Boris Koldehofe

Prof. Dr. Boris Koldehofe is a Full Professor of Distributed and Operating Systems at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany since 2023. Previously, he held Full Professor of Computer Networks at the University of Groningen (2020–2023) and served as a Senior Researcher/Lecturer at Technical University of Darmstadt (2014–2020). He is also an Adjunct Professor at TU Darmstadt since 2020.

• Research Focus: Distributed Systems, Software-defined Networking, Complex Event Processing (CEP), Fog Computing, Privacy Engineering
• Education: Habilitation in Communications and Distributed Systems (2019), PhD in Computer Science (2005)

Research Trends: His 2024–2023 publications emphasize analog/memristor-based network computing, privacy-preserving CEP, and time-sensitive networking. Key themes include programmable data planes, AI-driven infrastructure, and energy-efficient systems. Recent work explores federated learning in vehicular networks and privacy engineering for IoT analytics.

Projects & Leadership: He leads the DFG CRC 1053 MAKI (2014–2024) and the Parrot: Privacy Engineering for IoT project (2021–). He serves as principal investigator for dynamic Industry 4.0 communication networks and has managed collaborations with institutions like EPFL, University of Stuttgart, and University of Heidelberg.