Curriculum Vitae

 

Name

Gustav Pomberger

Title

o.Univ.-Prof., Dipl.-Ing., Dr.

Date of Birth

1949-05-27

Nationality

Austria

Education

 

1968

High School Diploma, Electrical Engineering (Matura)

1971-1975

Study of Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, graduated to Dipl.-Ing.

1973

Graduated to Engineer for Electrical Engineering

1980

Ph.D. (Dr. techn.) in Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University of Linz

1985

Habilitation in Praktische Informatik (applied computer science)

Positions and professional experience

1968-71

Designer in Electrical Engineering

1972-76

Development of computer-aided design and computation methods for transformer design

1976-83

Research Assistant, University of Linz

1982

Visiting Scientist, ETH Zürich

1984-87

Prof. of Computer Science, University of Zürich (research emphasis on software engineering)

1985

Austrian Computer Society Award for Particular Scientific Achievement

1987 - to date

Prof. of Computer Science, University of Linz (research emphasis on software engineering)  

1987 - to date

Head of Software Engineering Group, University of Linz

1988 - to date

Department Chair: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Informatics), University of Linz

1982 - to date

Industrial consulting for Software Engineering

1987 - 1999

Managing Editor of the Journal Software – Concepts and Tools (Springer-Verlag)

1992 - 1999

Head of C. Doppler Research Laboratory for Software Engineering

since 1995

Member of the Board of Supervision: Ars Electronica Center (AEC)

since 2000

Christian Doppler Fellow

2000 - 2004

Editor of the International Journal STTT ­– Software Tools for Technology Transfer (Springer-Verlag)

since 2001

Member of the Senate of the Christian Doppler Research Society

2001 - 2002

Member of the Advisory Board of Hasso-Plattner-Institute

since 2001

Member of the Advisory Board of Siemens Technology Accelerator

since 2003

Member of the Executive Jury of the European IST Prize

2004

Member of the Jury Prix Ars Electronica

2006

Upper Austrian Science Award for 2006

Patents 

 

Method and Device for Displaying Driving Instructions, especially in Car Navigation Systems

EU, Patentnr.: EP 1 415 128 B1

USA, Patentnr.: US 7,039,521 B2

Academic appointments

 

University of Zürich (CH), ETH Zürich (CH), Johannes Kepler University of Linz (A), University of Regensburg (D), Technical University of Vienna (A)

Selected projects

2001 - to date

Leader for Project "INSTAR - Information and Navigation Systems Through Augmented Reality”

2003 - to date

Leader for Project Software Engineering Aspects of Virtual Reality Applications

2004 - to date 

Leader for Project Code Quality Management

 

Selected publications

1.      Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen; with H. Dobler, Pearson Studium, München, May 2008

2.      Informatik Handbuch; 4 th Edition, with P. Rechenberg, Carl Hanser Verlag, München Wien, 2006

3.      ARSBOX and Palmist - Technologies for Digital Mock-up Development in Immersive Virtual Environments; Co-Autoren: H. Hörtner, Ch. Lindinger, R. Plösch, in: Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, EuroIMSA 2005, Grindelwald, Switzerland, February 2005

4.      Software Engineering, Architektur-Design und Prozessorientierung (german); with W. Pree, Carl Hanser Verlag, München Wien, 2004

5.      Pervasive Information Acquisition for Mobile AR-Navigation Systems; with W. Narzt, A. Ferscha, D. Kolb, R. Müller, J. Wieghardt, H. Hörtner, C. Lindinger, 5th IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems & Applications, Monterey, California, USA, October 2003

6.      Pondering the Omnipotenz of Computer Technology; in: Die Politik der Maschine, 5. Band der INTERFACE-Reihe, K. P. Denker (Hrsg.) Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut Hamburg, 2002

7.      3D Simulation of Industrial Production Processes in a Virtual Continuous Casting Environment; with H. Hörtner, C. Lindinger, P. Maresch, H. Pinger, VRIC 2001, Virtual Reality International Conference – Laval Virtual 2001, Frankreich, 16.–18.5.2001

8.      The School of Niklaus Wirth – The Art of Simplicity; with L. Böszörményi and J. Gutknecht, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, dpunkt.verlag, Heidelberg, 2000