Germany Section Vehicular Technology Society Chapter

Officers / Board Members

Chair: Dr. Konstantinos Xynos, Mercedes-Benz
kxynos@ieee.org

Vice-Chair: Dr.-Ing. Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, University of Passau
nikolaos.anagnostopoulos@uni-passau.de

Secretary: Dr.-Ing. Tolga Arul, University of Passau
tolga@arul.de

 

Dr. Konstantinos Xynos, Chapter Chair

kxynos@ieee.org

Upcoming events

  • Future technical meetings of the German Chapter of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society will be announced here.

 

  • Webinar: “5G and 6G mobile communications”

    https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542575

    Date and Time

    • Date: 25 March 2026
    • Time: 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM
    • All times are (UTC+02:00) Berlin
     

    Location

    • Virtual attendance
     

    Host

    • Germany Section Chapter, VT06
     

    Registration

     

    Speaker Biography

     

    Dr. Werner Mohr

    Werner Mohr graduated from the University of Hannover, Germany, with the Master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1981 and with the Ph.D. degree in 1987.

    Dr. Werner Mohr joined Siemens AG, Mobile Network Division in Munich, Germany in 1991. He was involved in several EU-funded projects and ETSI standardization groups on UMTS and systems beyond 3G. Werner Mohr coordinated several EU and Eureka-Celtic-funded projects on 3G (FRAMES project), LTE and IMT-Advanced radio interface (WINNER I, II and WINNER+ projects), which developed the basic concepts for future radio standards. Since April 2007, he was with Nokia Solutions and Networks (now Nokia) in Munich, Germany, where he was Head of Research Alliances. In addition, he was chairperson of the NetWorld2020 European Technology Platform until December 2016. Werner Mohr was Chair of the Board of the 5G Infrastructure Association in 5G PPP of the EU Commission from its launch until December 2016. He was chair of the “Wireless World Research Forum – WWRF” from its launch in August 2001 up to December 2003. He was a member of the board of ITG in VDE from 2006 to 2014. Werner Mohr is co-author of a book on “Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems”, a book on “Radio Technologies and Concepts for IMT-Advanced” and a book “Mobile and Wireless Communications for IMT-Advanced and Beyond”. In December 2016, Werner Mohr received the IEEE Communications Society Award for Public Service in the Field of Telecommunications, and in November 2018, he received the VDE ITG Fellowship 2018. In May 2019, Werner Mohr received the WWRF Fellowship.

    In March 2021, he retired from Nokia and is now active as a consultant (mainly for the 6G Infrastructure Association in the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking of the European Commission) and as a lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

    Currently, his research interests in the 6G context are on sub-Terahertz radio systems, radio propagation and RIS systems.

    Webinar Description

    Mobile communications developed in the last decades from narrowband analog voice-oriented systems to very broadband digital systems for a wide range of services and applications. The first to the fourth generations of mobile communication systems were designed for communication purposes, mainly for human beings. The transmitted data volume via mobile communication systems has been growing exponentially for many years, while today the growth rate is declining.

    5G systems provided a paradigm shift to support many vertical sectors in society and economy by additional communication purposes between machines and between humans and machines. This results in challenging requirements in terms of throughput, latency, capacity, reliability, connection density, energy efficiency, etc. Exemplary vertical application domains are factories, energy, health, automotive and media and entertainment. Autonomous driving is an important application domain. Studies predict a huge economic impact on the GDP by applying 5G in vertical sectors. 5G is integrating different communication systems, including non-terrestrial systems (satellite systems), to support full area coverage and the required high system capacity where needed. With respect to the challenging requirements, additional frequency spectrum, advanced antenna concepts and cloud technologies for the necessary computing power are applied.

    Drivers for 6G are megatrends, including the digitalization of society and economy and advanced applications like the consumer, enterprise and industrial metaverse. Compared to 5G this requires even more challenging requirements, which are currently discussed and agreed at the global level in ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication Sector). It is bringing together the physical world (hardware systems), the digital world (software systems) and the human world. With increasing computing power in centralized and edge clouds and AI/ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) algorithms the network intelligence is significantly increased for many new applications like digital twins and networks as a sensor. Terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks are integrated in the sense of three-dimensional networks including planes, drones, balloons, and satellite systems in different LEO (low earth), MEO (medium earth) and GEO (geostationary) orbits.

