Research Interests
Mathematical analysis of algorithms and network protocols for multiaccess channels, analytic combinatorics in the analysis of the performance of queueing systems subject to deadlines, modeling and mathematical analysis of fault-tolerant distributed algorithms, distributed real-time systems, dynamic networks, fault-tolerant asynchronous VLSI circuits/SoCs.

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Biographical Information
I am currently full professor and head of the Embedded Computing Systems Group at the Institut für Technische Informatik at TU Wien. My background is in computer science and mathematics as well as in industrial electronics and embedded systems design. I received several awards and prices, most notably the Austrian START-price, and own the venia docendi ("Habilitation") for the whole field of computer science at TU Wien. Here is my full curriculum vitae:

• CV German
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I am married to Dr. Isolde Schmid-Reiter, who is assistant professor at the University of Vienna and secretary general of the European Academy of Music Theatre. My private interests besides my family are music (playing organ), philosophy, literature, and athletics.