Prof. Dr. Horst Hellbrück

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University of Lübeck
Institute of Telematics
Ratzeburger Allee 160

23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, 2nd Floor, Raum 59

Email: hellbrueck(at)itm.uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 3101 6440

 

CV

Interests

My research fields are communication networks, distributed systems and their applications. My interest are modern structures like wireless mobile networks and sensor networks. Of special interest are sensor networks in various application fields from medical applications to underwater technologies.

Research Projects

Symposium and Organizations

  • since 2005 Active Member of KuVS   Distributed Systems Group of the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik)
  • 2006 4. German KuVS Summer School 2006 - Selforganisation , Organisation and Chair of the Workshop
  • 2008 Multi Conference  (Mensch & Computer, DeLFI, Cognitive Design, Usability Professionals), Exhibition Chair
  • since 2009 Leitungsgremium der GI/ITG-Fachgruppe KuVS  
  • 2009 GI Jahrestagung Lübeck, Exhibition Chair
  • 2011 KiVS Kiel, Workshop Chair
  • since 2011 Reviewer for Acquin Accreditation agency  
  • since 2011 Reviewer for BMBF
  • since 2012 program manager for the international study program in Electrical Engineering (ISE ) at the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences
  • since 2013 Member of ITG 5.2.1   System Architectures and Traffic Engineering
  • since 2013 Head of Center of Excellence CoSA.
  • since 2013 Vice Chairman Life Science Nord e.V.  
  • Reviewer for Journals
    • PMC  (Pervasive and Mobile Computing - Elsevier)
    • PIK   (Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation)
  • Member of several international Program Committees
    • IADIS WWW/Internet (ICWI)
    • IASTED International Conference on Telematics
    • IASTED RTA International Conference on Robotics, Telematics and Applications
    • LOCALGOS (Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks)
    • LOCAN (Workshop on Localized Communication and Topology Protocols for Ad hoc Networks)
    • WMAN (Workshop on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks)

Tools

  • ANSim: Have a look at the new Web Site of ANSim http://www.ansim.info/  - A simple to use Ad-Hoc Network Simulator, developed for my PhD Thesis.
  • JGPSMap: A tool for visualizing arbitrary objects with GPS coordinates on a Map. Have a look at the Web Site of JGPSMap  or download .

 

Teaching Activities

An overview of the courses is available at the web pages of the study programs.

·         Courses at International University in Bruchsal

    • Introduction to C Programming (MICT) - Programming Styles / Part: Procedural Programming (BSc)
    • Networking and Distributed Systems / Assistant (BSc)
    • Software Engineering / Assistant (MICT) 
    • Web Applications with Java and XML (BSc) 
    • Web Programming (MICT) 
    • Advanced Networking / Wireless Networks (MICT) 
    • Wireless Networks (MICT) 
    • Enterprise Information Systems I (MBA)
    • Information Systems (BBA)
    • Operating Systems (BSc)
    • Cryptographic Techniques / Practical Part: Applications (BSc)

    ·         Courses at University of Lübeck

      • Operating- and Communications Systems (BSc, MSc and Diplom)
      • Operating Systems (BSc and Diplom)
      • Computernetworks (BSc and Diplom)
      • Mobile Communications (MSc and Diplom)
      • Security in Networks and Distributed Systems (BSc, MSc and Diplom)
      • Wireless Sensor Networks (MSc and Diplom)

      ·         Courses at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

        • Principles of Communications  (Bachelor ISE)
        • Communication Networks (Bachelor KIM)
        • Digital Transmission (Bachelor KIM)
        • System Design Projecte (Bachelor KIM)
        • Communications Engineering (Master AIT)
        • Studyprojects (Master AIT)
        • Wireles Networks in Automation Systems (Master AIT)

2007

Martin Lipphardt, Horst Hellbrück, Dennis Pfisterer, Stefan Ransom, and Stefan Fischer,
Practical Experiences on Mobile Inter-Body-Area-Networking, in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets'07) , 2007.
Datei:
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{lipphardt07marathonnet,
	author={Martin Lipphardt and Horst Hellbrück and Dennis Pfisterer and Stefan Ransom and Stefan Fischer},
	booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets'07)},
	title={Practical Experiences on Mobile Inter-Body-Area-Networking},
	url={http://www.bodynets.org/},
	year=2007,
}

