Short Biography

Sebastian Steinhorst is an Associate Professor (W3-level with tenure) at Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany. He leads the Embedded Systems and Internet of Things group in the Department of Computer Engineering of the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology.
The research of Prof. Steinhorst centers around advancing the security, predictability, reliability, and interoperability of smart connected and autonomous systems in complex cyber-physical scenarios for use in Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and automotive applications.
Prof. Steinhorst studied computer science at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. He received his PhD from the same university in 2011. From 2011 to 2016, he worked at the TUMCREATE research center in Singapore where he was leading the Embedded Systems Group as Principal Investigator (since 2015) and previously held Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow positions. From May till September 2016, he was an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University, Denmark. Prof. Steinhorst joined TUM in November 2016 as a Rudolf Moessbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Fellow of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). He also was a Co-Program PI in the Electrification Suite and Test Lab of the research center TUMCREATE in Singapore from 2017 to 2021. He received tenure with a promotion to W3-level Associate Professor in January 2020.