K. Rüdiger Reischuk    

born 1955 in Germany, married, 3 children

Academic Biography

Education

1974              High School Degree, Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld, Germany

1978              Diploma in Mathematics, Universität Bielefeld

1980              Dr. math. (Ph.D.), Universität Bielefeld

1983              Habilitation in Mathematics, Universität Bielefeld

Profession

1978-81        Research Assistant, Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld 

1981-82        Visiting scientist Computer Science Department, IBM Research  Laboratory,

San Jose, California

1982-83        temporary professorship for  Applied Mathematics and Informatics,

Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

1983-85        Assistant Professor, Fakultät  für Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld 

1985-94        Associate Professor for Theoretical Computer Science,  Technical University Darmstadt,

                        Germany

since 1994     Full Professor and Director of  the Institut  für Theoretische Informatik,

                        Universität zu Lübeck

since 2024       Professor (retired), Institut  für Theoretische Informatik, Universität zu Lübeck

Research Visists

1988              IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York

1989              IBM Research Almaden, San Jose, and

                        International Computer Science Institute ICSI, Berkeley, California

1993              Int. Computer Science Institute ICSI, Berkeley, California

1997              Department of Informatics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

2001              Department of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2002              Institute for Mathematical Science IMS, National University of Singapore

2005              School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

2014              University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

2018              Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Organisation of Conferences

1992              Boolesche Funktionen und ihre Realisierung, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik IBFI,

                        Schloss Dagstuhl

1996              Time Services, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

1997              14. GI Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science STACS'97, Lübeck

1997              Complexity of Boolean Functions, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

1999              Complexity of Boolean Functions, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2002              HLSC-Euroconference Complexity of Boolean Functions, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2002              13. Int. Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory ALT'2002, Lübeck

2005              15. Int. Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory FCT '2005, Lübeck

2006              Complexity of Boolean Functions, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2008              Complexity of Discrete Problems, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2009              GI-Jahrestagung 2009,  Lübeck (annual meeting of German Comp. Science Society)

2011              Complexity of Discrete Problems, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2013              39. Int. Workshop on Graph-theoretic Concepts in Computer Science WG'2013, Lübeck

2014              Computational Complexity of Discrete Problems, IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl

2016              3. Creative Mathematical Sciences Communication CMSC'2016, Lübeck

since 1987     member of  program committees of various international conferences

Academic Management

1991-95        Chairman of the Chapter Theoretical Computer Science of the German

                        Computer Science Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik GI)

1990-92        Dean of the Department of Informatics, Technical University Darmstadt

since 1994    Member of the  Editorial Board Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity

since 1995    Member of the selection committee for the GI Dissertation Award in Informatics, since 2023 chairman

2002 -04       Dean of the Faculty for Engineering and Natural Sciences, Universität zu Lübeck

2006-17       Member of the board of Fakultätentag Informatik (the cooperation of all German

                        Informatics Department), since 2009 Vice-President

2006-11        Member of the board for study programs in Informatics, accreditation agency ASIIN

2009-17        CIO of the Universität zu Lübeck               

2011-17        Member of the  ASIIN accreditation committee

2011-26        Member of the DBLP Steering Committee, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Schloss Dagstuhl     

2012-17        Member of the executive board of 4ING (cooperation of Faculties/Fakultätentage 

                        of Engineering and Informatics of German Universities) 

since 2013     Member of the CMSC Steering Committee (Creative Mathematical Sciences Communication)

since 2017     Member of the Accreditation Committees of EQANIE

since 2023     Vice-President of EQANIE (European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education)

since 1980     various reviews for the German Science Foundation DFG, German Academic Exchance

                        Service DAAD, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung, international research organisations,

                        ASIIN and international conferences and journals in Computer Science and Mathematics

long term member of  GI, SIAM, IEEE Computer Society, German JSPS-Club

Research Areas

Complexity Theory, Algorithmics, IT-Security and Privacy, Steganography,

Algorithmic Learning, Parallel and Distributed Systems

September 2026