Michael Weber has served as President of Ulm University since October 1, 2015. In this role, he represents the University in all internal and external affairs. As Chair of both the Executive Board and the Senate, he holds overall responsibility for all academic matters. The President sets the University’s strategic direction and oversees its internal governance structures. In his absence, the Vice Presidents act on his behalf, while the Chancellor serves as his permanent representative in matters of finance and human resources management.

Born:

1959

Education and Academic Qualifications:

1979-1985:	Studies of Computer Science with minor subject Mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern
1990:	Doctorate/PhD Dr.-Ing, TU Kaiserslautern

Professional Appointments: 

1985-1990:	Scientific Assistant, Department Computer Science, TU Kaiserslautern
1991-1992:	Development Engineer, Litef GmbH, Freiburg
1992-1994:	Scientific Assistant, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Saarbrücken
2000-2015:	Chair for Media Informatics, Ulm University
1994-2015:	Member of the Faculty Council, Ulm University
1998-2002:	Dean of Studies Computer Science, Ulm University
1999-2015:	Board Member Center for General Scientific Continuing Education (ZAWiW), Ulm University
2006-2008:	Vice Dean Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Ulm University
2008-2010:	Dean Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Ulm University
2008-2017:	Board Member SFB/TRR 62, Ulm/Magdeburg
2010-2015:	Elected Member of the Senate, Ulm University
Since 2015:	President of Ulm University

Research:

Ubiquitous Computing, Human Computer Interaction and Adaptive Multimodal Systems

Grants and Honors:

1990-2015:	various Best Paper Awards (e.g. at ACM International Conferences)
1996:	Lehrbonus, Universität Ulm
1997:	Offered Professorship (C3) for Practical Computer Science, University Bamberg (declined)
1999:	Offered Professorship (C4) for Real-Time-Systems, TU Darmstadt (declined)
1999:	Offered Professorship (C4) for Interactive Systems and Broadband Communication, University of Jena (declined)
2003:	2nd Prize: Virtual Teaching Prize, Virtual University Baden-Württemberg
2003:	State Teaching Prize Baden-Württemberg

 

       

 

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