Dr. Benjamin Satzger University Assistant Email: satzger@dsg.tuwien.ac.at Phone: +43-1-58801-18418 Fax: +43-1-58801-18491 Address: Distributed Systems Group Information Systems Institute Vienna University of Technology Argentinierstrasse 8/184-1 A-1040 Wien, Austria Last updated: Nov 30, 2012

• Self-* Systems
• Distributed Systems
• Data Stream Processing
• Crowdsourcing

2010-present	University Assistant, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2009-2010	Postdoctoral Researcher, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
2008-2009	Postdoctoral Researcher & Teaching Assistant, Augsburg University, Germany
2008	PhD in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.), Augsburg University, Germany
2005	Diploma in Applied Computer Science (Dipl.-Inf.), Augsburg University, Germany
2005	Semester abroad at University of Valencia, Spain
2001	Software Engineering Degree (Fachinformatiker, Fachrichtung: Anwendungsentwicklung), Hirschvogel Automotive Group, Germany

Theses and "Praktika"

I offer several thesis topics in Data Stream Processing, Cloud Computing, and Crowdsourcing. Please drop me a line for more details.

Courses

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  2013 (4)

Model-based Adaptation of Cloud Computing Applications. Inzinger, C.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; Hummer, W.; and Dustdar, S. 2013. In International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, Special Track on Model-driven Software Adaptation, (to appear).
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Winds of Change: From Vendor Lock-In to the Meta Cloud. Satzger, B.; Hummer, W.; Inzinger, C.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2013. Internet Computing, IEEE, 17(1):69-73, Jan-Feb.
Winds of Change: From Vendor Lock-In to the Meta Cloud Winds of Change: From Vendor Lock-In to the Meta Cloud Bibtex    

Identifying Incompatible Service Implementations using Pooled Decision Trees. Inzinger, C.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2013. In 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'12), (to appear).
Identifying Incompatible Service Implementations using Pooled Decision Trees Bibtex    

Expressive Languages for Selecting Groups from Graph-Structured Data. Liptchinsky, V.; Satzger, B.; Zabolotnyi, R.; and Dustdar, S. 2013. In 22nd International World Wide Web Conference (WWW'13), (to appear).
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  2012 (14)

Auction-based Crowdsourcing Supporting Skill Management. Satzger, B.; Psaier, H.; Schall, D.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. Information Systems, Elsevier.
Auction-based Crowdsourcing Supporting Skill Management Auction-based Crowdsourcing Supporting Skill Management Bibtex    

Identifying Incompatible Implementations of Industry Standard Service Interfaces for Dependable Service-Based Applications. Inzinger, C.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. Technical Report (TUV-1841-2012-1), Vienna University of Technology.
Identifying Incompatible Implementations of Industry Standard Service Interfaces for Dependable Service-Based Applications Bibtex    

Wind Energy Prediction and Monitoring with Neural Computation. Kramer, O.; Gieseke, F.; and Satzger, B. 2012. Neurocomputing, Elsevier.
Wind Energy Prediction and Monitoring with Neural Computation Bibtex    

Non-Intrusive Policy Optimization for Dependable and Adaptive Service-Oriented Systems. Inzinger, C.; Satzger, B.; Hummer, W.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 27th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'12), 504-510.
Non-Intrusive Policy Optimization for Dependable and Adaptive Service-Oriented Systems Non-Intrusive Policy Optimization for Dependable and Adaptive Service-Oriented Systems Bibtex    

Cost-Efficient and Application SLA-Aware Client Side Request Scheduling in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud. Leitner, P.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Inzinger, C.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD'12), 213 -220.
Cost-Efficient and Application SLA-Aware Client Side Request Scheduling in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Cost-Efficient and Application SLA-Aware Client Side Request Scheduling in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud Bibtex    

Crowdsourcing Tasks to Social Networks in BPEL4People. Schall, D.; Satzger, B.; and Psaier, H. 2012. World Wide Web, Springer.
Crowdsourcing Tasks to Social Networks in BPEL4People Crowdsourcing Tasks to Social Networks in BPEL4People Bibtex    

Deriving a Unified Fault Taxonomy for Event-Based Systems. Hummer, W.; Inzinger, C.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 6th ACM International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS'12), 167-178.
Deriving a Unified Fault Taxonomy for Event-Based Systems Deriving a Unified Fault Taxonomy for Event-Based Systems Bibtex    

