Kommunikationsnetze / Multimedia Kommunikation
Ralf Steinmetz, a Professor and Doctor of Engineering, serves as a full professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany, where he leads the Multimedia Communications lab. Over the course of his career, he has supervised over 105 successful PhD students and remains committed to his vision of achieving "seamless adaptive multimedia communications." Ralf Steinmetz has been widely recognized for his contributions to the field, including the receipt of prestigious accolades such as an Honorary Doctorate from RWTH Aachen University and a Chair of Excellence at the University Carlos III de Madrid. He is also fellow of several esteemed professional organizations, including the IEEE, the ACM, the GI, and the VDE ITG.
2022 | RWTH Aachen awards Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h.c.) to Ralf Steinmetz |
2019 | Academia Europaea, member |
2018 | GI Fellow |
2017 | VDE ITG Fellow |
2014 | Chair of Excellence („catedra de excelencia”), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid |
2008 | Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, ACM SIGMM 1st award, for ”pioneering work in multimedia communications and the fundamentals of multimedia synchronization" |
2002 | Fellow of the ACM |
1999 | Fellow of the IEEE |
1992 | First Patent Application Invention Achievement Award, IBM |
since 2017 |
Member of the Scientic Advisory Board (Wissenschaftsrat) at TU Darmstadt |
since 2007 | President of the Board of Trustees, IMDEA Networks (Research Institute on Networks and Telematics Services), Member of the IMDEA Scientific Council, Madrid, Spain |
since 2006 | Hessian’s advisor for information and communications technology to the governor of the state; former Member of IT-council and former member of the Technology Advisory Board of the state of Hessen |
since 2011 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT |
1998 - 2022 | Chairman of the Board and Founder, Hessian Telemedia Technology CompetenceCenter (httc), Darmstadt |
1996 – 2001 | Director, Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute former GMD – National Research Center for Information Technology, Darmstadt |
since 2013 | Head and Spokesperson of DFG CRC "Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet" MAKI |
since Oct. 2001 | Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Multimedia Communications Lab, Darmstadt Full Professor and Director (among other responsibilities: dean for 2.5 yr) |
since Aug. 1997 | Adjunct Professorship, Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
1996 – 2001 | Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Volkswagen Endowed Chair of Industrial Process and System Communications, Darmstadt |
1988 – 1996 | IBM European Networking Center, Heidelberg, Manager of the WT Multimedia Department (also known as the European IBM Multimedia Center Heidelberg) |
1987 – 1988 | Philips Communications Industry Corp., Advanced Development, Siegen |
1994 | Habilitation in Computer Science at Frankfurt University |
1986 | Doctoral Degree (Dr.-Ing) in Electrical Engineering, Communications |