Deutsch Intern
Chair of Computer Science VII - Robotics and Telematics

Professional Activities

Memberships to Editorial Boards of International Journals

Since 2011Editor-in-Chief Journal "Space Technology"
2008Member Editorial Board “Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics & Intelligent Systems”
Since 1996Associate editor of the journal “Space Technology”, since 1998 Topic Editor for the area “System Engineering and Control”
1993-2005Associate editor of the journal “Space Technology”, since 1998 Topic Editor for the area “System Engineering and Control”

Professional Organisations

Since 2011Vice-chair of “IFAC Technical Committee on Aerospace” in the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Since 2010Elected as corresponding member of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Since 2010Appointed as one of six academic members in the scientific board of the Bavarian Research Foundation
Since 2008 Chairman of IFAC TC on “Telematics: Control via Communication Networks”
Since 2007 Member of the Space Systems Committee for the International Astronautical Congress
Since 2007One of 3 chairs of the IEEE committee on “Networked Robotics”
2002 - 2005    Chairman of “IFAC Technical Committee on Aerospace”, after having been vice-chair 1999-2002. Since 2005 member of the Steering Committee
2002 - 2005    Vice-chair of the “IFAC TC on Computers and Telematics”
 
2001 - 2005    Chairman of “IFAC Steering Committee on Telematics”
 

Organisation of International Conferences

  • Organizer of IFAC Symposium “Autonomous Control in Aerospace”, Würzburg 2013 
  • Organizer of IFAC conference on “Embedded systems, Computational Intelligence and Telematics in Control (CESCIT)”, Würzburg 2012
  • IPC-Chair Conference “SPACEWorld" during SpaceWorld/Airtec 2011 fair, Frankfurt
  • Organizer 5th Pico- and Nano-Satellite Workshop - Technologies for small satellites, Würzburg 2011
  • Organizer of NATO Lecture Series SCI-231 on Small Satellite Formations For Distributed Surveillance: System Design and Optimal Control Considerations at University of Würzburg, Istanbul Technical University and University of New Mexico in Albuquerque; in April 2011
  • IPC-Chair IFAC Symposium “Telematics applications TA 2010”, Timisoara (Romania) 2010
  • IPC-Chair Conference “SPACE Technologies and Missions", SpaceWorld/Airtec 2010, Frankfurt
  • IPC-Chair IFAC/IEEE Workshop “Networked Robotics”, Golden (USA), 2009
  • Organizer 3rd Pico- and Nano-Satellite Workshop - Technologies for small satellites, Würzburg 2009
  • Organizer of NATO Lecture Series SCI-209 on Small satellite formations for distributed surveillance: System design and optimal control considerations,  at University of Würzburg, NASA Ames and University Rome La Sapienza, 2009
  • Organizer 13th IASTED conference “Robotics and Applications”, 1st conference on Telematics, Würzburg 2007
  • Organizer 1st Pico- and Nano-Satellite Workshop - Technologies for small satellites, Würzburg 2007
  • Organizer IFAC Conference on “Telematics Application TA 2001”, Weingarten 2001