Goal Distance Estimation for Automated Planning Using Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines. Satzger, B., and Kramer, O. 2012. Natural Computing, Springer.
Goal Distance Estimation for Automated Planning Using Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines Goal Distance Estimation for Automated Planning Using Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines Bibtex    

Specification and Deployment of Distributed Monitoring and Adaptation Infrastructures. Inzinger, C.; Satzger, B.; Hummer, W.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In Workshop on Performance Assessment and Auditing in Service Computing held in conjunction with 10th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC'12), (to appear).
Specification and Deployment of Distributed Monitoring and Adaptation Infrastructures Bibtex    

Application-Level Performance Monitoring of Cloud Services Based on the Complex Event Processing Paradigm. Leitner, P.; Inzinger, C.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA'12).
Application-Level Performance Monitoring of Cloud Services Based on the Complex Event Processing Paradigm Application-Level Performance Monitoring of Cloud Services Based on the Complex Event Processing Paradigm Bibtex    

Optimized Execution of Business Processes on Crowdsourcing Platforms. Khazankin, R.; Satzger, B.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 8th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom'12), 443-451).
Optimized Execution of Business Processes on Crowdsourcing Platforms Optimized Execution of Business Processes on Crowdsourcing Platforms Bibtex    

Towards Identifying Root Causes of Faults in Service-Based Applications. Inzinger, C.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 31st IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2012), 404-405. Poster Track.
Towards Identifying Root Causes of Faults in Service-Based Applications Towards Identifying Root Causes of Faults in Service-Based Applications Bibtex    

CloudScale - a Novel Middleware for Building Transparently Scaling Cloud Applications. Leitner, P.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Inzinger, C.; and Dustdar, S. 2012. In 27th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'12), 434-440.
CloudScale - a Novel Middleware for Building Transparently Scaling Cloud Applications CloudScale - a Novel Middleware for Building Transparently Scaling Cloud Applications Bibtex    

Programming Directives for Elastic Computing. Dustdar, S.; Guo, Y.; Han, R.; Satzger, B.; and Truong, H. 2012. Internet Computing, IEEE, 16:72-77.
Programming Directives for Elastic Computing Programming Directives for Elastic Computing Bibtex    

  2011 (10)

Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets as Novel Smart Grid Control Approach. Laessig, J.; Satzger, B.; and Kramer, O. 2011. In Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 34th Annual German Conference on AI (KI'11), 179-190.
Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets as Novel Smart Grid Control Approach Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets as Novel Smart Grid Control Approach Bibtex    

Principles of Elastic Processes. Dustdar, S.; Guo, Y.; Satzger, B.; and Truong, H. 2011. Internet Computing, IEEE, 15(5):66-71.
Principles of Elastic Processes Principles of Elastic Processes Bibtex    

Autonomous and Scalable Failure Detection in Distributed Systems. Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; and Ungerer, T. 2011. Int. J. Auton. Adapt. Commun. Syst., 4:61-77, December.
Autonomous and Scalable Failure Detection in Distributed Systems Autonomous and Scalable Failure Detection in Distributed Systems Bibtex    

Dynamic Migration of Processing Elements for Optimized Query Execution in Event-based Systems. Hummer, W.; Leitner, P.; Satzger, B.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. In 1st International Symposium on Secure Virtual Infrastructures (DOA-SVI'11), OnTheMove Federated Conferences (OTM'11), 451-468.
Dynamic Migration of Processing Elements for Optimized Query Execution in Event-based Systems Dynamic Migration of Processing Elements for Optimized Query Execution in Event-based Systems Bibtex    

Stimulating Skill Evolution in Market-based Crowdsourcing. Satzger, B.; Psaier, H.; Schall, D.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. In 9th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM'11), 66-82.
Stimulating Skill Evolution in Market-based Crowdsourcing Stimulating Skill Evolution in Market-based Crowdsourcing Bibtex    

Distributed Continuous Data Aggregation Over Web Service Event Streams. Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. Technical Report (TUV-1841-2011-04), Vienna University of Technology.
Distributed Continuous Data Aggregation Over Web Service Event Streams Bibtex    

ESC: Towards an Elastic Stream Computing Platform for the Cloud. Satzger, B.; Hummer, W.; Leitner, P.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. In 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD'11), 348-355.
ESC: Towards an Elastic Stream Computing Platform for the Cloud ESC: Towards an Elastic Stream Computing Platform for the Cloud Bibtex    

Distributed Continuous Queries Over Web Service Event Streams. Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; Leitner, P.; Inzinger, C.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. In 7th International Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices (NWeSP'11), 176-181.
Distributed Continuous Queries Over Web Service Event Streams Distributed Continuous Queries Over Web Service Event Streams Bibtex    

