011.
  • Context-dependent Smart Space Formation in PECES, GI/ITG KuVS-Fachgespräch "Verteilte Systeme in Smart Spaces", Darmstadt, Germany, 01.07.2011.
  • PECES Technology Drivers & Ontology, AMI-2010 Workshop, Malaga, Spain, 10.11.2010
  • The NARF Architecture for Generic Personal Context Recognition, SUTC 2010, Newport Beach, California, USA, 07.06.2010
  • PECES Middleware Challenges - On Building the Bridge between Islands of Integration, Echallenges 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, 21.10.2009
  • System-support for Adaptive Pervasive Applications, PhD Defense, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 09.07.2009
  • Generic Role Assignment: A Uniform Middleware Abstraction for Configuration of Pervasive Systems, Perware Workshop, International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM) 2009, Galveston, USA, 09.03.2009
  • Automatic Reactive Adaptation of Pervasive Applications, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS 2007), Istanbul, Turkey, 18.07.2007
  • Self-configuration of Adaptive Ubiquitous Applications, SPP 1140 Kolloquium, Timmerdorfer Strand, Germany, 26.03.2007
  • Supporting Pluggable Configuration Algorithms in PCOM, Perware Workshop, International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM) 2006, New York, USA, 18.03.2007
  • Experiences using Processes for Pervasive Applications, Pervasive University Workshop, Informatik 2006, Dresden, Germany, 05.10.2006
  • Self-configuration of Adaptive Ubiquitous Applications, SPP 1140 Kolloquium, Mannheim, Germany, 16.05.2006
  • Self-configuration of Pervasive Applications, SPP 1140 Kolloquium, Warnemünde, Germany, 10.11.2005
  • Peer-based Automatic Configuration of Pervasive Applications, International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS) 2005, Santorini, Greece, 12.06.2005
  • Adaptation Support for Stateful Components in PCOM, Workshop on Software Architectures for Self-Organization: Beyond Ad-Hoc Networking at Pervasive 2005, München, Germany, 11.05.2005
  • Self-configuration of Pervasive Applications, SPP 1140 Kolloquium, Dagstuhl, Germany, 24.01.2005
  • PCOM - A Component System for Pervasive Computing, International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM) 2004 , Orlando, USA, 15.03.2004
  • Experiences - Extensibility and Flexibility in BASE, Workshop on System Support for Ubiquitous Computing (UbiSys) at Ubicomp 2003, Seattle, USA, 12.10.2003

Activities

  • Researcher - at the Unversity of Duisburg-Essen in Germany
  • Co-founder - of Locoslab GmbH (Localization Operating Services)
  • Software Engineer - working on different software frameworks and applications
  • System Administrator - managing the NES server infrastructure
  • Lecturer - at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Computer Science
  • Advisor - for a group of PhD students at the Networked Embedded Systems group

Employments

  • Since 11.2009 Universität Duisburg-Essen, Senior Researcher (Networked Embedded Systems)
  • 08.2007–10.2009 Fraunhofer IAIS, Researcher and Project Leader (Cooperating Objects)
  • 08.2003–07.2007 Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Researcher (Distributed Systems)
  • 01.2002–07.2002 Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Assistant (Programming Languages)
  • 09.2002–12.2002 T-Systems GEI GmbH, Intern (Software Consulting)
  • 07.2000–12.2000 debis Systemhaus MEB GmbH, Freelance Software Developer (Product Development)

Education

  • 2013 - Habilitation in Computer Science from Universität Duisburg-Essen (A Framework for Context-aware Applications)
  • 2009 - PhD in Natural Sciences from Universität Stuttgart (System-support for Adaptive Pervasive Applications)
  • 2003 - Diplom in Computer Science from Universität Stuttgart (Specializations: Software Engineering, Distributed Systems)
  • 2002 - Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta (Specialization: Programming Languages)
  • 1997 - Abitur from Albert-Schäffle-Schule in Nürtingen (Specializations: Mathematics, Business Administration)

Program Committees

  • 3rd International Conference on the Internet of Things (IOT2012)
  • 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks (BODYNETS2012)
  • 8th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 2012)
  • 6th ACM International Workshop on Conext-Awareness for Self-Managing Systems (Casemans 2012)
  • 1st International Workshop on AI Problems and Approaches for Intelligent Environments (AI@IE2012)
  • 1st IEEE International Workshop on Hot Topics in Pervasive Computing (PERHOT2012)
  • 8th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems (MOBIQUITOUS 2011)
  • 9th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2011)
  • 7th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 2011)
  • 5th ACM International Workshop on Conext-Awareness for Self-Managing Systems (Casemans 2011)
  • Internet of Things 2010 Conference (IOT 2010)
  • 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC2010)
  • 4th ACM International Workshop on Conext-Awareness for Self-Managing Systems (Casemans 2010)
  • 7th IEEE Middleware Support for Pervasive Computing Workshop (PerWare 2010)
  • Workshop on What can the Internet of Things do for the citizen? (CIOT2010)
  • 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC2009)
  • 6th IEEE Middleware Support for Pervasive Computing Workshop (PerWare 2009)
  • 5th IEEE Middleware Support for Pervasive Computing Workshop (PerWare 2008)