Dr. Andreas Herkersdorf

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Biography

Andreas Herkersdorf is a professor of Integrated Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on architectures, co-processors, design methods, accelerators, application-specific multicore processors (MPSoC), IP packet processing, embedded automotive systems, and visual computing. He has significant expertise in prototype development using FPGA platforms and bio-inspired, self-organizing MPSoC solutions aimed at improving fault tolerance and energy efficiency at the system level. Herkersdorf studied electrical engineering at TUM and earned his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich in 1991. He joined IBM Research – Zurich, leading the communication systems department and managing the network processor hardware group. In 2003, he was appointed as the Chair of Integrated Systems at TUM. He is an active member of editorial boards for international journals and was elected to the German Research Foundation (DFG) Review Board for computer architecture and embedded systems in 2012.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2003-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Chair of Integrated Systems, focusing on various advanced topics in integrated systems and multicore processor design.

Awards

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IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award

2001-01-01
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IBM Master Inventor

1998-01-01
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IBM Innovation Achievement Award