Joachim Taiber

Joachim Taiber is a Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. He joined Clemson in 2010 after leading the Information Technology Research Office at the BMW ITRC at CU-ICAR since 2005. His research focuses on Clean Transportation and Advanced Vehicle Communication, including secure wireless networks, power/data connectivity standards for electric vehicles, and simulation of connected vehicle systems using V2I/I2V concepts.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (1996)
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (1991)

Professional Background: Prior to Clemson, Taiber held senior IT roles at BMW AG in Munich (1997–2005), where he pioneered corporate e-business initiatives and established a collaborative automotive IT benchmarking process. Earlier, he led strategic product planning at a Swiss CAD/CAM/PDM startup (1995–1997).

Leadership and Affiliations: He served on Clemson's Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty executive board (since 2006), chaired IEEE IES's Automotive Standards subcommittee, and was vice-chair of South Carolina's Educational Service Broadband Commission (until 2009). He is a member of ACM, IEEE, IES, and VDI.