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A short overview is below. The narrative version is in the bio, and the complete, always-current publication record is on Google Scholar.
Current position
- since 2026/08 — Professor for Distributed and Edge Computing, HSBI, Campus Gütersloh (Germany)
Previous positions
- 2020/08 – 2026 — Associate Professor, Distributed Systems, University of Tartu (Estonia)
- 2014/09 – current — FH Professor / guest lecturer, Mobile Computing, FH Upper Austria
- 2017/01 – 2018/05 — Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, George Mason University (USA)
- 2012/09 – 2014/05 — Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan)
- 2009/08 – 2012/09 — Senior research fellow, Distributed Systems, University of Tartu (Estonia)
- 2007/07 – 2009/08 — Postdoc, Distributed Systems, University of Tartu (Estonia)
- 2010/12 – 2014/09 — CTO, Biometry Inc.
- 2005/01 – current — Independent technical consultant, ulno.net
Education
- 2007 — PhD, Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University (Germany), “Configuring eHome Systems”, magna cum laude
- 2000 — Diploma, Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University
- 1995 — Vordiplom, Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University
Selected grants
- 2023 — XRP Ledger Foundation: rebuilding the Tartu Hackerspace (EUR 20,000)
- 2022 — XRP Ledger Foundation: creativity lab PoS system evaluation (EUR 100,000)
Software & projects
- IoTempower — open-source IoT & edge framework (creator and maintainer)
- IoTempire — open community initiative (co-founder)
- Caninos Loucos — first ambassador of Brazil’s open-hardware initiative
Languages
German / English (native / fluent), Portuguese (intermediate), French / Estonian / Indonesian / Russian (basic).