Listed among the Top 20 Most Active Experienced Researchers in Software Engineering (2013–2020) by the Journal of Systems and Software
Recipient of 14 Best Paper Awards
Awarded the Promotion Prize for Science of the Province of Tyrol in 2015
Member of the editorial boards of IEEE Software, Information and Software Technology, and CEAS Space Journal
Member of the International Software Engineering Research Network (ISERN)
General Chair of the Software Engineering 2020 conference
Chairman of the IT Steering Committee of the DLR
Background
Director of the DLR Institute of Software Technology since January 2023
Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cologne since January 2023
Research focuses on software and systems engineering as well as artificial intelligence
Key research areas include AI engineering and trustworthy AI, software systems engineering for quantum computing and digital twins, quality assurance of software-based systems (security, safety, reliability, sustainability), empirical software engineering, and system architectures and digital platforms
Internationally recognized researcher with extensive industry experience