Prof. Thomas Weise: CV

Work Experience

• Full Professor [教授], Institute Director [所长]
  • When: since 2016 (ongoing)
  • Where: Institute of Applied Optimization [应用优化研究所], School of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data [人工智能与大数据学院] of the Hefei University [合肥大学] in Hefei [合肥], Anhui [安徽], China [中国]
  • What: industry collaboration, research, teaching, and supervising students
• Associate Professor [副教授]
  • When: 2011–2016
  • Where: School of Computer Science and Technology [计算机科学与技术学院] of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) [中国科学技术大学] in Hefei [合肥], Anhui [安徽], China [中国]
  • What: research, teaching, and supervising undergraduate and graduate students
• External Lecture Services
  • When: 2009–2014
  • Where: School of Software Engineering [中国科学技术大学软件学院] of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) [中国科学技术大学] in Hefei [合肥], Anhui [安徽], China [中国]
  • What: teaching
• Postdoctoral Researcher (PostDoc) [博士后]
  • When: 2009–2011
  • Where: School of Computer Science and Technology [计算机科学与技术学院] of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) [中国科学技术大学] in Hefei [合肥], Anhui [安徽], China [中国]
  • What: research, teaching, and co-supervising undergraduate and graduate students
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Xin Yao [姚新]
• Researcher (full-time employed PhD student)
  • When: 2005–2009
  • Where: Distributed Systems Group (Fachbereich 16: Elektrotechnik/Informatik) of the University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • What: research, teaching, and co-supervising undergraduate and graduate students
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kurt Geihs
• Teaching and Research Assistant
  • When: 2004–2005
  • Where: Chair of Operating Systems, Department of Computer Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
  • What: teaching
• Teaching Assistant
  • When: 2004–2005
  • Where: Chair of Communications Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
  • What: Development of Teaching Material

Education and Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher (PostDoc) [博士后]
  • When: 2009–2011
  • Where: School of Computer Science and Technology [计算机科学与技术学院] of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) [中国科学技术大学] in Hefei [合肥], Anhui [安徽], China [中国]
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Xin Yao [姚新]
• Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften (Dr.-Ing.) [博士]
  • What: Comparable to the Doctor of Engineering, Engineering Doctorate, Doctor of Science, or a PhD.
  • When: 2005–2009
  • Where: Distributed Systems Group (Fachbereich 16: Elektrotechnik/Informatik) of the University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
  • Result: summa cum laude
  • ISCED'2011 Level: 844
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kurt Geihs
• Diplom-Informatiker (Dipl.-Inf.) [学士+硕士]
  • What: The German "Diplom-Informatiker" is an academic degree which is comparable to a Bachelor's and Master's in one^*.
  • When: 2001–2005
  • Where: Department of Computer Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
  • ISCED'2011 Level: 74
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Winfried Kalfa
• Gymnasium / Abitur
  • What: The German Gymnasium is comparable to British grammar schools, sixth form colleges and U.S. preparatory high schools^*.
  • When: 1992–2000
  • Where: Dr. Wilhelm André Gymnasium, Chemnitz, Germany
  • ISCED'2011 Level: 3

Awards

• Thomas Weise. Hefei City Friendship Award [外国专家“友谊奖”] from the Hefei Municipal Government [合肥市人民政府]. December 2020. [blog entry]
• Thomas Weise. Hefei Specially Recruited Foreign Expert [合肥市特聘外国专家证书] within the First Hefei Recruitment Program of Talented Foreigners [首批市"引进外国高端人才计划"] by the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology [合肥市科学技术局], Hefei Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs [合肥市外国专家局], 2019. [blog entry]
• Thomas Weise. Second Hefei Economic and Technological Development Area Friendship Award [第二届合肥经济技术开发区友谊奖] from the Administration Committee of the Hefei Economic and Technological Development Area [合肥经济技术开发区管理委员会], 2018. [blog entry]
• Thomas Weise. 2016 HP Information Science Award for Young Teachers [惠普信息科学青年教师奖] at USTC [中国科学技术大学]
• Thomas Weise. 2010 Dissertation Thesis Award of the Association of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, VDI) Nordhessen for the PhD dissertation, awarded in 2011
• Thomas Weise, Steffen Bleul, Marc Kirchhoff, and Kurt Geihs. Ranked third at the international Web Service Challenge (WSC'08, Washington), 2008.
  Accompanying Publication: Thomas Weise, Steffen Bleul, Marc Kirchhoff, and Kurt Geihs. Semantic Web Service Composition for Service-Oriented Architectures. In Proceedings of IEEE Joint Conference on E-Commerce Technology (10th CEC) and Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services (5th EEE) (CEC/EEE'08), pages 355-358, Washington, DC, USA, July 21-24, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-7695-3340-7, Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/CECandEEE.2008.148
• Steffen Bleul, Thomas Weise, and Kurt Geihs. Ranked second at the international Web Service Challenge (WSC'07, Tokyo), 2007.
  Accompanying Publication: Steffen Bleul, Thomas Weise, and Kurt Geihs. Making a Fast Semantic Service Composition System Faster. In Proceedings of IEEE Joint Conference on E-Commerce Technology (9th CEC) and Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services (4th EEE) (CEC/EEE'07), pages 517-520, Tokyo, Japan: National Center of Sciences, July 23-26, 2007. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/CEC-EEE.2007.62
• Steffen Bleul, Thomas Weise, and Kurt Geihs. Ranked first at the international Web Service Challenge (WSC'06, San Francisco), 2006.
  Accompanying Publication: Steffen Bleul, Thomas Weise, and Kurt Geihs. Large-Scale Service Composition in Semantic Service Discovery. In Andreas Wombacher, Christian Huemer, and Markus Stolze, editors, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Joint Conference on E-Commerce Technology and Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services (CEC/EEE'06), pages 427-429, Millbrae, CA, USA: Westin San Francisco Airport, June 26-29, 2006. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi:10.1109/CEC-EEE.2006.59