Volker Lindenstruth

Volker Lindenstruth is a Senior Fellow at FIAS and Full Professor of Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. He leads the Architecture of High-Performance Computing research group, focusing on energy-efficient architectures, distributed systems, and applications in particle physics. His work spans high-performance computing (HPC) for experiments at CERN and FAIR, including the ALICE and CBM projects. He also contributes to the CMMS initiative for multi-scale biological modeling.

Education: Studied physics at TU Darmstadt (diploma 1989), PhD in physics at GSI Darmstadt (1993). Postdoc as Feodor v. Lynen Fellow at LBNL, USA (1993–1995).

Research: Specializes in HPC architecture for nuclear physics experiments, GPU-based real-time data processing, and cloud computing. Key projects include the ALICE HLT system and the LOEWE-CSC supercomputer. Collaborates with CERN, FAIR, and industrial partners like e3c Computing GmbH.

Awards: World-ranking efficiency award (2014), German Rechenzentrumspreis (2012), Green-IT Best Practise (2011). Secured >35M€ in third-party funding since 2010.

Leadership: Chair of FIAS Board (2012–present), Director of Scientific IT at GSI Helmholtzzentrum (2010–present), former head of Technical Computer Science at Heidelberg University (until 2009).