Christoph Meinel
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Christoph Meinel (born 14 April 1954, Meißen
, Germany
) is a German scientist and university professor of computer sciences. He is president and CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institute
(HPI) for IT Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam
(Germany), which is ranked a top university department in computer sciences in Germany (CHE-Ranking 2009). His actual research interests and activities is concentrated on Internet Technology and Systems and on innovation research (Design Thinking research). It is particularly focused on Internet security and security engineering (highest network security, safer Internet, SOA-Security and Trust), on innovative froms or teaching and learning (Web3.0, e-learning, tele-lecturing, e.g. tele-TASK
), and on secure telemedicine. In 2006, he hosted together with Hasso Plattner the first German “National IT-Summit” of the German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel.
1974-79 Christoph Meinel studied Mathematics and Computer Sciences at the Humboldt-University Berlin were he received also his PhD degree in 1981. 1988 he defended his State Doctorate (“Habilitation”) at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. After visiting positions at the universities of Saarbrücken and Paderborn, in 1992 he was appointed a full professor (C4) for computer science at the University of Trier
(Germany). In that time his research activities were concentrated in computational complexity theory
and efficient data structures (esp. binary decision diagrams - BDDs) for chip design. In the midnineteeth he extended his research focus to Internet and Web-technologies, particularly he startet applied research and development in IT-Security and Teleteaching. In that time he founded the Institut für Telematik e.V., which was supervised by the Fraunhofer Society for applied research. There he invented technologies like Lock-Keeper
and Tele-TASK
. 2004, when he was appointed scientific director and CEO of the HPI he continued his research work in these fields. Meanwhile Lock-Keeper is licensed by Siemens AG
and tele-TASK is regularly used for recording and Internet-broadcasting lectures of HPI and several other universities. Beside he is a teacher at the HPI School of Design Thinking
and program director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program. Beside of his teaching activities in HPI and Potsdam university since 2002 he is a visiting professor both at the University of Luxembourg
and at the School of Computer Science of the Technical University of Beijing (China).
Christoph Meinel is author or co-author of 8 text books and monographs (e.g. "Digitale Kommunikation", "WWW – Kommunikation, Internetworking, Web-Technologien", "Design Thinking – Innovation lernen, Ideenwelten öffnen", "Mathematische Grundlagen der Informatik", "Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen im VLSI-Design. OBDDs – Grundlagen und Anwendungen"), and of various conference proceedings. He has published more than 350 per-reviewed scientific papers in highly recognised international scientific journals and conferences. He holds various international patents (e.g. Lock-Keeper
licenced by Siemens AG) and leads the tele-TASK
design team.
Christoph Meinel is the chairman of the national German IPv6
council, the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program, the steering committee of the HPI Future SOC Lab, and the advisory board of SAP Meraka UTD in South Africa.
In between 1996-2007 Meinel was member of the scientific board of the IBFI Schloß Dagstuhl
and speaker of the special interest group on complexity of the German computer science society Gesellschaft für Informatik. He is also member of various other international scientific boards and program committees, and has organised several symposia and conferences.
Christoph Meinel is chief editor of the two scientific E-journals ECCC-Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity
and ECDTR-Electronic Colloquium on Design Thinking Research, of the IT-Gipfelblog, an ongoing blog about ICT in Germany, and of the tele-TASK portal with several thousands of multimedia lecture recordings by tele-TASK
.
Meissen
Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) is a German scientist and university professor of computer sciences. He is president and CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institute
Hasso Plattner Institute
The Hasso Plattner Institute ', or HPI, is a German information technology college, affiliated to the University of Potsdam and located in Potsdam-Babelsberg near Berlin. It was founded in 1998 and is the first, and still the only, entirely privately-funded college in Germany...
(HPI) for IT Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam
University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
(Germany), which is ranked a top university department in computer sciences in Germany (CHE-Ranking 2009). His actual research interests and activities is concentrated on Internet Technology and Systems and on innovation research (Design Thinking research). It is particularly focused on Internet security and security engineering (highest network security, safer Internet, SOA-Security and Trust), on innovative froms or teaching and learning (Web3.0, e-learning, tele-lecturing, e.g. tele-TASK
Tele-TASK
The "tele-Teaching Anywhere Solution Kit" is a system for tele-lecturing that was developed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel's research group at the University of Trier , where it was first used in 2002. The project moved to the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam in 2004 when Prof...
), and on secure telemedicine. In 2006, he hosted together with Hasso Plattner the first German “National IT-Summit” of the German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel.
