Prof. Dr. Achim P. Karduck

• 1998: appointed Professor for Telematics at Furtwangen University, Germany 
  co-established Computer Networking degree programme 
  responsible for the international partnerships in the area of Computer Science/Information Systems
• Head of UBS Private Banking New Technologies US in New York, USA
• Head of Innovation Department for Information Systems, Swiss Bank Corporation in Basel, Switzerland
• Placements in software development at Hewlett-Packard (Böblingen) and Nixdorf-Computer - Office Automation (Berlin)
• Freelance software engineer at CAE-consulting (Freiburg)
• Scientific employee at the Research Center for Applied Knowledge Engineering (FAW, Ulm) and Freiburg University

Additional Functions

• Director International Semester Furtwangen
• Internal link opens in the same window:Director Sustainable Development
  Read more: https://www.hs-furtwangen.de/netzwerke/gesellschaft/nachhaltigkeit

Qualifications

• PhD in Telematics from Freiburg University (Germany), IIG-Institute for Telematics
• Master of Science degree in Man-Computer Systems from De Montfort University (UK)
• Diplom degree (comparable to BSc Hons.) from Furtwangen University (Germany)

Selected conference organisation and publications

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Lectures and Current Activities

• Computer Networks: BSc in Applied Computer Networking, Faculty of Computer Science
• Mobility and Innovation: MSc in Mobile Systems, Faculty of Computer Science
• Science in eBusiness: MSc in Computer Science in Media, Faculty of Digital Meda
• Collaborative Systems: within International Semester of Furtwangen University and master's programmes
• IT and Sustainable Development: within International Semester of Furtwangen University
• Software Architecture: BSc in Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science
• Software and System Architecture: BSc in IT Product Management, Faculty of Computer Science

Has lectured and researched internationally at Grand Ecole IMT (Albi, France), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), and Curtin University (Perth, Australia)

Research Focus

• research activities in the area of:
  • Software and Systems Architectures and Telematics
  • Collaborative Systems
  • Mobility and Innovation
  • Machine Learning and Health
  • Digital Ecosytems for Social, Economic, and Ecologic Development (SEED)
• research often conducted in conjunction with leading industrial partners, benefitting from strong links with international research centres
• current active research encompasses four interdependent areas
  encompasses domain-specific, applicable research with regional enterprises with project and thesis involvement, and strong international network of University partners
  • System Architectures and Resilient Infrastructures: in cooperation with University of New South Wales (Canberra, Australia), Cardio Secure (Frankfurt), Fraunhofer FIT (St. Augustin), and companies e.g. in the area of Mobility and Innovation
  • Resource Optimisation: in cooperation with Murdoch University (Environment and Life, Australia), De Montfort University (Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (UK)
  • Innovation Adoption: in cooperation with the IEEE international conference series DEST (Digital Ecosystem and Smart Technologies).
  • Digital Ecosystems and Sustainable Development: in cooperation with Smart Green Accelerator (Freiburg), iFOSSF (International Foundation for Free and Open Source Solutions) and Abamix/BONA Society (for Developing Regions).
• Recent domain-specific involvements include:
  • Large Enterprises, such Daimler Research or SAP Research
  • Medium Size Enterprises with global reach from the „wvib Black Forest Ltd. Network“, including Sick GmbH, Endress + Hauser GmbH, Testo GmbH
  • Applied Research Institutes, including Fraunhofer FIT and ISE
  • Startup Ecosystem, including Smart Green Accelerator (Freiburg)