Markus Weinhardt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Weinhardt is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on reconfigurable computing, compiler development, and image processing. He earned his Ph.D. from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2000) and held postdoctoral positions at Imperial College London (2000) and PACT XPP Technologies AG (2009). He leads the DFG-funded HiPReP project and organizes workshops like FSP 2016.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), postdoctoral research at Imperial College London, and industry experience at PACT XPP Technologies AG.

Research Interests: Reconfigurable architectures, FPGA-based acceleration, compiler optimization, and high-performance computing. Projects include HiPReP (high-performance reconfigurable processor) and HPVis (software optimization via FPGA coprocessors).

Teaching: Courses on Hardware/Software Codesign, Programming, and Master’s projects in compiler design and hardware optimization.

Key Contributions: Over 30 publications, including works on CHiPReP compilers, dynamic scheduling in reconfigurable arrays, and FPGA-accelerated algorithms.