Curriculum Vitae

A detailed version of my CV can be seen here .

Academic Career

  • since 08/2024
    Assistant professor
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States
  • since 01/2023
    Associated researcher
    Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States
  • 10/2022 - 08/2024
    Postdoctoral scholar (Prof. Ian Foster)
    University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
  • 01/2021 - 10/2022
    Research group leader (Prof. Samuel Kounev)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 10/2016 - 12/2020
    Research assistant (Prof. Samuel Kounev)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Academic Education

  • 10/2016 - 12/2020
    Dr. rer. nat. (Computer Science)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 10/2014 - 09/2016
    Master of Science (Computer Science)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 10/2012 - 09/2014
    Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

  • 05/2023
    GAIN Participation Grant
    German Academic International Network, Bonn, Germany
  • 02/2023
    2023 SPECtacular Award
    Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, Gainesville, United States
  • 01/2023
    Leadership Academy Fellowship
    German Scholars Organization, Berlin, Germany
  • 04/2022
    SPEC Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award
    Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, Gainesville, United States
  • 05/2021
    Dissertation Award
    Unterfränkische Gedenkjahrstiftung für Wissenschaft, Würzburg, Germany
  • 12/2020
    Summa cum laude
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 03/2020
    Winner of the FameLab State of Bavaria final
    British Council, Regensburg, Germany
  • 08/2015 - 01/2016
    Sokrates/Erasmus Grant
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 10/2014 - 09/2015
    Deutschlandstipendium
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 11/2009
    Heinrich-Thein Award
    Heinrich-Thein-Stiftung, Haßfurt, Germany

Academic Service

  • since 06/2021
    Founder and chair of the SPEC Predictive Data Analytics Group
    SPEC Research Group
  • since 09/2024
    Organization committee
    The Eight Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing Performance 2025
  • since 09/2024
    Program committee
    International conference on Data Science Technology and Applications 2025
  • 07/2024 - 09/24
    Organization committee (posters)
    International Conference on e-Science 2024
  • 07/2024 - 09/24
    Program committee
    Symposium on Software Performance 2024
  • since 07/2024
    Organization committee (data challenge)
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2025
  • since 06/2024
    Program committee
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2025
  • 04/2024 - 07/24
    Program committee
    International Conference on e-Science 2024
  • 03/2024 - 09/23
    Program committee
    International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems 2024
  • 01/2024 - 07/2024
    Program committee
    International conference on Time Series and Forecasting 2024
  • 12/2023 - 05/2024
    Program committee
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2024
  • 11/2023 - 05/2024
    Program committee (artifact evaluation)
    International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing 2024
  • 11/2023 - 06/2024
    Program committee
    International conference on Data Science Technology and Applications 2024
  • 08/2023 - 05/2024
    Program committee
    International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science 2024
  • 08/2023 - 05/2024
    Organization committee (posters and demos)
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2024
  • 07/2023 - 12/2023
    Program committee
    International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing 2024
  • 06/2023 - 11/2023
    Program committee
    Symposium on Software Performance 2023
  • 05/2023 - 09/2023
    Program committee (posters and demos)
    International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems 2023
  • 03/2023 - 07/2023
    Program committee
    International conference on Data Science Technology and Applications 2023
  • 02/2023 - 07/2023
    Program committee
    International conference on Time Series and Forecasting 2023
  • 04/2017 - 05/2023
    Elected editor of the annual newsletter
    SPEC Research Group
  • 11/2022 - 05/2023
    Program committee
    International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing 2023
  • 10/2022 - 02/2023
    Organization committee
    The Second International Workshop on Performance-Data Analytics and Data-Management
  • 06/2022 - 12/2022
    Program committee
    International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing 2022
  • 06/2022 - 09/2022
    Program committee (posters and demos)
    International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems 2022
  • 04/2022 - 11/2022
    Program committee
    Symposium on Software Performance 2022
  • 04/2022 - 07/2022
    Program committee
    International conference on Time Series and Forecasting 2022
  • 10/2021 - 04/2022
    Organization committee
    The First International Workshop on Performance-Data Analytics and Data-Management
  • 10/2018 - 05/2021
    Elected release manager of the RG Cloud Working Group
    SPEC Research Group
  • 03/2019 - 04/2020
    Program committee (artifact evaluation)
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2020
  • 11/2018 - 04/2020
    Publicity chair
    International Conference on Performance Engineering 2020
  • 01/2019 - 06/2019
    Program committee
    Workshop on Evaluations and Measurements in Self-Aware Computing Systems 2019
  • 01/2019 - 06/2019
    Publicity chair
    Workshop on Evaluations and Measurements in Self-Aware Computing Systems 2019