Vice President for Research, Transfer and Digitalization
Prof. Dr. Martin Fränzle has been the Vice President for Research, Transfer, and Digitalization at the University of Oldenburg since January 1, 2020.
Prof. Dr. Martin Fränzle has been professor for “Hybrid Systems” within the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg since 2004. Holding a diploma and a doctoral degree in Computer Science from the University of Kiel, Martin Fränzle started working as a researcher and scientific assistant at the University of Oldenburg in 1997. Before having been offered the professorship at the University of Oldenburg in 2004, he spent two years researching and teaching as an associate professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) located at Kongens Lyngby in the Copenhagen area.
His work focuses on mathematical modeling as well as the verification and synthesis of secure and reliable cyber-physical systems, i.e., the merging of physical objects with information technology into "smart" infrastructures such as autonomous vehicles, production facilities, or supply networks. Visiting professorships and research stays led him to Freiburg and Saarbrücken (both Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Tallinn (Estonia), Grenoble (France), Oxford (England), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2015, Fränzle was Dean of the School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Law at the University of Oldenburg. He has furthermore been chairman for the executive board of the R&D division Transportation at the affiliated research institute OFFIS e.V. since 2018.
Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Martin Fränzle
Education
1983 – 1991: Diploma Studies in Informatics, Mathematics, and Logics at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel; at the same time apprenticeship and service as a paramedic in the ambulance and rescue services
1997: Doctoral degree from the Technical Faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (best-dissertation award)
Employment
1989 – 1991: Student researcher at the Department of Informatics of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
1991 – 1997: Research assistant at the Institute of Informatics of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany
1997 – 2000: Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
2000 – 2002: German equivalent to an assistant professor (German C 1 scale) at the Department of Computing Science at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
2002 – 2004: Associate professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling at the Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
03-04/2004: Visiting Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estland
2004 - today: Professor at the Department of Computing Science at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany; head of research group "‘Hybrid Systems"’
2004 – 2015: Member of the board and Project area coordinator within the transregional research center SFB-Transregio 14 “Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems” (AVACS) for project area Hybrid Systems
2004 – 2019: Member of the board of the Interdisciplinary Research Center Safety-Critical Systems at the University of Oldenburg, Germany
2006 – 2008: Velux Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Since 2011: Regular visits to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012 – heute: Co-speaker of the DRG-funded Research Training Group SCARE (System Correctness under Adverse Conditions)
2013 – 2015: Dean of the School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Law at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
2016 – 2017: Visiting Professor at Oxford University
2018 – today: Chairman for the executive board of the R&D division Transportation at the affiliated research institute OFFIS e.V.