Stepwise and Asynchronous Runtime Optimization of Web Service Compositions (Short Paper). Leitner, P.; Hummer, W.; Satzger, B.; and Dustdar, S. 2011. In 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE'11), 290-297.
Stepwise and Asynchronous Runtime Optimization of Web Service Compositions (Short Paper) Stepwise and Asynchronous Runtime Optimization of Web Service Compositions (Short Paper) Bibtex    

Self-stabilization in Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets. Laessig, J.; Satzger, B.; and Kramer, O. 2011. In 8th IEEE International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations (ITNG'11), 803-809.
Self-stabilization in Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets Self-stabilization in Hierarchically Structured Energy Markets Bibtex    

  2010 (13)

Towards Lightweight Self-Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks. Satzger, B.; Bagci, F.; Kluge, F.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'10), 791-792.
Towards Lightweight Self-Configuration in Wireless Sensor Networks Bibtex    

Trust Measurement Methods in Organic Computing Systems by Direct Observation. Kiefhaber, R.; Satzger, B.; Schmitt, J.; Roth, M.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In IEEE/IFIP 8th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC'10), 105-111.
Trust Measurement Methods in Organic Computing Systems by Direct Observation Bibtex    

Power Prediction in Smart Grids with Evolutionary Local Kernel Regression. Kramer, O.; Satzger, B.; and Laessig, J. 2010. In 5th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems (HAIS'10), 262-269.
Power Prediction in Smart Grids with Evolutionary Local Kernel Regression Bibtex    

Experiences with a Smart Office Project. Bagci, F.; Kluge, F.; Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. 294-319, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Experiences with a Smart Office Project Bibtex    

Optimisation of Energy Consumption of Soft Real-Time Applications by Workload Prediction. Kluge, F.; Uhrig, S.; Mische, J.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In 1st IEEE Workshop on Self-Organizing Real-Time Systems (SORT'10) held in conjunction with 13th IEEE International Symposium on Object/Component/Service-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC'10), 63-72.
Optimisation of Energy Consumption of Soft Real-Time Applications by Workload Prediction Bibtex    

Learning Heuristic Functions for State-Space Planning. Satzger, B., and Kramer, O. 2010. In 5th International Conference on Computational Intelligence (CI'10), 36-43.
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Adaptive Heuristic Estimates for Automated Planning Using Regression. Satzger, B.; Kramer, O.; and Laessig, J. 2010. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'10), 576-581.
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Managing Energy in a Virtual Power Plant Using Learning Classifier Systems. Kramer, O.; Satzger, B.; and Laessig, J. 2010. In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'10), 111-117.
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A Practical Computer Immunology Approach for Self-protection Enhanced by Optimization Techniques. Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing. To appear.
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UbiMASS - Ubiquitous Mobile Agent System for Wireless Sensor Networks. Bagci, F.; Wolf, J.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC'10), 245-252.
UbiMASS - Ubiquitous Mobile Agent System for Wireless Sensor Networks Bibtex    

A Novel Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solver for Self-configuring Distributed Systems with Highly Dynamic Behavior. Satzger, B.; Bagci, F.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'10), 1-6.
A Novel Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solver for Self-configuring Distributed Systems with Highly Dynamic Behavior Bibtex    

Dynamic Workload Prediction for Soft Real-Time Applications. Kluge, F.; Uhrig, S.; Mische, J.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT'10), 1841-1848.
Dynamic Workload Prediction for Soft Real-Time Applications Bibtex    

The Delayed Ack Method to Measure Trust in Organic Computing Systems. Kiefhaber, R.; Satzger, B.; Schmitt, J.; Roth, M.; and Ungerer, T. 2010. In Trustworthy Self-Organizing Systems, Workshop in conjunction with 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO'10), 184-189.
The Delayed Ack Method to Measure Trust in Organic Computing Systems Bibtex    

  2009 (4)

Self-Healing and Recovery Methods and their Classification. Shehory, O.; Martinez, J.; Andrzejak, A.; Cappiello, C.; Funika, W.; Kondo, D.; Mariani, L.; Satzger, B.; and Schmid, M. 2009. In Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Germany, Dagstuhl, Germany.
Self-Healing and Recovery Methods and their Classification Bibtex    

09201 Abstracts Collection - Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems: Generic Techniques for Self-healing Distributed Systems. Satzger, B. 2009. In Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems, 19, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, Germany, Dagstuhl, Germany.
09201 Abstracts Collection - Self-Healing and Self-Adaptive Systems: Generic Techniques for Self-healing Distributed Systems Bibtex    

