Professor Kai-Uwe Sattler

Kai-Uwe Sattler leads the Database and Information Systems group at the Department of Computer Science and Automation of the TU Ilmenau, Germany. He received his Diploma (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from the University of Magdeburg, Germany. In 1998, he received his Ph.D. in Computer Science (magna cum laude) from the same university.

From 1998 to September 2003 he was a member of the Database research group (head: Prof. Gunter Saake) at the University of Magdeburg. From October 2001 until March 2002, he worked as a visiting assistant professor at the UC Davis, U.S.A. During summer term 2002 he held a replacement professorship at the TU Dresden and during winter term 2002/3 at the University of Halle.
In June 2003, he received his Habilitation (venia legendi) in Computer Science from the University of Magdeburg. He joined the Department of Computer Science and Automation of the TU Ilmenau in October 2003 as Professor.

Kai-Uwe Sattler served as Dean of the Department from 2011 to 2017. From June 2017 to 2020 he serves as Vice President for Research. In December 2020 he was elected as President of the TU Ilmenau. Currently, he is also the coordinator of the priority program “Scalable Data Management for Future Hardware (SPP 2037)” funded by the DFG.