CV

Academic Career

  • 08/2024 - Present
    Assistant Professor
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States
  • 01/2023 - Present
    Associated Researcher
    Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States
  • 10/2022 - Present
    Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. Ian Foster)
    University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
  • 01/2021 - Present
    Research Group Leader (Prof. Samuel Kounev)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  • 10/2016 - Present
    Research Assistant (Prof. Samuel Kounev)
    University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Academic Education

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

Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

  • 05/2023
    GAIN Participation Grant
    German Academic International Network (GAIN)
    The GAIN conference connects internationally mobile German scientists with representatives from the scientific community, politics, and industry.
  • 02/2023
    SPECtacular Award
    Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
    The SPECtacular Award is given to individuals who have significantly exceeded expectations in their contributions to SPEC.
  • 01/2023
    Leadership Academy Fellowship
    German Scholars Organization
    The Leadership Academy Fellowship is awarded to 25 outstanding researchers from all disciplines.
  • 04/2022
    SPEC Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award
    Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
    This annual award recognizes one outstanding doctoral dissertation within the scope of the SPEC Research Group in terms of scientific originality, scientific significance, practical relevance, impact, and presentation.
  • 07/2021
    Distinguished Dissertation Award
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Würzburg
    An annual award for outstanding dissertations from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.
  • 05/2021
    Dissertation Award
    Unterfränkische Gedenkjahrstiftung für Wissenschaft
    An annual award for outstanding dissertations from all disciplines.
  • 12/2020
    Summa cum laude
    University of Würzburg
    Grading of the doctoral thesis 'Automated Hybrid Time Series Forecasting: Design, Benchmarking, and Use Cases.'
  • 03/2020
    Winner of the FameLab State of Bavaria Final
    British Council
    In this science communication competition, researchers present their work in three minutes in an understandable and humorous way.

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 - 09/2024
    Organization committee (posters)
    International Conference on e-Science 2024
  • 07/2024 - 09/2024
    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 - 07/2024
    Program committee
    International Conference on e-Science 2024
  • 03/2024 - 09/2023
    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