Curriculum Vitae

20/09/1948

Born in Augsburg (Germany) — German citizen

1954–1966

Primary and secondary school in Augsburg, Fontainebleau (France) and Karlsruhe (Germany)

1966–1972

University Studies in Informatics
Graduated as Dipl.-Inform. at TU Karlsruhe

1972–1975

Doctoral Studies
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat. with a dissertation on a dialogue system for learner controlled education at TU Karlsruhe

1975–1976

Researcher in Computer Assisted Instruction at Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen (Germany)

1976–1987

Researcher, later Professor for Informatics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Graduation as Dr.-Ing. habil. in 1984 with a dissertation on modelling and optimization techniques for micro-architectures
Responsible for projects on parallel and distributed computer architectures

1987–present

Full Professor for Informatics at TU München (Germany)

1999–2008

Vice President and CIO of TU München

2007–present

Regular Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2008–now

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2013  Euro-Par Achievement Award

2015 - Now

          Vice President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2015  Konrad Zuse Medal

2016  Gold Medal: Yerevan State University

2016  Dr. h. c. National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Awards

1984   Finkelburg Habilitationspreis

2013   Euro-Par Achievment Award

2015   Konrad Zuse Medal

2016   Gold Medal, Yerevan State University

2016   Dr. h. c.,  National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

2017   Intel HPC Lifetime Achievement Award