Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kellerer
Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationsnetze (Prof. Kellerer)
Postadresse
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München
- Tel.: +49 (89) 289 - 23500, 23501
- Raum: 0509.02.946
- E-Mail: wolfgang.kellerer(at)tum.de
- IEEE Fellow
- Faculty member of the Department of Computer Engineering in the School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT) (since 2022)
- Elected member of the CIT School Council (since 2022)
- Former member of the Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik / department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2012 - 2022)
- Dean of Studies of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2020 - 2022) and Chairman of the Deans of Studies (2021 - 2022)
- Core Member Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI) (2021 - 2022)
- Member of the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) (since 2018)
- Scientific Director of the TUM Venture Lab Robotics/AI/Communication (since 2020)
- Scientific Director of the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (2018 - 2020)
- Vice-Coordinator of the TUM Center of Competence COMMUNICATION (CoC COM)
- Member of the ERC Peer Review Panel for the ERC Starting Grant 2024
- Co-Chairman of the German VDE ITG Board of Experts "Communication Networks and Systems" (Fachausschuss KT2 Kommunikationsnetze und -Systeme) (2023 - )
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of WIK (Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikation) (2023 - )
- Member of the Scientific Board of the Federal Network Agency of Germany (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis für Regulierungsfragen der Bundesnetzagentur, WAR) (2018 -)
- Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE NetSoft conference series (2023 - 2025)
- Member of the Future Communication Technologies Expert Committee of the 5G-Initiative from the Masterplan Bayern Digital II of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany (2018 - 2024)
- Member of the Advisory Board (Kuratorium) of Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin (2015 - 2020)
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Biography
Wolfgang Kellerer is full professor and head of the Chair of Communication Networks in the Department of Computer Engineering of the School of Computation, Information and Technology at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany. He is internationally recognized for his fundamental research on adaptive, programmable communication networks. His focus is on flexible and adaptive resource management and control of communication systems to support heterogeneous requirements including ultra-low latencies, tactile control and resilience towards 6G. Research methods include measurements, optimization, cross-layer-design, performance evaluation and AI for networking. Before he joined TUM, Wolfgang Kellerer pursued an industrial career being more than ten years with NTT DOCOMO's European research institute in Munich, Germany. His last position was head of the research department for wireless communication and networking, contributing to research and standardization of LTE-A and 5G technologies. In 2001, he was a visiting researcher at the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, California, US. He received his Dr.-Ing. degree (Ph.D.) and his Dipl.-Ing. degree (MSc.) from TUM, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He has published more than 300 papers in respective journals, conferences and workshops and is inventor of more than 40 patents and patent applications in this area. In 2015, he was awarded with the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Commission for his research on network flexibility. He was a co-recipient of the ACM SIGCOMM Best of CCR 2019 award. In 2020, he received the IEEE ComSoc Selected Publication award. He currently serves as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management and as an area editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of ACM and VDE ITG.
CV detailed (with links)
Scientific Positions
| 2012 - today | Full Professor (W3) Communication Networks (Kommunikationsnetze), Department of Computer Engineering (former Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik), School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT), Technische Universität München (TUM) |
| 2002 - 2012 | DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH: European research institute of the Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO; Last position: Head of the research unit for communications engineering and mobile networking (ca. 30 staff members) |
| 2003 - 2012 | External lecturer at TUM on „Advanced Network Architectures and Services“ |
| 2002 | PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, TUM |
| 2001 | Visiting researcher at Stanford University, CA, USA |
| 1996 - 2001 | Research and Teaching Associate, Lehrstuhl für Kommunikationsnetze, TUM |
| 1990 - 1995 | Studies, Diplom (Bachelor and Master) Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, TUM |
Fellowships and Awards (selection)
| 2025 | IEEE Fellow (Class of 2025) |
| 2024 | Preis der VDE ITG 2024 für die Publikation "Comparing the Scalability of Communication Networks and Systems" (Tobias Hossfeld, Poul Heegaard, Wolfgang Kellerer) |
| 2024 | IEEE/IFIP CNSM 2024 Best Student Paper Award |
| 2023 | IEEE Future Networks 2023 Best Paper Award |
| 2023 | IEEE CCNC 2023 Best Paper Award |
| 2023 | IEEE SECON 2023 Best Demo Award |
| 2022 | IEEE/IFIP CNSM 2022 Best Student Paper Award |
| 2020 | Dozentenpreis "Bester Dozent 2020" der Fakultät EI (Lecturer Award 2020) |
| 2020 | VDE “Ehrenurkunde 2020” awarded for exceptional voluntary service for VDE ITG |
| 2019 | ACM SIGCOMM Best Of CRR 2019 |
| 2018 | IEEE ICC 2018 Best Paper Award |
| 2015 | ERC Consolidator Grant FlexNets "Quantifying Flexibility in Communication Networks" |
