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.
His research focuses on advancing the cybersecurity, predictability, reliability, and interoperability of connected, intelligent, and autonomous systems in complex cyber-physical scenarios. Prof. Steinhorst has co-authored more than 170 publications, received several best paper awards, and regularly takes leading roles in organizing scientific conferences. He also serves as an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS). 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 led the Embedded Systems Department (since 2015) and previously held Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow positions. From May to 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 received tenure with a promotion to W3-level Associate Professor in December 2019.