Managing Director at the Institute for Architecture of Application Systems at the University of Stuttgart...
On September 13, Prof. Frank Leymann received an honorary professorship from the Faculty of Computer Science at TU Wien–to honor his extensive contributions to computer science.
“With Frank Leymann, we welcome a pioneer to our faculty, who overcomes the boundaries between classical computing and quantum computing with his expertise in computer science and mathematics,” says Gerti Kappel, Dean of TU Wien Informatics.
Frank Leymann heads the Institute for Architecture of Application Systems at the University of Stuttgart. As the first Kurt Gödel Visiting Professor, Prof. Leymann will conduct research and teach at TU Wien on a temporary basis over the next three years.
...and one of the most influential computer scientists worldwide
With over 550 published articles, more than 42,000 citations, and an H-index of 89, he is today considered one of the most influential computer scientists worldwide. His expertise is diverse – from workflow management to pattern languages to cloud computing, IoT, integration technologies and quantum computing – and lies not only in research, but also in industrial applications.
He began his academic career studying mathematics, physics, and astronomy, and in 1982, received a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Bochum, Germany. There, he obtained his doctorate in differential geometry in 1984 on “Foliations on spaces with singularities”.