CV and Education

• born 1963 in Lahr
• 1969-1973: Martinstorschule Wangen im Allgäu
• 1973-1982: Rupert-Neß-Gymnasium Wangen im Allgäu
• 1982-1989: Technische Universität München: studying mathematics, informatics, and economics
• Nov. 1988: Dipl.-Math.
  Thesis: Algebraische Mehrgitterverfahren zur Optimierung unter Nebenbedingungen
• May 1989: Dipl.-Inform.
  Thesis: Entwurf von Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen für algebraische Mehrgitterverfahren
• June 1992: Dr. rer. nat. (Refs.: Chr. Zenger, R.H.W. Hoppe)
  Thesis: Dünne Gitter und deren Anwendung bei der adaptiven Lösung der dreidimensionalen Poisson-Gleichung
• July 1998: Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Refs.: Chr. Zenger, E. W. Mayr, H. Yserentant, M. Griebel)
  Thesis: Finite Elements of Higher Order on Sparse Grids
• Feb. 1999: Privatdozent
• July 2000: Professor

Career

• 1989-1991: Siemens doctoral grant
• 1991-1992: research assistant (wiss. Angestellter), Department of Informatics, TU München
• 1992-1998: research assistant (wiss. Assistent), Department of Informatics, TU München
• 1998-2000: senior assistant (Oberassistent), chair V, Department of Informatics, TU München
• 1992-2001: in charge of administration of FORTWIHR
• July 2000: associate professor (C3) for Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, Department of Mathematics, Universität Augsburg
• September 2001: full professor (C4) for Simulation of Large Systems, IPVS, Department of Informatics, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Universität Stuttgart
• December 2004: full professor (C4) for Scientific Computing, Department of Informatics, TU München
• May 2008: permanent visiting professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade
• January 2009: offer of a full professorship (W3) at the Universität Stuttgart; declined June 2009
• May 2014: offer of a position as full professor and centre director at Skolkovo Institute of Technology, Moscow, Russia; declined October 2014

Professional Activities (TUM)

• Director of the Ferienakademie (since 2005)
• Director of the ENB programme Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering BGCE (since 2005)
• Dean of Academic Affairs of the Informatics Department (2010-2013)
• Department Information Officer of the Informatics Department (2010-2013)
• Member of the Board of IGSSE (since 2011)
• Member of the Advisory Council of IAS (since 2011)
• Spokesperson of all deans of academic affairs (2012-2014)
• Vice-dean of the Informatics Department (2012-2013)
• Dean of the Informatics Department (since 2013)
• Director of the TUM Graduate School and TUM Graduate Dean (since 2013)

Professional Activities (others)

• Member of the Scientific Directorate of IBFI Schloss Dagstuhl (2003-2006)
• Editorial boards:
  • SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing (SIAM; 2005-2011)
  • Computing and Visualization in Science (Springer; since 2005)
  • Computing in Science and Engineering (IEEE and AIP; since 2006)
  • Numerische Mathematik (Springer; since 2007)
• Program Committee membership of many conferences
• Reviewing activities for various journals, conferences, individuals, and institutions (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, USA, Australia, Singapore)
• Head of the IT Commission (KfR) of the German Research Foundation DFG (2006-2013)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Leibniz Supercomputing Center of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (since 2006)
• Mentor in the Max Weber Programm of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (since 2006)
• Member of the Directorate of the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (since 2008)
• Member of the Advisory Board of SimTech (since 2008)
• Member of the Selection Board of the Max Weber Programm and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (since 2009)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) (2009-2022)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Leibniz Supercomputer Centre (LRZ), Munich (since 2009)
• Member of the Scientific Panel of CSCS (Swiss National Supercomputing Center) (2010-2014)
• Chairman of the Executive Board of the German National Research and Education Network (DFN) (2011-2020)
• Member of the BAR (Advisory Board for IT Infrastructure) of the Max Planck Society (since 2014)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Council for Doctoral Education (CDE) of the European University Association (EUA, 2016-2022)

Scholarships and Awards

• 1984-1988: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
• 1989-1991: Siemens doctorate grant
• 1992: award by the faculty of informatics for the doctorate thesis
• 1994: award by the Bavarian minister for education, arts, and science "Bayerischer Habilitations-Förderpreis"
• 2013: PRACE Award