    Research and development of these systems is supported in Europe by collaborative research programs for system concepts, the global regulatory process towards the identification of additional frequency spectrum in ITU WRCs (World Radiocommunication Conferences) and the global specification process in 3GPP. The first commercial deployment of 6G systems is expected around 2030.

     

Recent past events

  • Annual Meeting of the Germany Chapter of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

    https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/523457

    Date and Time

    • Date: 22 December 2025
    • Time: 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
    • All times are (UTC+02:00) Berlin
     

    Location

    • Virtual attendance
     

    Host

    • Germany Section Chapter, VT06
     

    Registration

     

  • Webinar: “Securing the Future of Mobility: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Quantum-Ready Strategies for Software-Defined Vehicles”

    https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/521111

    Date and Time

    • Date: 18 December 2025
    • Time: 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM
    • All times are (UTC+02:00) Berlin
     

    Location

    • Virtual attendance
     

    Host

    • Germany Section Chapter, VT06
     

    Registration

     

    Speaker Biography

     

    Dr. Sheikh Mahbub Habib of AUMOVIO SE

    Dr. Sheikh Mahbub Habib is an internationally recognized expert in automotive cybersecurity and privacy. As Head of Product Cybersecurity and Privacy Innovation at AUMOVIO SE, he drives cutting-edge research and strategic initiatives to protect connected and autonomous vehicles against evolving cyber threats.

    Dr. Habib earned his Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from Technische Universität Darmstadt, where he specialized in cybersecurity and trustworthy distributed systems. His professional journey includes impactful roles at Continental AG and later at AUMOVIO SE, focusing on software security, quantum-safe cryptography, and privacy-preserving technologies for next-generation mobility. Dr. Habib is a frequent speaker at international conferences and actively engages in cross-industry collaborations to advance cybersecurity resilience in the era of digital transformation.

    Webinar Description

    The automotive industry is undergoing a paradigm shift toward Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), transforming cars into connected, software-centric ecosystems. This evolution brings unprecedented opportunities for innovation but also introduces significant cybersecurity and privacy challenges. With millions of lines of code, complex architectures, and continuous connectivity, vehicles face an expanding attack surface and growing regulatory scrutiny.

    This webinar explores the critical aspects of securing digital mobility, including DevSecOps and Shift-Left approaches, advanced testing techniques like fuzzing, and privacy-by-design concepts. I will also address emerging threats such as quantum computing risks to cryptography, AI vulnerabilities, and compliance with global regulations like GDPR and the EU Data Act. Attendees will gain insights into strategies for building resilient, privacy-aware systems and preparing for a quantum-ready future.

     

  • Webinar: “Virtualized Edge Computing in the Vehicular Micro Cloud”

    https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/532101

    Date and Time

    • Date: 20 January 2026
    • Time: 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM
    • All times are (UTC+02:00) Berlin
     

    Location

    • Virtual attendance
     

    Host

    • Germany Section Chapter, VT06
     

    Registration

     

    Speaker Biography

     

    Prof. Dr. Falko Dressler of the Technical University of Berlin

    Falko Dressler is full professor and Chair for Telecommunication Networks at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Erlangen in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Dressler has been associate editor-in-chief for IEEE Trans. on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing and Elsevier Computer Communications as well as an editor for journals such as IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, and Elsevier Nano Communication Networks. He has been chairing conferences such as IEEE INFOCOM, ACM MobiSys, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE VNC, IEEE GLOBECOM. He authored the textbooks Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks published by Wiley & Sons and Vehicular Networking published by Cambridge University Press. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer as well as an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Dressler is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Fellow, and an AAIA Fellow. He is a member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). He has been serving on the IEEE COMSOC Conference Council and the ACM SIGMOBILE Executive Committee. His research objectives include next generation wireless communication systems in combination with distributed machine learning and edge computing for improved resiliency. Application domains include the internet of things, cyber-physical systems, and the internet of bio-nano-things.

    Webinar Description

    We will discuss the challenges and opportunities of distributed data management solutions ranging from the mobile edge to the data centers. Modern 5G networks promise to provide all means for communication in this domain, particularly when integrating Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). However, it turns out that despite the many advantages, it is unlikely that such services will be provided with sufficient coverage. As a novel concept, virtualized edge computing (V-Edge) have been proposed that bridges this gap. We present a learning-based approach to make such an V-Edge resilient to dynamics, failures, and even malicious attacks. In particular, we contrast centralized and federated learning approaches and reinforcement based approaches.