Carsten Buschmann, Horst Hellbrück, Stefan Fischer, Alexander Kröller, and S\`{a}ndor Fekete,
Radio propagation-aware distance estimation based on neighborhood comparison, in Proceedings of the 4th European conference on Wireless sensor networks , Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2007. pp. 325--340.
ISBN:978-3-540-69829-6
Datei: citation.cfm
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{Buschmann:2007:RPD:1758126.1758154,
 author = {Carsten Buschmann and Horst Hellbr\"{u}ck and Stefan Fischer and Kr\"{o}ller, Alexander and Fekete, S\`{a}ndor},
 title = {Radio propagation-aware distance estimation based on neighborhood comparison},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th European conference on Wireless sensor networks},
 series = {EWSN'07},
 year = {2007},
 isbn = {978-3-540-69829-6},
 location = {Delft, The Netherlands},
 pages = {325--340},
 numpages = {16},
 url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1758126.1758154},
 acmid = {1758154},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 address = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
} 

2006

Dennis Pfisterer, Carsten Buschmann, Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
"Supporting WSN Application Development Using Data type-centric Middleware Synthesis" 2006.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@techreport{pfisterer06supportingwsndev,
    author={Dennis Pfisterer and Carsten Buschmann and Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer},
    institution={5. GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch Drahtlose Sensornetze},
    title={Supporting WSN Application Development Using Data type-centric Middleware Synthesis},
    year=2006
}
Horst Hellbrück, Martin Lipphardt, Dennis Pfisterer, Stefan Ransom, and Stefan Fischer,
Praxiserfahrungen mit MarathonNet - Ein mobiles Sensornetz im Sport, PIK - Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation , vol. 29, no. 4, 2006.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@article{hellbrueck06pikmnet,
	author={Horst Hellbrück and Martin Lipphardt and Dennis Pfisterer and Stefan Ransom and Stefan Fischer},
	journal={PIK - Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation},
	number=4,
	title={Praxiserfahrungen mit MarathonNet - Ein mobiles Sensornetz im Sport},
	volume=29,
	year=2006
}

Axel Wegener, Elad M. Schiller, Horst Hellbrück, S\'{a}ndor P. Fekete, and Stefan Fischer,
Hovering Data Clouds: A Decentralized and Self-Organizing Information System, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems, Passau, Germany , 2006.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@incollection{wegener06hdc,
      author={Axel Wegener and Elad M. Schiller and Horst Hellbr{\"u}ck and S\'{a}ndor P. Fekete and Stefan Fischer},
      title={Hovering Data Clouds: A Decentralized and Self-Organizing Information System},
      booktitle={Proceedings of International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems, Passau, Germany},
      year=2006,
      month=sep
}


Dennis Pfisterer, Martin Lipphardt, Carsten Buschmann, Horst Hellbrück, Stefan Fischer, and Jan Hendrik Sauselin,
MarathonNet: Adding value to large scale sport events - A connectivity analysis, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (InterSense) , 2006.
Datei: citation.cfm
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{pfisterer06marathonconnectivity,
  author = {Dennis Pfisterer and Martin Lipphardt and Carsten Buschmann and Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer and Jan Hendrik Sauselin},
  title = {MarathonNet: Adding value to large scale sport events - A connectivity analysis},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (InterSense)},
  month =   "may",
  year = {2006},
  url="http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1142680.1142696"
}


Dennis Pfisterer, Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
FABRIC: Towards Data Type-Centric Middleware Synthesis, in Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing (DCOSS 06) , 2006.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{pfisterer06fabricdcoss,
 author={Dennis Pfisterer and Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing (DCOSS 06)},
 title={FABRIC: Towards Data Type-Centric Middleware Synthesis},
 year=2006
}


Dennis Pfisterer, Carsten Buschmann, Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
Data-type centric middleware synthesis for wireless sensor network application development, in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2006) , 2006.
Datei: medhocnet06pfisterer.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{pfisterer06medhocnetfabric,
 author={Dennis Pfisterer and  Carsten Buschmann and  Horst Hellbrück and  Stefan Fischer},
 booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2006)},
 title={Data-type centric middleware synthesis for wireless sensor network application development},
 year=2006,
 url = "http://www.itm.uni-luebeck.de/users/pfisterer/pub/medhocnet06pfisterer.pdf"
	 
