Sandro Leuchter
Professor for Distributed and Mobile Applications
Hochschule Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Computer Science Department
Competence Center for Information Security
Steinbeis Transfer Centre Distributed and Mobile Applications
Biography
Sandro Leuchter has held the professorship for distributed and mobile applications at the Faculty of Computer Science at Hochschule Mannheim University of Applied Sciences since 2016. He teaches software and computer engineering and is responsible for internships and student industrial placements. He also heads the Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Distributed and Mobile Applications and regularly acts as an external expert for the European Commission (DG HOME, DG ENV, REA).
His experience in the higher education system includes positions as adjunct lecturer at three universities of applied sciences in online distance teaching and regular classes. He was guest lecturerer in China in 2008 and 2009. Before joining Mannheim UAS he had the professorship for distributed systems at Rhine Waal University and was dean of the interdisciplinary Faculty For Communication and Environment in Kamp-Lintfort. He is committed to university didactics, experienced in quality management and degree program accreditation.
Previously, he was Head of Software Engineering and Infrastructure Software at Atlas Elektronik, a joint venture of ThyssenKrupp and Airbus DS, in Bremen. Before that he was head of the research group Network Enabled Capabilities at Fraunhofer IOSB in Karlsruhe and research associate at the Center for Human-Machine-Systems at TU Berlin.
In 2009, he received the Dr.-Ing. degree from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems at TU Berlin. He also holds a diploma in computer science from TU Berlin since 1999.
Interests
- Sensor Networks
- Frontend Dev With elm
- Security Infrastructures
- Distributed Architectures
- Systems-of-Systems Engineering
- Secure Societies and Participation
- Design Patterns for Functional Programming
Education
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Dr.-Ing. (“Software Engineering Methods for Human Performance Modeling in Dynamic Human-Machine Systems”), 2009
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems, TU Berlin
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Dipl.-Inform. – diploma in informatics (“Integration of a cognitive model into a simulation system for training of air traffic control”), 1999
Computer Science Department, TU Berlin