Lothar Thiele#

Short biography#

He received his Diplom-Ingenieur and Dr.-Ing. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich in 1981 and 1985 respectively. After completing his Habilitation thesis from the Institute of Network Theory and Circuit Design of the Technical University Munich, he joined the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University in 1987.

In 1988, he took up the chair of microelectronics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Saarland, Saarbrucken, Germany. He joined ETH Zurich, Switzerland, as a full Professor of Computer Engineering, in 1994. He is leading the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory of ETH Zurich.

His research interests include models, methods and software tools for the design of embedded systems, embedded software and bioinspired optimization techniques.

Lothar Thiele is associate editor of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Journal of Real-Time Systems, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Journal of Systems Architecture, and INTEGRATION, the VLSI Journal.

In 1986 he received the "Dissertation Award" of the Technical University of Munich, in 1987, the "Outstanding Young Author Award" of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, in 1988, the Browder J. Thompson Memorial Award of the IEEE, and in 2000-2001, the "IBM Faculty Partnership Award". In 2004, he joined the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2005, he was the recipient of the Honorary Blaise Pascal Chair of University Leiden, The Netherlands. Since 2009 he is a member of the Foundation Board of Hasler Foundation, Switzerland. Since 2010, he is a member of the Academia Europaea.

Curriculum vitae#

Professional Experience

• 1981 - 1986 Technical University Munich Munich, Germany,

• Student education in Network Theory
• Research projects in Network Theory and Computing
• Software and Hardware Design
• 1987 Stanford University Stanford, CA

• Member of Information Systems Lab., Prof. T. Kailath
• Research in Computing
• 1988-1994 University Saarland Saarbrücken, Germany

• Education in Microelectronics
• Dean of Electrical Engineering Department
• Leading numerous research projects, funded by various companies and research foundations
• Research in microelectronics and computer engineering
• 1990 NEC C&C Laboratories Tokyo, Japan

• Parallel and distributed computing at the Computer and Communications Lab, Kawasaki
• 1991 IBM Research Yorktown Heights, NY

• Software and hardware development at the T.J. Watson Research Center from 1994 ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland

• Education in Computer Engineering
• Leading the Computer Engineering and Networks Lab (about 80 people)
• Leading numerous research projects, funded by various companies and research foundations such as KTI, EU FP6, EU FP7, SNF
• Contracts and research projects with national and international companies such as HP, ESEC, NetEngines, InAlp, IBM, BridgeCo, Siemens
• Research in the areas of computer engineering, embedded systems, wearable and mobile computing systems, bio-inspired optimization methods
• Involved in large national and international research projects, such as ARTIST2 European Network of Excellence, SHAPES European Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory CH-8092 Zurich, ph: +41 44 632 7031 fax: +41 44 632 1035, email: thiele@tik.ee.ethz.ch
• Integrated Project in FP 6, PREDATOR (FP7), COMBEST (FP7), Pro3D (FP7), EURETILE (FP7), MICS Mobile Information and Communication National Research Program
• 1999 Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto, CA

• Software and hardware design at the HP Research Labs

• 1963-1976 Various schools Aachen, Germany
  • School education, final degree with distinction (best of year)
• 1976 Jury Superieur de Belgique Brussels, Belgium
  • Final concert exam in piano (with grande distinction)
• 1976-1978 RWTH Aachen Aachen, Germany
  • Studies in Electrical Engineering at the Technical University in Aachen
• 1971-1981 Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Master in Electrical Engineering (with distinction, best of year)
• 1981-1984 Technical University Munich, Germany
  • PhD (with distinction)
• 1984-1987 Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Habilitation Thesis (venia legendi)

• 1977 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
• 1986 Award for the best PhD thesis
• 1987 Outstanding Young Author Award of the IEEE
• 1988 Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Award of the IEEE
• 2000 IBM Faculty Achievement Award
• 2001 IBM Faculty Achievement Award
• 2004 Member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 2005 Recipient of the Honorary Blaise Pascal Chair of the University Leiden, The Netherlands

• Organization of several international conferences, member of steering boards (EMSOFT, FORMATS), member of program committees in major conferences, general chair of several conferences and workshops
• Regular reviewing of large international research projects in various areas
• Editorial board of several scientific journals such as VLSI Signal Processing, INTEGRATION, IEEE Trans. on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics.
• Member of several scientific organizations such as IEEE and ACM, partly with organizational duties such as chairing ACM SIGBED (special interest group on embedded systems).
• Head of evaluation committees of various Information Technology and Electrical Engineering departments in Germany.
• Various institutional services within the ETH Zurich, such as representing ETH Zurich in affairs related to Bologna treaty, leading evaluation committees, study director of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering department (D-ITET), member of Hochschulversammlung, member of research commission of ETH Zurich, member of planning commission of ETH Zurich, Vice-president of KdL.
• Member of Steering Committee of the ALARI Master of Embedded System Program at University Lugano.
• Member of Advisory Board of ESI (Embedded System Institute, Eindhoven).
• Member of the Foundation Board of Hasler Foundation, Switzerland.

• Optimization, bio-inspired techniques for multi-objective problems
• Models, methods and software tools for the design of embedded systems
• Design of mobile information and communication systems, including wearable computing and sensor networks
• Further information about research and education: http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/~thiele

• Date and place of birth: 7th of April 1957, Aachen, Germany
• Three children (1986, 1989, 1993)
• Married since 1982