| 1951 |
born in Essen/Ruhr |
| 1970 |
graduation from Highschool, Carl-Humann-Gymnasium, Essen-Steele |
| 1970 - 1972 |
military service in Düsseldorf, Hofgeismar, Wuppertal, Starnberg, Warburg |
| 1972 - 1976 |
study of computer science at the University of Dortmund |
| 1977 - 1986 |
teaching and research assistent
at the University of Paderborn |
| 1980 |
PH.D. in computer science |
| 1980 - 1981 |
postdoc stay at the Computer Science Department
of the University of California at Berkeley, USA |
| 1986 |
substitution of an associate professorship
for Theoretical Computer Science
at the University of Osnabrück |
| 1987 |
substitution of an associate professorship
for practial computer science at the
University of Osnabrück |
| 1987 |
Akademischer Rat
at the University of Paderborn |
| 1987 |
"Habilitation" in Computer Science
at the University of
Paderborn |
| 1988 |
associate professor for
practical computer science
at the University of Osnabrück |
| 1992 |
full professor for practical
computer science at the University of Osnabrück |
| since 2002 |
member of virtUOS (Zentrum zur Unterstützung der virtuellen Lehre an der Universität Osnabrück) |
| since 2003 |
managing Director in the Institute for
Computer Science at the University of Osnabrück |
| since 2006 |
senate speaker |