Kommunikationsnetze / Multimedia Kommunikation – TU Darmstadt

brief summary of the CV

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.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. Ralf Steinmetz

ralf.steinmetz@kom.tu-...

+49 6151 16-29101

0000-0002-6839-9359

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Curriculum Vitae (verlinkt..)

Curriculum Vitae

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Some outstanding Awards and Honors

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 1^st 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

Professional Experience in Research Institutes, Foundations & Professional Societies

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

Professional career

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

Education

1994	Habilitation in Computer Science at Frankfurt University
1986	Doctoral Degree (Dr.-Ing) in Electrical Engineering, Communications

8 Private Questions

Wenn Sie Ihre Arbeit malen könnten, wie sähe das Bild aus?

Netze, selbstorganisierende Netze, und noch mehr Netze; wie ein Spinnennetz bei Tagesanbruch; meine Frau hat mir mit ihrem hervorragenden Bild in Acryl "Vernetzung" vor einem interessanten grünen Hintergrund es sehr genau getroffen.

Welche Klischees über Ihren Berufsstand treffen auf Sie zu?

Der alte Ordinarius regiert sein kleines Imperium zum Wohl der Forschung und Lehre.

Worin liegt die Quelle Ihrer Inspiration?

Das hervorragende Team, die weltweite persönlich Vernetzung in der Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft, die Vielfältigkeit der Arbeit, meine Gestaltungsfreiheit in der Forschung, die innovative Lehre an unserer TU Darmstadt und die internationale Anerkennung sowie in meiner Familie und den engen Freunden.

Welche Eigenschaften schätzen Sie nicht an anderen?

"Parasitentum", unsoziales Verhalten, "ich, ich und ich" und wenn grundsätzliche Meinungsänderungen täglich stattfinden.

An wen haben Sie zuletzt einen persönlichen Brief geschrieben?

An einen Freund zu einer leider traurigen Angelegenheit.

Wie sähe unser Leben ohne Internet aus?

Weniger tägliche Kommunikation, ruhiger, lokaler, Kommunikation über weite Distanz wäre ein Privileg.

Was wären Sie geworden, wenn es keine Computer gäbe?

Professor für Kommunikationssysteme ohne Computer.

Was würden Sie nie an Ihrem Arbeitsplatz missen wollen?

Wasser (viel Wasser), Kaffee ... Studierende, Freude an der Innovation, Freude an der Arbeit und Optimismus.

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