1974-79 Christoph Meinel studied Mathematics and Computer Sciences at the Humboldt-University Berlin were he received also his PhD degree in 1981. 1988 he defended his State Doctorate (“Habilitation”) at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. After visiting positions at the universities of Saarbrücken and Paderborn, in 1992 he was appointed a full professor (C4) for computer science at the University of Trier
University of Trier
The University of Trier , in the German city of Trier, was founded in 1473. Closed in 1798 by order of the then French administration in Trier, the university was re-established in 1970 after a hiatus of some 172 years. The new university campus is located on top of the Tarforst heights, an urban...
(Germany). In that time his research activities were concentrated in computational complexity theory
Computational complexity theory
Computational complexity theory is a branch of the theory of computation in theoretical computer science and mathematics that focuses on classifying computational problems according to their inherent difficulty, and relating those classes to each other...
and efficient data structures (esp. binary decision diagrams - BDDs) for chip design. In the midnineteeth he extended his research focus to Internet and Web-technologies, particularly he startet applied research and development in IT-Security and Teleteaching. In that time he founded the Institut für Telematik e.V., which was supervised by the Fraunhofer Society for applied research. There he invented technologies like Lock-Keeper
Lock-Keeper
Lock-Keeper is a high-level security solution based on the idea of "Physical Separation". It is a hardware-based device and works like a sluice to provide secure data exchange between the physically separated networks...
and Tele-TASK
Tele-TASK
The "tele-Teaching Anywhere Solution Kit" is a system for tele-lecturing that was developed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel's research group at the University of Trier , where it was first used in 2002. The project moved to the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam in 2004 when Prof...
. 2004, when he was appointed scientific director and CEO of the HPI he continued his research work in these fields. Meanwhile Lock-Keeper is licensed by Siemens AG
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
and tele-TASK is regularly used for recording and Internet-broadcasting lectures of HPI and several other universities. Beside he is a teacher at the HPI School of Design Thinking
Design thinking
Design Thinking refers to the methods and processes for investigating ill-defined problems, acquiring information, analyzing knowledge, and positing solutions in the design and planning fields...
and program director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program. Beside of his teaching activities in HPI and Potsdam university since 2002 he is a visiting professor both at the University of Luxembourg
University of Luxembourg
thumb|Campus LimpertsbergThe University of Luxembourg is the only university in Luxembourg, founded on 13 August 2003. Prior to that, there were several higher educational institutions such as the cour universitaire or the IST that offered one or two years of academic studies...
and at the School of Computer Science of the Technical University of Beijing (China).
Christoph Meinel is author or co-author of 8 text books and monographs (e.g. "Digitale Kommunikation", "WWW – Kommunikation, Internetworking, Web-Technologien", "Design Thinking – Innovation lernen, Ideenwelten öffnen", "Mathematische Grundlagen der Informatik", "Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen im VLSI-Design. OBDDs – Grundlagen und Anwendungen"), and of various conference proceedings. He has published more than 350 per-reviewed scientific papers in highly recognised international scientific journals and conferences. He holds various international patents (e.g. Lock-Keeper
Lock-Keeper
Lock-Keeper is a high-level security solution based on the idea of "Physical Separation". It is a hardware-based device and works like a sluice to provide secure data exchange between the physically separated networks...
licenced by Siemens AG) and leads the tele-TASK
Tele-TASK
The "tele-Teaching Anywhere Solution Kit" is a system for tele-lecturing that was developed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel's research group at the University of Trier , where it was first used in 2002. The project moved to the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam in 2004 when Prof...
design team.
Christoph Meinel is the chairman of the national German IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
council, the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program, the steering committee of the HPI Future SOC Lab, and the advisory board of SAP Meraka UTD in South Africa.
In between 1996-2007 Meinel was member of the scientific board of the IBFI Schloß Dagstuhl
Dagstuhl
Dagstuhl is a computer science research center in Germany, located in and named after a district of the town of Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland.-Location:...
and speaker of the special interest group on complexity of the German computer science society Gesellschaft für Informatik. He is also member of various other international scientific boards and program committees, and has organised several symposia and conferences.
Christoph Meinel is chief editor of the two scientific E-journals ECCC-Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity
Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity
The Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity is an electronic archive of research papers in computational complexity theory, a branch of computer science....
and ECDTR-Electronic Colloquium on Design Thinking Research, of the IT-Gipfelblog, an ongoing blog about ICT in Germany, and of the tele-TASK portal with several thousands of multimedia lecture recordings by tele-TASK
Tele-TASK
The "tele-Teaching Anywhere Solution Kit" is a system for tele-lecturing that was developed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel's research group at the University of Trier , where it was first used in 2002. The project moved to the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam in 2004 when Prof...
.
External links
- Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam, Germany
- Personal Homepage
- List of Publications on the DBLP-Server
- tele-TASK portal - archive of more than 3.000 lecture recordings
- High-security network solution Lock-Keeper
- ECCC - The Electronic Colloqium on Computational Complexity
- Blog about ICT in Germany
- German IPv6 Council