| 2015 | DFG SPP „Cyber Physical Networking“ (member of the proposer team) |
| 2011 | DOCOMO Euro-Labs Company Award 2011 |
| 2008 | ITG Award 2008 for excellent publication (VDE ITG) |
| 2002 | DOCOMO Euro-Labs 2002 Research Excellence Award |
| 2001 | Stanford University Research Scholarship |
Commissions of Trust and Memberships (selection)
| 2023 - 2024 | Member of the ERC Peer Review Panel for the ERC Starting Grant 2024 |
| 2023 - 2025 | Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE NetSoft conference series |
| 2021 - today | Scientific Director of the TUM Venture Lab Robotics/AI |
| 2021 - today | Area Editor "Network Virtualization" for the journal IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (COMST) |
| 2018 - 2020 | Scientific Director of the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) |
| 2018 - today | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany |
| 2019 | Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC "Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Networking" |
| 2019 | Lead Guest Editor for IEEE TNSM on "Latest Developments for the Management of Softwarized Networks" |
| 2018 | Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Networking and Communications" |
| 2018 | Lead Guest Editor for IEEE TNSM on "Novel Techniques for Managing Softwarized Networks" |
| 2018 - 2020 | Editorial Board Member of IEEE Networking Letters |
| 2017 - today | Member of the scientific board of the Federal Network Agency of Germany (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis für Regulierungsfragen der Bundesnetzagentur, WAR) |
| 2017 | Guest Editor for IEEE TNSM on “Advances in Management of Softwarized Networks” |
| 2017 | Guest Editor for Hindawi on "Advances on Radio Access and Core Network of 5G Mobile Communication Systems" |
| 2016 - today | Editorial Board Member of IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials |
| 2016 - today | Editorial Board Member of IEEE Trans. on Network and Service Management |
| 2016 - today | Associate Member, Department of Informatics, TUM |
| 2015 - 2020 | Member of the Advisory Board (Kuratorium) of Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin |
| 2013 - today | Member of the Board of Directors of LMU/TUM CDTM (joint institute of LMU and TUM for technology management) |
| 2013 - 2018 | Member of the Research Council of the Münchner Kreis |
| 2012 - today | Member of VDE/ITG Fachausschuss 5.2 Communication Networks |
| 2009 - today | Member of the GI/ITG Fachausschuss „Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme“ |
| 2009 -2014 | Steering Board Member of IEEE P2P conference series |
| 2005 - 2010 | Area Editor of Elsevier Computer Networks Journal |
| 2006 | Guest Editor IEEE Communications Magazine |
| 2002 - today | Member more than 50 program comittees of international conferences, e.g., IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE P2P, IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, ACM Multimedia, ITC |
| 2001 - today | more than 50 patent applications, of which 40 are granted |
Selected projects of the past five years
| 2021 - 2025 | BMBF 6G Research Hub "6G-life" (co-coordinator) |
| 2022 - 2025 | StMWi 6G and Quantum Technology (6GQT) (proposer and PI) |
| 2021 - 2024 | StMWi 6G Future Lab Bavaria (coordinator) |
| 2020 - 2024 | StMWi Thinknet-6G (scientific chair) |
| 2021 - 2025 | StMWi KI.Fabrik |
| 2019 - 2021 | aero5FIVE - Aeronautical 5G Communication for Flexible Integrated and Versatile Aircraft Cabin Applications based on a Bavarian Excellence Cluster |
| 2017 - 2024 | DFG Project SDN-enabled Application-aware Network Control Architectures and their Performance Assessment (I + II) |
| 2016 - 2019 | CELTIC/BMBF SENDATE (SEcure Networking for a DATa center cloud in Europe) |
| 2016 - 2022 | DFG Project Optimal Co-Design of Wireless Resource Management and Multi-Loop Networked Control as part of SPP 1914 (I + II) |
| 2015 - 2021 | EU ERC Consolidator Grant FlexNets (Quantifying Flexibility in Comm. Networks) |
| 2015 - 2018 | EU H2020 5GPPP VirtuWind (SDN and NFV for industrial communication) |
| 2015 - 2018 | BMBF KMU Innovativ SARDINE (Sicherheit in Behördennetzen mit SDN und NV) |
| 2014 - 2016 | DFG Project in SPP COIN (Device-to-Device Communication) |
| 2014 - 2016 | BMWi ZIM K-SDN (network management for SDN) |
| 2009 - 2012 | BMBF G-Lab COMCON (network virtualization) |
| 2010 - 2013 | EU Project MEDIEVAL (mobile video delivery) |
| 2010 - 2012 | EU Project EARTH (energy efficient wireless networking) |
Collaboration projects with universities and industry, e.g., Nokia, Rakuten Mobile, Siemens, ZITiS.
Selected publications
- Guck J, Reisslein M, Kellerer W: “Function Split between Delay-Constrained Routing and Resource Allocation for Centrally Managed QoS in Industrial Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 2050 - 2061, December 2016.
- Blenk A, Basta A, Zerwas J, Reisslein M, Kellerer W: “Control Plane Latency with SDN Network Hypervisors: The Cost of Virtualization”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 366 - 380, September 2016.
- Jarschel M, Zinner T, Hossfeld T, Tran-Gia P, Kellerer W: “Interfaces, Attributes and Use Cases – A Compass for SDN”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume: 52, Issue: 6, June 2014.
- Römer K, Ostermaier B, Mattern F, Fahrmair M, Kellerer W: “Real-Time Search for Real-World Entities: A Survey”. Proceedings of the IEEE. Special Issue on Sensor Network Applications. 2010; 98(11): 1887 - 1902.
- Zöls S, Despotovic Z, Kellerer W: “On Hierarchical DHT Systems - An Analytical Approach for Optimal Designs”. Elsevier Journal of Computer Communication, pp. 576-590, Feb. 2008.
- Shacham R, Schulzrinne H, Thakolsri S, Kellerer W: “Ubiquitous Device Personalization: The Next Generation of IP Telephony”. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP). 2007; 3(2): Article No. 12.