Professor Kai-Uwe Sattler

Kai-Uwe Sattler is the president of TU Ilmenau, Germany and a full professor for Database and Information Systems. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and his Habilitation (venia legendi) from the University of Magdeburg, Germany.

From October 2001 until March 2002, he worked as a visiting assistant professor at the UC Davis, U.S.A. Before joining TU Ilmenau he held a replacement professorship at the TU Dresden and at the University of Halle. He joined the Department of Computer Science and Automation of the TU Ilmenau in October 2003 as professor. Kai-Uwe Sattler has published more than 300 papers in international conferences and journals as well as 8 textbooks. He is a member of the Saxony Academy of Sciences, Germany and also the coordinator of the priority program “Scalable Data Management for Future Hardware (SPP 2037)” funded by DFG.