Towards Trustworthy Self-optimization for Distributed Systems. Satzger, B.; Mutschelknaus, F.; Bagci, F.; Kluge, F.; and Ungerer, T. 2009. In International Workshop on Software Technologies for Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems (SEUS'09), 58-68.
Towards Trustworthy Self-optimization for Distributed Systems Bibtex    

Towards Indoor Location Estimation and Tracking with Wireless Sensors. Bagci, F.; Kluge, F.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2009. In IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing (WISP'09), 235-240.
Towards Indoor Location Estimation and Tracking with Wireless Sensors Bibtex    

  2008 (4)

Using Automated Planning for Trusted Self-organising Organic Computing Systems. Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2008. In 5th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC'08), 60-72.
Using Automated Planning for Trusted Self-organising Organic Computing Systems Bibtex    

Self-healing Distributed Systems. Satzger, B. 2008. Ph.D. Thesis, Augsburg University.
Self-healing Distributed Systems Bibtex    

Grouping Algorithms for Scalable Self-monitoring Distributed Systems. Satzger, B., and Ungerer, T. 2008. In 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems (Autonomics'08), 35:1-35:10.
Grouping Algorithms for Scalable Self-monitoring Distributed Systems Bibtex    

A Lazy Monitoring Approach for Heartbeat-style Failure Detectors. Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2008. In 3rd International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES'08), 404-409.
A Lazy Monitoring Approach for Heartbeat-style Failure Detectors Bibtex    

  2007 (5)

Adaptive Self-optimization in Distributed Dynamic Environments. Trumler, W.; Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2007. In 1st International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO'07), 320-323.
Adaptive Self-optimization in Distributed Dynamic Environments Bibtex    

Self-configuration and Self-healing in AUTOSAR. Trumler, W.; Helbig, M.; Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2007. In 14th Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference (APAC-14).
Self-configuration and Self-healing in AUTOSAR Bibtex    

Variations and Evaluations of an Adaptive Accrual Failure Detector to Enable Self-healing Properties in Distributed Systems. Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2007. In 20th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS'07), 171-184.
Variations and Evaluations of an Adaptive Accrual Failure Detector to Enable Self-healing Properties in Distributed Systems Bibtex    

A Distributed Self-healing Data Store. Trumler, W.; Ehrig, J.; Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; and Ungerer, T. 2007. In 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC'07), 458-467.
A Distributed Self-healing Data Store Bibtex    

A new Adaptive Accrual Failure Detector for Dependable Distributed Systems. Satzger, B.; Pietzowski, A.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2007. In ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'07), 551-555.
A new Adaptive Accrual Failure Detector for Dependable Distributed Systems Bibtex    

  2006 (4)

Applications and Architectures in Organic Computing. Guedemann, M.; Nafz, F.; Pietzowski, A.; Reif, W.; Satzger, B.; Seebach, H.; and Ungerer, T. 2006. Technical Report (2006-21), Augsburg University.
Applications and Architectures in Organic Computing Bibtex    

Using Positive and Negative from Immunology for Detection of Anomalies in a Self-Protecting Middleware. Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2006. In Informatik 2006 - Informatik fuer Menschen, Band 1, Beitraege der 36. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI), 161-168.
Using Positive and Negative from Immunology for Detection of Anomalies in a Self-Protecting Middleware Bibtex    

A Preference-based Recommender System. Satzger, B.; Endres, M.; and Kiessling, W. 2006. In 7th International Conference on E-Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web'06), 31-40.
A Preference-based Recommender System Bibtex    

A Bio-inspired Approach for Self-protecting an Organic Middleware with Artificial Antibodies. Pietzowski, A.; Satzger, B.; Trumler, W.; and Ungerer, T. 2006. In International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS'06), 202-215.
A Bio-inspired Approach for Self-protecting an Organic Middleware with Artificial Antibodies Bibtex    

  2005 (1)

Entwicklung und Evaluation einer Software zur Generierung praeferenzbasierter Produktempfehlungen. Satzger, B. 2005. Master's Thesis, Augsburg University.
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Benjamin Satzger is a University Assistant at the Distributed Systems Group, Information Systems Institute, Vienna University of Technology. He received his Diploma and Doctorate in Computer Science in 2005 and 2008, respectively, both from Augsburg University, Germany. From 2009 to 2010 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA. His research interests include self-managing systems, distributed systems, data stream processing, and crowdsourcing.