}

2004

Horst Hellbrück,
{Analytische und simulationsbasierte Verfahren zur Konnektivitätsbestimmung und -verbesserung von Ad-Hoc-Netzen}., .... Shaker-Verlag, 2004.
Datei: Details.idc
Bibtex: BibTeX
@Book{hellDis04,
  author = {Horst Hellbrück},
  title = {{Analytische und simulationsbasierte Verfahren zur Konnektivitätsbestimmung und -verbesserung von Ad-Hoc-Netzen}},
  publisher = {Shaker-Verlag},
  year = 2004,
  month = sep,
  url="http://www.shaker.de/Online-Gesamtkatalog/Details.idc?ISBN=3-8322-3142-0"
}

Andreas Eberhart, Stefan Kraus, Ulrich Walther, Horst Hellbrück, and Vasu Chandrasekhara,
{Java 5.0 - Das Tiger-Release}., .... Carl-Hanser-Verlag, 2004.
Datei: buch.asp
Bibtex: BibTeX
@Book{hellJava04,
  author = {Andreas Eberhart and Stefan Kraus and Ulrich Walther and Horst Hellbrück and Vasu Chandrasekhara},
  title = {{Java 5.0 - Das Tiger-Release}},
  publisher = {Carl-Hanser-Verlag},
  year = 2004,
  url = {http://www.hanser.de/buch.asp?isbn=3-446-22946-9&area=Computer}
}

Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
MINE and MILE: improving connectivity in mobile ad-hoc networks, SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev. , vol. 8, pp. 19--36, 2004. ACM.
DOI:http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1052871.1052873
Datei: 1052871.1052873
Bibtex: BibTeX
@article{Hellbruck:2004:MMI:1052871.1052873,
 author = {Horst Hellbr\"{u}ck and Stefan Fischer},
 title = {MINE and MILE: improving connectivity in mobile ad-hoc networks},
 journal = {SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev.},
 volume = {8},
 issue = {4},
 month = {October},
 year = {2004},
 issn = {1559-1662},
 pages = {19--36},
 numpages = {18},
 url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1052871.1052873},
 doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1052871.1052873},
 acmid = {1052873},
 publisher = {ACM},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
} 


2003

Horst Hellbr{"u}ck, and Stefan Fischer,
{Increasing the Connectivity of Ad-Hoc Networks}, in {Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KIVS03), Leipzig} , Springer-Verlag, 2003.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@InProceedings{hellFisKIVS03,
  author =       "Horst Hellbr{\"u}ck and Stefan Fischer",
  title =        "{Increasing the Connectivity of Ad-Hoc Networks}",
  booktitle =    "{Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KIVS03), Leipzig}",
  month =        feb,
  series =   "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
  publisher =    "Springer-Verlag",
  year =         "2003"
}


2002

Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
Ansätze zur Analyse und Simulation von Ad-Hoc Netzwerken, in Proceedings of the 1st German Workshop on Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (GI-Edition) , Ulm, Germany , 2002. pp. 7--27.
Datei: P-11.shtml
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{hellFisWMAN02,
  title = {Ansätze zur Analyse und Simulation von Ad-Hoc Netzwerken},
  author = {Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st German Workshop on Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (GI-Edition)},
  year = {2002},
  month = {March},
  address = {Ulm, Germany},
  pages = {7--27},
  url = {http://giserver.gi-ev.de/LNI/proceedings/P-11.shtml}
}


Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
Towards Analysis and Simulation of Ad-Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN02) , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 2002. pp. 69--75.
Datei: hellFisICWN02.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@inproceedings{hellfisicwn02,
  author = {Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer},
  title = {Towards Analysis and Simulation of Ad-Hoc Networks},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN02)},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
  year = {2002},
  month = {June},
  address = {Las Vegas, Nevada, USA},
  pages = {69--75},
  url = {http://www.itm.uni-luebeck.de/users/hellbrueck/pubs/hellFisICWN02.pdf}
}

2001

Horst Hellbrück, and Stefan Fischer,
"Basic Analysis and Simulation of Ad-Hoc Networks" 2001.
Datei: hellFisTR01.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@techreport{hellfistr01,
  author = {Horst Hellbrück and Stefan Fischer},
  title = {Basic Analysis and Simulation of Ad-Hoc Networks},
  institution = "International University Bruchsal",
  number = "TR01",
  month = "December",
  year = {2001},
  url = {http://www.itm.uni-luebeck.de/users/hellbrueck/pubs/hellFisTR01.pdf}
}