Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Stefan Wesner

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For my publications please check my ORCID page or my Google Scholar site (typically a more complete list)
My current research interests focus on the provider view of Cloud and Edge Computing as well as High Performance Computing Infrastructures. This covers not only all technologies from compute and storage systems, the interconnects between them but similarly how they are connected to the Wide Area Networks, how sensors and actors at the Edge can be integrated. Within the two research groups in the insitute we investigate the similar challenges on different time scales on tightly coupled systems with focus on high performance and embedded computing environments and loosely coupled distributed systems where in particular analysis of sensor data, analaysis at the network edge as well as integration of large scale data centre infrastructures are of interest. Due to our close relationship to BelWü we also investigate the ISP providers perspective in such scenarios.
We work with our partners from academia and industry on a couple of interesting research projects and are always looking for new partners and interesting challenges in these fields.
Selected topics we investigate in our current projects:
My teaching activities cover various areas in the field of Data Centre Technologies and its application. We cover basic as well as emerging technologies in the field of Data Centre Networks. In close cooperation with Lutz Schubert the lectures on Cloud Computing as well as Parallel and Heterogeneous Computing System cover the hardware and software stack as well as the building blocks for modern Data Centre.
In our various seminars and thesis topics current trends and topics in the field of Clouds, Edge Computing as well as Internet of Things are covered.
Our seminards and labs, in particular the Microcongtroller lab, focus on the practical application of methods and approaches to real world inspired problems.
I contributed to more than 20 collaborative research projects on national and international level in various roles. I have coordinated large scale projects on European level, BMBF and other funding bodies. I contributed as pricipal investigator to projects from fundamental research up to applied and industrial focused projects.
A current list of the projects at the institute can be found here.
Projects with my role as Director of kiz
Beside my duties as Institute Director I also serve as CIO and Director of the integrated information centre kiz, the central IT-services unit of Ulm University
Further activities and roles
I contributed to a set of documents aiming to structure the collaboration on IT Services in the region:
sicne November 2018 | CIO of Ulm University | |
since April 2013 | Director of Institute of Resource Management, Ulm University | |
since April 2013 | Scientific Chairman BelWü | |
since January 2013 | Director kiz (Integration Information and Communication Centre Ulm University) | |
2011-2012 | Managing Director High Performance Computing Center (HLRS) Stuttgart | |
2006-2011 | Deputy Director and Head of the Applications & Visualization Department HLRS, Stuttgart | |
2004-2006 | Head of Distributed Systems group HLRS, Stuttgart | |
2000-2004 | Head of Research and Operations Group Software Technology at University Computing Centre Stuttgart (RUS) | |
1997-2000 | Researcher at University Computing Centre Stuttgart (RUS) in the Department "Communication Systems and BelWü Development" | |
1995-1996 | Employee (part time) at Entwicklungszentrum Südwest Deutsche Telekom | |
1992-1995 | Employee (part time) IDS Prof. Scheer GmbH, Saarbrücken | |
Sep. 2017 | Honorary doctor degree from DonNTU Prokrowsk | |
Dec. 2008 | Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering with "Integrated Management Framework for Dynamic Virtual Organisations" University Stuttgart | |
May 1997 | Diploma in Electric Engineering Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken | |
Dec. 1990 - Dec. 1996 | Elektrotechnik (Focus Communication Systems) Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken | |
1989 | Abitur (Technisches Gymnasium Sigmaringen) | |
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