Thorsten Berger

Thorsten Berger is a Professor and Head of the Chair of Software Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum. He previously held positions as an Associate Professor at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on variability management, software engineering, and model-based systems, with notable contributions to cybersecurity, AI, and robotics. Berger has been awarded prestigious grants including the Wallenberg Academy Fellowship and VR Starting Grant, and his work has been recognized with multiple best paper and influential paper awards.

Research Interests: Berger’s work emphasizes software evolution, variability management in systems engineering, and privacy-by-design frameworks for AI systems. His projects include data-driven root-cause analysis, behavior tree verification, and secure mission specification for autonomous systems. He has led initiatives such as the REVaMP2 platform and contributed to collaborative robotics research under the H2020-funded CO4ROBOTS project.

• Awards:
• Most Influential Paper Award (SLE 2024, VaMoS 2023)
• Wallenberg Academy Fellowship (2020)
• ERC Starting Grant Finalist (2020)

He has organized major conferences like SPLC and Dagstuhl seminars, and serves on editorial boards for journals like Science of Computer Programming. His funded projects include collaborations with industry partners like Volkswagen and Phoenix Contact, addressing challenges in configurable systems and safety-critical applications.

Thorsten Berger is a member of the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program (WASP) Faculty, the German Hochschulverband, and ACM.