Prof. Dr. Dieter Roller holds the position of director of the Institute of Computer-aided Product Development at the University of Stuttgart. He is full professor and chair of computer science fundamentals. Additionally he has been awarded the distinction as a honorary professor of the University of Kaiserslautern and also serves as liaison professor of the German computer science society "Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." for the University of Stuttgart.
He is chairman of several national and international working groups and former president of the ISATA forum, on of the world-wide largest technological associations. Furthermore he is organiser and chairman of symposia, congresses and workshops in the field of product development and automation. Professor Roller serves as reviewer for the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels as well as for the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science and Research for project grants. He is also reviewer for well-known scientific journals and member of several national an international programme committees.
As former research and development manager with world-wide responsibility for CAD-technology within an international computer company, he gathered a comprehensive industrial experience. He is the inventor of several patents and is well-known through numerous technical talks in countries all over the world, 62 published books and over 150 contributions to journals and proceedings books.
With his wealth of experience, he also serves as a technology consultant to various high-tech companies. |