Wilfried Steiner

Wilfried Steiner is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Computer Engineering within the Faculty of Informatics at TU Wien. His research focuses on fault tolerance, safety-critical systems, distributed algorithms, and formal analysis in cyber-physical systems. He actively teaches courses and supervises master's theses, with a bachelor thesis course scheduled for the 2025 winter semester.

Steiner's research centers on dependable communication systems, particularly time-triggered architectures for safety-critical applications. He has pioneered solutions for fault containment, system startup, and Byzantine faults in distributed real-time systems. His work extends to fog computing for industrial IoT through the FORA project (2017-2021), addressing resource constraints in automotive and industrial environments while maintaining deterministic behavior.

His publication timeline reveals consistent innovation: early foundational work (2002-2007) established protocols for fault-tolerant time-triggered communication, evolving toward fog computing platforms (2020-2021) for industrial IoT. Recent publications emphasize automotive applications (TTEthernet/AUTOSAR) and IoT channel synchronization, demonstrating sustained relevance in real-time system design.

Steiner has supervised nine master's theses between 2018-2024, including Walser (2024) on time-aware container virtualization, Reisinger (2022) on distributed clock synchronization, and Schorn (2021) on automotive fail-operational strategies. His research is supported by projects like FORA, which developed fog computing solutions for industrial IoT constraints.

As a core member of the Cyber-Physical Systems research group (E191-01), Steiner contributes to TU Wien's leadership in safety-critical embedded systems, focusing on integration of computing, networking, and physical processes for automotive and industrial applications.