Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Clemens H. Cap

Address:	Universität Rostock, Fakultät für Informatik und Elektrotechnik, Institut für Informatik, Albert-Einstein-Straße 21, D-18059 Rostock
Room:	C116
Phone:	+49 (0)381 498 75 00
eMail:	clemens.cap(at)uni-rostock.de
Web:	http://wwwiuk.informatik.uni-rostock.de
Personalcall:	Monday and Tuesday 8.00-9.00 a.m, Please arrange appointment with secretary!

Full professor (with tenure) and Chair for Information and Communication Services, University of Rostock, Germany.

Curriculum Vitae

1965	Born in Innsbruck, Austria
1982-1988	Studies of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1984-1987	Positions as teaching and research assistant, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1986	Mag. rer. nat. (Masters, ie. Diplom) in Applied Mathematics
1988	Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Applied Mathematics
1989	Honorary conferral of the doctoral degree "sub auspiciis praesidentis" by the Austrian president for excellency during university studies
1990	Postdoc, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1992	Assistant Professor for Formal Methods in Computer Science, University of Zurich
1994	Temporary position as Associate Professor, University of Mannheim
1995	Habilitation (venia legendi, lecturership) in Computer Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1997	Full Professor (with tenure), Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Information and Communication Services, University of Rostock
2004	Titularprofessur (Adjunct Professor) University of Zurich, Switzerland

Research

Clemens Cap leads the group for Information and Communication services at the University of Rostock.

His research interests encompass system architecture for distributed and ubiquitous applications, Internet applications and services, system security and applications of formal specification techniques. He has conducted a number of research projects with national, international and industrial funding, and participated in the European Fifth Framework Research Program.

Teaching

The teaching portfolio of Clemens Cap presently consists of

Computer Networking (Basic course for Bachelor level)
Architecture, specification and implementation of network and communication services (Intermediate course)
Methodology of Scientific Research (Studium Generale course)
Software Development Project
Distributed Systems (Advanced course for Master level)
Research Topics in Internet Technology: Web 2.0, Ajax (Advanced course for Master level)
Research Seminar in Information- and Communication Services

The corresponding modules are part of various study courses at the University of Rostock and are offered as part of summer schools and international cooperations (Gediminas Technical University at Vilnius and Information Systems Management Institute at Riga) and the adjunct professorship of Clemens Cap at the University of Zurich.

The modules and seminars are available for continuous education programs and inhouse seminars for companies as well. Teaching languages are German and English.

Selected Publications

Sebastian Speicher, Clemens Cap: Fast Layer 3 Handoffs in AODV-based IEEE 802.11 Wireless Mesh Networks. Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/IEEE-VTS International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Valencia, Spain, September 2006.

Sebastian Speicher, Clemens Cap: Candidate Discovery for Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. In: Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICN'05), Saint Gilles Les Bains, France, April 2005.

H. Buchholz, C. Cap, S. Preuß, and I. Sedov, "Security for Service Discovery," in Proc. Rostocker Informatik-Berichte, vol. 29, 2005, pp. 19–27.

S. Oldenburg and C. H. Cap, "SmartCard-based Multi User Security Concept for Mobile Devices," in Proc. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Science, Communications and Applications (ISA'04), Apr. 2004,

S. Oldenburg and C. H. Cap, "SmartCard-based Multi User Security Concept for Mobile Devices," WSEAS Transactions on Computers, vol. 3, pp. 1375–1383, Nov. 2004.

I. Sedov, S. Speicher, and C. Cap, "Security Management for Ad-Hoc Networked Resource-Limited Mobile Devices," in Proc. The 60th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Los Angeles, 2004,

S. Speicher, S. Preuss, I. Sedov, and C. H. Cap, "Voice-Controlled Ubiquitous Computing," in Proc. Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'04), June 2004

S. Speicher, I. Sedov, and C. H. Cap, "Security Management for Ad-Hoc Networked Resource-Limited Mobile Devices," in Proc. Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2004-Fall (VTC'04), Wireless Technologies for Global Security (Accepted for publication), Sept. 2004,

R. Bill, T. Mundt, and C. H. Cap, "Indoor and Outdoor Positioning in Mobile Environments - A Review and some Investigations," in Proc. 1st. International Workshop on Ubiquitous GIS, June 2004

I. Sedov, N. Maibaum, C. H. Cap, M. Haase, and D. Timmermann, "Citizen Digital Assistant (CDA) - Ein sicherer Zugang zu eGovernment-Diensten," vol. 26, pp. 21–25, 2003.

I. Sedov, M. Haase, C. H. Cap, and D. Timmermann, "Sicherheit bei spontan vernetzten mobilen Geräten," in Proc. 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), ser. Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI) of the German Informatics Society (GI), vol. P-34, Sept. 2003, pp. 95–98.

I. Sedov, S. Preuss, M. Haase, C. Cap, and D. Timmermann, "Time and Energy Efficient Service Discovery in Bluetooth," in Proc. Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Jeju, Korea, Apr. 2003, pp. 418–422.

N. Maibaum, I. Sedov, C. H. Cap, M. Haase, and D. Timmermann, "Citizen Digital Assistant (CDA) - Ein sicherer Zugang zu eGovernment-Diensten," PIK Sonderheft zur CeBIT 2003, vol. 26, pp. 21–25, 2003.

I. Sedov, M. Haase, H. Buchholz, S. Preuss, C. Cap, M. Schmalisch, and D. Timmermann, "Advanced Security Management on Mobile Devices in Ad-hoc Networks," in Proc. IASTED International Conference on Communication, Network and Information Security (CNIS'03), 2003, pp. 20–25.

Administration

Prof. Cap is active in the following fields of academic self-administration:

Head of the Information Technology Group at the Institute for Computer Science
Head of the Board of Examination for the Bachelor- Master Course in Information Technology
Head of the Data Protection Commission of the Institute for Computer Science
Member of the Study Commission for the Diploma Course in Computer Science
Member of the Senate Subcommittee for Studies
Member of the University Council

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