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Niclas Kannengießer, Dr.-Ing.

Chair of Information lnfrastructures (Prof. Sunyaev)

Postal address

Bildungscampus 2
74076 Heilbronn

Biography

Work Experience:

  • Since 09/2024: Visiting researcher at the Information Management Research Group, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Since 07/2021: Research associate at the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 03/2018-06/2021: Research associate at the DLT Research Group, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • Since 08/2016: Freelancer: Consultant and Software Developer
  • 04/2016 - 07/2016: Student assistant at the Institute for Algorithms & Data Structures, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • 05/2015 - 06/2016: Founder of and Chief Developer at simbar GbR, Kassel, Germany
  • 10/2014 - 06/2017: Student assistant at the Institute for Human-Machine-Systems, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • 06/2011 - 09/2011: Intern at HÄRTER Stanztechnik GmbH, Königsbach-Stein, Germany
  • 08/2010 - 08/2010: Intern at Studsvik UK Ltd., Gateshead, United Kingdom
  • 05/2009 - 06/2009: Intern at Studsvik SAS, Sens, France
  • 03/2007 - 08/2010: Web-Developer at Werbedesign Perla, Königsbach-Stein, Germany


Education:

  • 10/2019 - 10/2019: Blockchain Summer School at the IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Since 03/2018: PhD student in Computer Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 04/2016 - 02/2018: Master of Science in Economic Engineering at the University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • 10/2013-2020: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • 10/2011 - 05/2016: Bachelor of Science in Economic Engineering at the University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany


Voluntary Engagement:


Awards & Honors:

Research Interests

  • Decentralized Information Systems
  • Software Engineering

Reviewer for

  • Business & Information Systems Engineering
  • Computer Communications
  • Connection Science
  • Electronic Markets
  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • European Conference on Information Systems
  • Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • International Conference on Software Engineering
  • Journal of Information Technology
  • Wirtschaftsinformatik

Projects

Name

COOLedger: A COnfiguration toOL for Distributed Ledgers

KASTEL Engineering Secure Systems

SPECK - Systemische Optimierung der Wertschöpfungskette Fleisch am Beispiel der Schweinehaltung durch Entwicklung und Einbettung digitaler Werkzeuge

Toward better Development of Applications on DLT

Trusted Blockchain

 

Publications

2025

  • Zeller, Simon Caspar; Kandora, Paul-Niklas Ken; Kirste, Daniel; Kannengießer, Niclas; Rebennack, Steffen; Sunyaev, Ali: Automated Market Makers: A Stochastic Optimization Approach for Profitable Liquidity Concentration. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025, more… Full text ( DOI )

2024

  • Jin, David; Kannengießer, Niclas; Rank, Sascha; Sunyaev, Ali: Collaborative Distributed Machine Learning. ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Kannengießer, Niclas: Purposeful Information System Decentralization based on Distributed Ledger Technology. 2024 more…
  • Kirste, Daniel; Poddey, Alexander; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sunyaev, Ali: On the influence of conventional and automated market makers on market quality in cryptoeconomic systems. Electronic Markets 34 (1), 2024, Art.-Nr.: 42 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Lamberty, Ricky; Kirste, Daniel; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sunyaev, Ali: HybCBDC: A Design for Central Bank Digital Currency Systems Enabling Digital Cash. IEEE Access 12, 2024, 137712–137728 more… Full text ( DOI )

2023

  • Jin, David; Kannengießer, Niclas; Rank, Sascha; Sunyaev, Ali: A Design Toolbox for the Development of Collaborative Distributed Machine Learning Systems. 2023, more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Kirste, Daniel; Kannengießer, Niclas; Lamberty, Ricky; Sunyaev, Ali: How Automated Market Makers Approach the Thin Market Problem in Cryptoeconomic Systems. arxiv, 2023, more… Full text ( DOI )

2022

  • Hasebrook, Niklas; Morsbach, Felix; Kannengießer, Niclas; Zöller, Marc; Franke, Jörg; Lindauer, Marius; Hutter, Frank; Sunyaev, Ali: Why Do Machine Learning Practitioners Still Use Manual Tuning? A Qualitative Study. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2022, more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Jin, David; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sturm, Benjamin; Sunyaev, Ali: Tackling Challenges of Robustness Measures for Autonomous Agent Collaboration in Open Multi-Agent Systems. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, 03.01.2022-07.01.2022, 202246.23.03; LK 01 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Kannengießer, Niclas; Lins, Sebastian; Sander, Christian; Winter, Klaus; Frey, Hellmuth; Sunyaev, Ali: Challenges and Common Solutions in Smart Contract Development. IEEE transactions on software engineering 48 (11), 2022, 4291--4318 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Leinweber, Marc; Kannengießer, Niclas; Hartenstein, Hannes; Sunyaev, Ali: Leveraging Distributed Ledger Technology for Decentralized Mobility-as-a-Service Ticket Systems. Towards the New Normal in Mobility : Technische und betriebswirtschaftliche Aspekte. Hrsg.: H. Proff, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 202246.23.03; LK 01 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Pfister, Michelle; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sunyaev, Ali: Finding the Right Balance: Technical and Political Decentralization in the Token Economy. In: Blockchains and the Token Economy. Ed.: M. C. Lacity. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022, 53–86 more… Full text ( DOI )

