Sebastian Werner
Professor of Information Systems Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Work Experience
Tenure Track Professor (W2) - Information Systems Engineering (ISE), TU Munich
2026 - present
- Leadership & Management: Leading the Information Systems Engineering research group, overseeing personnel, budgets, and research strategy.
- Research: Driving empirical research on the quality-oriented engineering of cloud-based information systems, focusing on sustainability, scalability, and trustworthiness.
- Teaching: Delivering Bachelor’s and Master’s courses in information systems, cloud computing, and software engineering.
Postdoctoral Researcher – Information Systems Engineering (ISE), TU Berlin
2023 - 2026
- Research Management: Led work packages in European research projects (e.g., TEADAL), managing research teams, hiring, and project planning.
- Teaching & Supervision: Taught and supervised numerous theses across Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.
- Academic Service: Actively contributed to the scientific community via program committees, peer reviews, and academic governance.
- (On leave for the interim professorship at Uni Hamburg from Oct 2024 - Oct 2025)
Interim Professor – Software Engineering and Construction Methods (SWK), Uni Hamburg
2024 - 2025
- Group Leadership: Held full W3 professorship responsibilities, leading the SWK research group previously headed by Profs. Matthias Riebisch and André van Hoorn.
- Teaching & Supervision: Taught Software Engineering and Architecture courses and supervised a successfully defended PhD thesis in June 2025.
- Research: Advanced methodologies in sustainable software engineering and software architecture.
Research Associate – Information Systems Engineering (ISE), TU Berlin
2017 - 2023
- Research & Projects: Acted as project/task leader in EU (DITAS) and national (SMILE) projects, researching serverless data processing and cloud computing.
- Teaching: Taught a wide range of courses, including Cloud-native Architecture Engineering and Cloud Prototyping.
Education
Dr.-Ing. – Serverless Data Processing: Application Platform Co-Design
Technische Universität Berlin (2017 - 2023)
MSc. – Managing Access for the Internet of Things and Services in Smart Homes
Technische Universität Berlin (2014 - 2017)
BSc. – Optimizing and Evaluating Stream-based News Recommendation Algorithms
Technische Universität Berlin (2010 - 2014)
Highlights
Publications
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Academic Responsibilities
- Program Committees: ICSOC, CAiSE, ICSA, BRAINS, IC2E, CCGRID, ICWS, and EdgeSys.
- Organization & Chair Roles: ICSA, CAiSE, ICSOC, IC2E, BRAINS.
- Part of GreenICT Working Group of Informatics Europe.
Teaching and Supervision
- Delivered courses at both BSc and MSc levels, including lectures, project courses, and seminars in German and English.
- Acted in multiple roles such as lecturer, co-lecturer, and lab course coordinator.
- Taught introductory (programming, databases, enterprise systems) and advanced courses (cloud architecture engineering, continuous development, serverless computing).
- Supervised a total of XX BSc and MSc final theses.
Last updated: September 2026