Schahram Dustdar

Schahram Dustdar is a Full Professor of Computer Science currently heading the Research Division of Distributed Systems at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria. He holds honorary positions at the University of California (USC) Los Angeles, Monash University (Melbourne), Shanghai University, Macquarie University (Sydney), and the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) from 2004–2010. Additionally, he served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Sevilla (Dec 2016–Jan 2017) and UC Berkeley (Jan–Jun 2017).

• Editorial Leadership: Founding co-Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Internet of Things (ACM TIoT), Editor-in-Chief of Computing (Springer), and Associate Editor for multiple IEEE/ACM journals.

His research spans Internet Technology, Software Engineering, and Complex Systems, focusing on distributed systems, collaborative software, and cloud computing. He has contributed to fields such as Human-Computer Interaction and Business Information Systems, with a strong emphasis on practical applications in team collaboration and scalable computing environments.

Scientific Awards & Honors:

• ACM Distinguished Scientist (2009)
• IBM Faculty Award (2012)
• IEEE Fellow (2016)
• Elected member of the Academia Europaea, chairing its Informatics Section

Dustdar co-founded Caramba Labs Software AG (1999–2007), a venture capital-funded company acquired by Engineering NetWorld AG, which received nominations for international and national technology awards.