1957

born in Braunschweig, Germany

1963-75

School Education

1975-77

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Physics

1977-82

Universität Hamburg, Computer Science

1982

Dipl. Inform., Universität Hamburg

1982-86

Research Associate at Universität Hamburg

1984-85

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Ph.D. scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service

1987

Dr. rer nat. (Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Universität Hamburg

1987-88

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Sir Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1988-89

Software Consultant in Hamburg

1989-92

Assistant Professor (C1), Universität Hamburg

1992-98

Director, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC²)

1998

Department Head, Computer Science, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)
Professor, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin