Stefan Reif

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Reif is a Researcher at the Department of Computer Science 4 (Systems Software) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research focuses on Energy-Aware Systems and efficient, scalable Parallel Systems, with a particular emphasis on Operating Systems, Real-Time Systems, and Network Latency optimization. He is involved in projects such as LARN (Latency- and Resilience-Aware Networking) and PAX (Power-Aware Critical Sections), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

His academic activities include reviewing for top conferences like EMSOFT, EuroSys, and ISORC. Teaching contributions include courses on Concurrent Systems. Supervised theses include work on energy implications of security mitigations (Meltdown/Spectre), system-call aggregation, and energy-demand estimation for neural networks.

Publications highlight innovations in energy-efficient OS configurations, cross-layer pacing for edge systems, and synchronization algorithms for real-time multi-core systems. Key research tools include the NEON middleware and ANTILLAS benchmarking framework.