Daniela Nicklas

Prof. Dr. Daniela Nicklas is a full professor at the University of Bamberg, Germany, holding the Chair of Mobile Systems within the Faculty of Business Information Systems and Applied Computer Science since 2014. She serves as the degree program representative for B.Sc. Informatik, speaker of the Bamberg Graduate School for Smart City Science (founded November 2024), and ambassador for the Gesellschaft für Informatik. She is also an elected member of the Review Board for Computer Science at the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Her research focuses on bridging the gap between physical and digital worlds through data management for sensor-based systems and context-aware applications. Her work emphasizes data stream management technologies applied to smart cities, precision farming, pervasive computing, and situational awareness. She has developed innovative approaches for quality-aware data stream processing, sensor data management, and context modeling. Her research demonstrates how mobile computing systems can transform urban environments and agricultural practices through real-world applications.

Her recent publications reveal strong trends in privacy-preserving techniques for mobility data, smart city data quality challenges, anomaly detection in stream data, and IoT device management. These works reflect her ongoing commitment to addressing practical challenges in sensor-based applications while maintaining rigorous academic standards.

• IBM Exploratory Stream Analytics Innovation Award for 'Data Stream Technology for Future Energy Grid Control' (2009)

Prof. Nicklas actively participates in academic service, having chaired numerous conferences including BTW 2025 as General Co-Chair and PerCom 2020 as Program Chair. She serves on the editorial boards of Datenbank-Spektrum and previously for International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications. She also serves as a reviewer for multiple funding organizations including DFG, DAAD, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She manages the Smart City Research Lab Bamberg with Professors Marc Redepenning and Astrid Schütz, which serves as a test bed for smart city applications in real-world environments.

Her leadership extends to the Living Lab Bamberg infrastructure, which provides a practical environment for exploring smart city research challenges in the wild. She frequently collaborates with international institutions, as evidenced by her invited talks at Osaka University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and other international venues in 2024.