Institute of Distributed Systems (IVS)

Areas

Modelling
Data transmission
Circuit technology
Embedded Systems
Vehicle computer science
Robotics

Managing Director of the Institute

Professor Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt

Internationalisation Officer, Chairman of the Digital Technologies Examination Committee, Head of Institute of Distributed Systems, Faculty of Computer Science / IT

Building Am Exer 2, Room 135, Wolfenbüttel

Office hours: Monday 1:00 PM and by appointment

Deputy Director of the Institute

Prof. Dr. Tobias Dörnbach

Professor for Human-Machine Interaction of Autonomous Systems, Deputy Head of Institute of Distributed Systems, Faculty of Computer Science / IT

Building Am Exer 2, Room Room 137, Lab: Room 162, Wolfenbüttel

Co-Head of the Human-Centered Robotics Lab (external link, opens in a new window) together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt (external link, opens in a new window)

ORCiD (external link, opens in a new window) / ResearchGate (external link, opens in a new window)

In winter semester 2026/27, I am going to be off-campus for a research semester. Therefore, I currently cannot take on supervisions of student theses until the end of 2026.

Other members of the Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kreyssig

Building Am Exer 2, Room 126, Wolfenbüttel

Sprechzeit nach Vereinbarung
- Tel: +49 5331 939-32100 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Email: j.kreyssig(at)ostfalia.de (opens your email program)
M.Sc. Florian Pramme

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben
Mitglied in der Studienkommission Digital Technologies in Kooperation mit der TU Clausthal, Faculty of Computer Science / IT

Building Am Exer 2, Room 002, Wolfenbüttel
- Tel: +49 5331 939-32420 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Email: florian.pramme(at)ostfalia.de (opens your email program)

Professors

Professorin Dr. Ina Schiering

Building Am Exer 2, Room 003, Wolfenbüttel

Termine nach Absprache

Former member

Prof Gert Bikker now teaches at the TU Braunschweig and is currently acting Director of the Institute of Rail Systems Engineering at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Institute of Transportation Systems Engineering
www.dlr.de/de/ts/ueber-uns/ansprechperson

Employees

Patrick Hughes Adair, M. Sc.

Tomasz Banaszewski, B. Sc.

Verena Barby, M. A.

Lars Donner, M. Sc.

Daniel Sebastian Giffhorn, M. Sc.

Lars Rüdiger Kelm, B. Sc.

Tom Lorenz, M. Sc.

Dr Ahmad Khaled Obeid

Matheus Lara Pereira, B. Eng.

Michael Pleger, M. Sc.

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christine Roch

Ramona Johanna Schmidt, M. Sc.

Dr Frauke Stenzel

Bastian Teßin, B. Sc.