Christian Gerth

Prof. Dr. Christian Gerth is a Professor of Business Informatics and Software Engineering at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. His expertise spans model-based software development, business process management, and adaptive systems. He holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from the University of Paderborn and a Diplom-Informatiker degree.

Educational background: Dr. rer. nat. (2012, University of Paderborn), Diplom-Informatiker & B.Sc. (2007, University of Paderborn), Bankkaufmann apprenticeship (2002, Commerzbank AG).

Research interests focus on software engineering methodologies, business process modeling, model-driven engineering, and cross-device systems. He has contributed to frameworks like CrossEcore and XDAI-A, addressing challenges in process model versioning, blockchain applications in energy markets, and adaptive service composition.

Teaching includes courses on databases, object-oriented programming, project management, and software engineering for business students. He actively participates in academic committees for conferences like BPM and CVSM, and reviews for journals such as Software and Systems Modeling and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.

Key contributions include patents on process model merging and conflict resolution, and research on service-oriented architectures and On-The-Fly computing. His work bridges academic research with practical software solutions for industry challenges.