Rainer Müller

Rainer Müller is a Researcher in the Department of Computer Science 4 (Distributed Systems and Operating Systems) at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. His work focuses on real-time operating systems (RTOS), embedded systems, and hardware-accelerated scheduling techniques. His research emphasizes safety-critical systems, multi-core architectures, and compliance with automotive standards like AUTOSAR and OSEK.

Key research contributions include the Sloth RTOS framework, which leverages hardware-based scheduling and memory protection mechanisms. Müller has collaborated on projects involving Infineon TriCore processors and ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. His teaching responsibilities include system-level programming in C and internship supervision in applied systems software engineering.

Publications highlight advancements in multi-core RTOS design, memory protection for safety-critical systems, and time-triggered scheduling algorithms. He has advised multiple theses on topics such as task isolation, communication interfaces for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, and OSEK-compliant kernel implementations.

His research lab is part of the broader Computer Science 4 group, specializing in distributed systems and operating systems. Collaborations with industry partners (e.g., Infineon) underscore his focus on practical embedded system solutions.