Christian Decker - small biography
fall 1997 - 2002: computer science @ University of Karlsruhe
fall 1999: student worker @ TecO
summer 2001: internship @ Starlab, Brussels
sept. 2002: Diploma degree (M.Sc. equivalent) in computer science
oct. 2002: Ph.D. student @ TecO
mar. 2006: scientific manager of the TecO research group
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Christian is doing research in the area of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp). In particulary, he is interested in collaborative system software for small networked sensor platforms which are considered to be one of the most basic enabling technologies for ubicomp. An example is the Particle Computer platform which we developed at TecO.
Christian's goal is to support developers with an operating system, which provides generic and reasonable collaboration mechanism for networked sensor platforms. Those mechanisms are required to overcome performance and energy restrictions when devices of a platform work distributed in complex ubicomp scenarios. The operating system will act proactively in ubicomp scenarios by utilizing information of the situation surrounding the devices of the platform. This information is described as contexts. Using contexts is a new approach which separates ubicomp from other research areas like embedded system and distribiuted systems and makes it a new research area.
Christian is involved in various projects. Currently, he is working in the EC funded project CoBIs representing TecO as the largest academic partner in this project. Christian is the leader of the technical workpackage in CoBIs and he is responsible for the integration of several sensor network platforms in a service based architecture for business processes. Besides, there is strong ongoing cooperation between SAP Research Lab Karlsruhe (CEC) and TecO. Some results are the AwareGoods project, the SmartShelf and the DigiClip. Please have a look on the project page for further details.
At TecO Christian is also responsible for the network infrastructure. He is further the contact person for almost all administrative questions from student workers and questions regarding student workers.
Christian
Decker
TecO, University of Karlsruhe
Vincenz-Prießnitz-Str.1
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)721 / 464704-15
Fax: +49 (0)721 / 9663418
EMail: cdecker@teco.edu
