Dr. Tobias Scheipel is a postdoctoral researcher and teacher at the Embedded Architectures & Systems Group at the Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology. He conducted his doctoral/PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Marcel Baunach, where he got promoted to a Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.techn.) under the auspices of the Federal President of Austria. The title of his dissertation is Advances in Dynamic and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems Design. Before his doctoral studies, he received both his Bachelor’s and Master‘s degrees (Dipl.-Ing.) in Information and Computer Engineering at Graz University of Technology in Austria.
His research focuses on flexible and runtime-reconfigurable FPGA-based microcontroller architectures for embedded systems based on RISC-V. This involves hardware/software codesign strategies for both processor logic and embedded operating systems. Within this research area, he is the author of several peer-reviewed scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of Euromicro, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group Operating Systems).
Apart from research at Graz University of Technology, he teaches students how a CPU works, how to program embedded systems, how to write scientific publications, and how to create their own CPU.
Education
2017 – 2022: Doctoral/PhD studies (degree: Dr.techn.) in Electrical Engineering/Information and Communications Engineering at Graz University of Technology.
Dissertation: Advances in Dynamic and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems Design.
Grade: with distinction/promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae.
2015 – 2017: Master’s studies (degree: Dipl.-Ing., equivalent to MSc) in Information and Computer Engineering from Graz University of Technology.
Master’s Thesis: System-Aware Performance Monitoring Unit für die RISC-V-Architektur.
Grade: with distinction.
2011 – 2015: Bachelor’s studies (degree: BSc) in Information and Computer Engineering from Graz University of Technology.
Grade: with distinction.
Employments
09/2023 – dato: University Assistant with Doctorate (PostDoc Position), Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology.
09/2019 – 09/2023: University Assistant (Research and Teaching Associate), Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology.
12/2017 – 11/2020: Project Manager R&D, AVL List GmbH, Graz.
02/2019 – 09/2019: Lecturer, Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology.
12/2017 – 08/2019: University Project Assistant, Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology.
10/2012 – 12/2017: Software Development/IT Services, Peacequare GmbH, Vienna/Graz.
03/2016 – 06/2016: Student Tutor, Institute of Technical Informatics, Graz University of Technology.
2012/2013: Software Development, B&R Automation, Eggelsberg.
02/2011 – 06/2011: Software Development, B&R Automation, Eggelsberg.
Awards & Honors
2024: Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae, highest possible award for academic achievements in Austria.
2019: Best Paper Runner-up, ICONS 2019 – The Fourteenth International Conference on Systems, Valencia.
2017: Award for an outstanding Master’s Thesis by the German Informatics Society.
Scientific Memberships & Activities
2024 – dato: Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
2024 – dato: Special Session Chair of the Special Session on Sustainable Digital System Design (SDSD), Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD): 2024 (Paris, France).
2023 – dato: Member of the Technical Program Committee, Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD): 2024 (Paris, France), 2023 (Durres, Albania).
2023 – dato: Member of Euromicro.
2021 – dato: Coordinator of the public relations group of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
2019 – dato: Member of the German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group Operating Systems).
2018 – 2019: Organizer of the 2nd Winter School on Operating Systems, 2019, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany.
2018: Participation in the organization committee of the International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES) 2018 in Graz, Austria.
Scientific Projects
2021 – dato: CompEAS-HW1 (Compositional Embedded Automotive Systems – Hardware), joint research project of TU Graz, Elektrobit, Infineon, and Pro2Future (funded by FFG), involved in proposal writing and active researcher.
2020 – dato: CompEAS-BSW1 (Compositional Embedded Automotive Systems – Basic Software), joint research project of TU Graz, Elektrobit, Infineon, and Pro2Future (funded by FFG), involved in proposal writing and active researcher.
2020 – 2023: InnoEBS, lecturer of several courses (funded by FFG).