Jörg Henkel

Prof. Jörg Henkel serves as Professor and Head of the Chair for Embedded Systems (CES) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Previously a Senior Research Staff Member at NEC Laboratories Princeton, he holds a PhD from Braunschweig University (Summa cum Laude) and directs major research initiatives including the DFG's SPP 1500 program on 'Dependable Embedded Systems'.

Research Focus: His work centers on embedded systems dependability, low-power design, and adaptive computing architectures. Through the SPP 1500 program and TR89 Collaborative Research Center, he pioneers fault-tolerance techniques and runtime adaptation for safety-critical applications, addressing energy efficiency challenges in hardware/software co-design.

Scientific Recognition:

• IEEE Fellow (for contributions to low-power dependable embedded systems)
• Multiple Best Paper Awards (DATE 2008, ICCAD 2009, Codes+ISSS 2011/2014/2015)
• DAC 2014 Designer Track Best Poster Award
• DATE 2013 Best IP Award

Leadership & Service: As Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Design&Test Magazine and former ACM TECS EiC, he shapes scholarly discourse. He has chaired premier conferences (ICCAD 2012/2013, ESWeek 2016) and delivered 10+ keynotes on embedded systems reliability. His DFG-coordinated projects secure substantial funding for national collaborative research.

Technical Infrastructure: Leads the Chair for Embedded Systems (CES) within KIT's Institute of Technical Informatics, driving innovation in hardware/software co-design and invasive computing through the TR89 consortium.