2021

  • Gojka, Efthimios-Enias; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sturm, Benjamin; Bartsch, Jan; Sunyaev, Ali: Security in Distributed Ledger Technology: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors. Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of the 2021 Computing Conference, Volume 3. Ed.: K. Arai (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS)), Springer, 202146.23.01; LK 01; hybride Konferenz more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Heines, Roger; Kannengießer, Niclas; Sturm, Benjamin; Jung, Reinhard; Sunyaev, Ali: Need for Change: Business Functions Affected by the Use of Decentralized Information Systems. 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Association for Information Systems (AIS), 202146.23.01; LK 01 more…
  • Lücking, Markus; Kretzer, Felix; Kannengießer, Niclas; Beigl, Michael; Sunyaev, Ali; Stork, Wilhelm: When Data Fly: An Open Data Trading System in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. Electronics 10 (6), 2021, 654 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Sunyaev, Ali; Kannengießer, Niclas; Beck, Roman; Treiblmaier, Horst; Lacity, Mary; Kranz, Johann; Fridgen, Gilbert; Spankowski, Ulli; Luckow, André: Token Economy. Business & information systems engineering 63 (4), 2021, 457–478 more… Full text ( DOI )

2020

  • Gräbe, Florian; Kannengießer, Niclas; Lins, Sebastian; Sunyaev, Ali: Do Not Be Fooled: Toward a Holistic Comparison of Distributed Ledger Technology Designs. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020, Maui, Hawaii, January 7 - 10, 2020, ScholarSpace, 2020 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Kannengießer, Niclas; Lins, Sebastian; Dehling, Tobias; Sunyaev, Ali: Trade-offs between Distributed Ledger Technology Characteristics. ACM computing surveys 53 (2), 2020, Art. Nr.: 42 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Kannengießer, Niclas; Lins, Sebastian; Sunyaev, Ali: Uncertainties toward permissioned distributed ledgers: a multi-actor uncertainty conceptualization. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2020, AIS eLibrary (AISeL), 2020 more…
  • Kannengießer, Niclas; Pfister, Michelle; Greulich, Malte; Lins, Sebastian; Sunyaev, Ali: Bridges Between Islands: Cross-Chain Technology for Distributed Ledger Technology. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020, Maui, Hawaii, January 7 - 10, 2020, ScholarSpace, 2020 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Lücking, Markus; Kannengießer, Niclas; Kilgus, Maurice; Riedel, Till; Beigl, Michael; Sunyaev, Ali; Stork, Wilhelm: The Merits of a Decentralized Pollution-Monitoring System Based on Distributed Ledger Technology. IEEE access 8, 2020, 189365–189381 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Smetanin, S.; Ometov, A.; Kannengießer, N.; Sturm, B.; Komarov, M.; Sunyaev, A.: Modeling of Distributed Ledgers: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Proceedings 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2020): Antwerp, Belgium, 22-24 June 2020. Volume 2 - Research-in-Progress and Workshop Papers. Ed.: W. Guédria, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Thiebes, Scott; Kannengießer, Niclas; Schmidt-Kraepelin, Manuel; Sunyaev, Ali: Beyond Data Markets: Opportunities and Challenges for Distributed Ledger Technology in Genomics. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2020), Maui, Hawaii, ScholarSpace, 2020 more… Full text ( DOI )

2019

  • Kannengießer, Niclas; Lins, Sebastian; Dehling, Tobias; Sunyaev, Ali: What Does Not Fit Can be Made to Fit! Trade-Offs in Distributed Ledger Technology Designs. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences : January 8-11, 2019, Maui, Hawaii. Ed.: Tung X. Bui, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library, ScholarSpace, 2019 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Lamberti, R.; Fries, C.; Lücking, M.; Manke, R.; Kannengießer, N.; Sturm, B.; Komarov, M. M.; Stork, W.; Sunyaev, A.: An Open Multimodal Mobility Platform Based on Distributed Ledger Technology. Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems: 19th International Conference, NEW2AN 2019, and 12th Conference, ruSMART 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia, August 26-28, 2019, Proceedings. Ed.: O. Galinina (Lecture notes in computer science (LNCS)), Springer, 2019 more… Full text ( DOI )
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