Research Projects

Currently I am a member of project InTime. The aim of InTime is the development of precise semantics and development methodology for real-time systems using UML-RT. In a previous project, SysLab, our more general aim was to provide a mathematical basis for software and systems development. In particular, we focused on the methodological integration of graphical description techniques (including, but not limited to, structural and behavioral diagrams from the UML) into development processes and methods. I was also one of the consultants of project QUEST, which aimed at combining formal and graphical software development techniques. Other projects I was involved in include SOFTBED, in which we explored the state of the art in embedded systems design for the automotive industry, and ARCUS/ENTSTAND, dealing with standard architectures for business information systems.

At the Department of Computer Sciences of the University of Texas at Austin I was a member of Prof. Misra's PSP Research Group. As part of my Master's Thesis I have developed a compiler for the new Seuss programming language.

Before I went to Austin, I was involved in the design and implementation of an interpreter for a concurrent, object-oriented programming language, called DGOS.

Research/Technology Transfer

Together with Siemens AG, Munich, within the project "Multimedia Services Architecture for Siemens ICN" our group evaluates software architectures for converged multimedia telecommunication services;  we also review, evaluate, and develop formal and pragmatic description techniques for software architectures, such as Message Sequence Charts, UML, and UML-RT. Furthermore, we discuss and introduce component-oriented development strategies for telecommunication services.

Competence Centers

I am one of the heads of the "Competence Center for Software Architecture and Mobility" within our research group; please find the other competence centers I am involved in on our group's homepage.