Scholar
Christoph Lenzen
Google Scholar ID: UaxrZBUAAAAJ
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,336
H-index
21
i10-index
45
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Publications: Published papers in multiple international conferences such as DISC, PODC, CCS, etc.
- - Projects: Involved in various research projects like StartUpSecure, ERC proof-of-concept grants, etc.
- - Awards: Received ERC starting grant and ERC proof-of-concept grants
Research Experience
- - August 2023 - July 2024: ERC proof-of-concept grant 'Gradient Clock Synchronization for Networks-on-Chip and Cellular Networks' aiming at commercialisation of results from the ERC starting grant
- - 2021: ERC proof-of-concept grant 'Fast Response Circuits for Voltage Droop Compensation' aiming at commercialisation of results from the ERC starting grant
- - 2017-2022: ERC starting grant project 'A Theory of Reliable Hardware'
- - July 2014 - June 2021: Group Leader at MPI for Informatics
- - 2013 - June 2014: Postdoctoral fellow at MIT CSAIL, with Nancy Lynch
- - 2012: Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, with David Peleg
- - 2011: Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with Danny Dolev
Education
- - 2011: Ph.D. from ETH Zurich, advisor Roger Wattenhofer, thesis on Synchronization and Symmetry Breaking in Distributed Systems
- - 2007-2010: Graduate studies, Distributed Computing Group, ETH Zurich
- - 2007: Diploma Degree in Mathematics, University of Bonn
Background
- Research interests include distributed systems, clock synchronization, and fault tolerance. He has published papers in multiple international conferences and has extensive experience in both academia and industry.
Miscellany
- Teaching Experience:
- - Summer 2025: Theory on Consensus
- - Summer 2023: Theory on Consensus
- - Winter 2022/23: Clock Synchronization and Adversarial Fault Tolerance
- - Summer 2022: How To Clock Your Computer
- - Winter 2021/22: Metastability-containing Synchronization Circuits
- - Summer 2021: Clock Synchronization and Adversarial Fault Tolerance
- - Winter 2020/21: How To Clock Your Computer
- - Winter 2020/21: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2019/20: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Summer 2019: Keeping Time in Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2018/19: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Summer 2018: Keeping Time in Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2017/18: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2016/17: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2015/16: Theory of Distributed Systems
- - Winter 2014/15: Theory of Distributed Systems
Co-authors