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Dieter Baum

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

 

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dieter Baum
University of Trier
Dept. IV, Subdept. of Computer Science
D-54286 T r i e r
Germany
Phone:

++ 49 - 651 - 201 - 2849 (office)
++ 49 - 6588 - 3005 (home)

e-mail:

baum@uni-trier.de  (office)
baum.family@web.de  (home)

Short Resume

Dieter Baum, retired professor for Mathematical Computer Science, born June 4, 1938 in Berlin, married, two children.

Education:

Diploma in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Free University of Berlin, 1966. Dr. rer. nat. in Pure Mathematics (subsidiary subject Quantum Theory), Technical University of Berlin, 1972. Habilitation and Venia Legendi at the Technical University of Berlin, subject ”Analytical Methods in Operating Systems and Distributed Systems”, 1982.

Professional Employment:

Scientific staff member, Hahn-Meitner-Institute for Nuclear Research Berlin (HMI), Mathematical Section, 1966-1972. Leader of the working group ”Operating Systems”, dept. of Data Processing and Electronics, HMI, 1972-1976. Project Co-Leader, networking project HMINET I, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, 1977-1980. Project Leader, networking project HMINET II (X.25), financed by the German Federal Ministry for Re-search and Technology, 1981-1982. Associate Professor for Computer Networks and Analytical Modelling, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, 1983-1984. Full Professor for Mathematical Computer Science, Dept. IV, Subdept. of Mathematics, University of Trier, 1984-1992. Same position at the Subdept. of Computer Science, since 1992. Vice-Dean 1998 - 1999 and Dean, 1999 - 2001, of the Department IV (Economics, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science), University of Trier. Vice-Dean, 2001 - 2002.

Visiting Positions:

Dept. of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland, November 1982. Dept. of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, academic year October 1982 - September 1983. Dept. of Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, November - December 1987. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland, January - February 1988. Dept. of Mathematics, Wuhan-University, Wuhan, China, October 2000.

Consulting Positions, Committee or Board Positions:

Council of Dept. for Data Processing and Electronics, Hahn-Meitner Institute for Nuclear Research Berlin (HMI), member 1974-1982. Deputy Chairman, Consulting Committee for Electronic Data Processing of the Senate of the City of Berlin, 1977-1979. Council of Experts for Data Communication of the German Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, 1980-1982. Member of the executive board of the GI/ITG-Special Interest Group for Communication and Distributed Systems (GI=Gesellschaft f¨ur Informatik, ITG=Informationstechnische Gesellschaft), 1980- 1991. Acting chairman of the Subdept. of Mathematics, University of Trier, 1984-1985. Chairman of the Commission for Electronic Data Processing of the University Senate, Trier, 1984-1990. Commission member 1984-1997. Member of the Regional University Computer Center Commission in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 1984-1990. Member of the Scientific Board of the German Association for Mathematics and Data Processing, 1988-1992. Institute Superiore Mario Bella (ISMB), project assessment for the Italian gouvernment (Ministry of Universities, Scientific and Technological Research of Italy), since 1998. Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland, February - March, 2003. National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2003 - 2006.

Teaching in Summer Schools / Senior Scientists Education:

Summer Schoool on modelling of telecommunication systems, Deutsche Telecom, Darmstadt, July, 2002. Mittag- Leffler-Institute, Royal Academy of Sciences, Djursholm, Sweden, September 2004. Tutorial presentations, invited lectures (ongoing).

Professional Societies:

German University Association (DHV), 1983 -. German Association for Mathematics (DMV), 1984 -. Association for Computer Science (GI), 1974 -. GI/ITG-Special Interest Group for Communication and Distributed Systems, 1980-1994. GI/ITG-Special Interest Group for Measurement, Modelling, and Assessment of Computer Systems (MMB), 1980-. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA, 1987 - 2003. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, 1987 - 2002.

Programme Committee Memberships:

GI/ITG-Conference on Communication in Distributed Systems, 1980-1991. European Conference on Hardware and Software Systems EUROMICRO, 1988 - 1999. 10th Conference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluations of Computer and Communication Systems, Trier, 1999. 3rd Int. Conference on Matrix Analytical Methods (MAM3), Leuven, Belgium, July 2000. 3rd Int. Workshop on Network Optimization, Trier, November 2000. 11th Conference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluations of Computer and Communication Systems, Aachen, 2001. 4th Int. Conference on Matrix Analytical Methods (MAM4), Adelaide, Australia, 2002. Int. Seminar on Applied Stochastic Models and Information Processes, Petrozavodsk, Russia, September 2002. 18th Int. Telecommunication Conference (ITC), Berlin, 2003.

Third Party Financed Projects:

Networking project HMINET I, 1977-1980. Networking project HMINET II (X.25), 1981-1982. COST 11 - bis Project (European Action in Teleinformatics), 1982-1983. Research project SENS (Strategies for the Efficient Use of Satellite Communication), sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG), 1986-1988. Research Project TECMOS (Techniques for Modelling of Distributed Systems), sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Supplementary Education, Rheinland-Pfalz, 1988-1990. ESA Space Data Network Project I, sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), 1988-1989: Modelling of End-to-End Communication Across the Data Relay System. ESA Space Data Network Project II, 1989-1991: Study on a Space Data Network Modelling Tool. ESA Space Data Network Project III, 1991-1993: Architectural Alternatives for the Space Data Relay System. Research Project MITRA (Matrix Analytic Algorithms: Implementation and Transfer), sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Supplementary Education, Rheinland-Pfalz, 1996-1997. NATO Project MATRA (Matrix Analytical Performance Assessment). Collaborative Research Grant from the NATO Intern. Scientific Exchange Programme, 1997. Center of Network Optimization (CNO), member-university in cooperation with the universities of Aachen (RWTH) and W¨urzburg, financed by Northern Telecom (Nortel), 1998-2000. Research Project OZON (Optimierung und Zuverl¨assigkeitsanalyse drahtloser Telekommunikationsnetze = Optimization and Reliability Analysis of Wireless Telecommunication Networks), sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Supplementary Education, Rheinland-Pfalz, 2001-2002. Research Project ADQUEUES (Advances in Queueing Systems and Networks with Application to Computer and Communication Systems), project for bilateral cooperation in science and technology with Hungary, sponsored by the Ministry of Supplementary Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, 2000-2002. Research Project ADLON (Stochastic Analysis of Wireless Telecommunication Networks), project for bilateral cooperation in science and technology with Belarussia and the Ukraine, sponsored by the Ministry of Supplementary Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, 2002-2004.