Team Member: Dipl.-Inform. Ralf König

Research Interests

• Automation of IT Management
• Systems with Self-Management Capabilities
• Systems Design Patterns
• Systems Analysis
• Systems Engineering - Requirements and Processes

Memberships

• Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. (VDE)
• Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX e.V. (DANTE)

Certifications

• Foundation Certificate according to ISO/IEC 20000
• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

Teaching

• Praktikum Rechnernetze (Lab Course Computer Networks) (SS07, SS06, SS05)
• Übung Rechnernetze (WS07/08, WS06/07, WS05/06)
• Hauptseminar (SS08, SS07, SS06)

Projects

• Management of virtual infrastructures, trends and risks; with Siemens Corporate Technology (started Nov 2007)
• "Life-cycle management for a virtual control center appliance"; with Fujitsu-Siemens Computers (started Oct 2007)
• EMANICS - European Network of Excellence of the Management of Internet Technologies and Complex Services (EMANICS) (Jan 2006 - prosp. Dec 2009)
• PUSH - Policy-based Update Management for Smart Home Environments; Adaptive Configuration and automated Error Recovery (Sep 2005-Oct 2006), with Siemens Corporate Technology

Supervised work of students at Chemnitz University of Technology

• Gemeinhardt, N., Dynamische Visualisierung der Netz-Infrastruktur der TU Chemnitz mit GraphViz, Projekt des URZ, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Juni, 2005
• Wolf, L., Management von Video-Projektoren, Studienarbeit, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Juni, 2005.
• Vodel, M., NAS-Lösungen im SoHo-Bereich, Studienarbeit, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Juni, 2005.
• Barthel, A., Analysis, Implementation and Enhancement of Vendor dependent and independent Layer-2 Network Topology Discovery, Diplomarbeit, Technische Universität Chemnitz, April, 2005.
• Lohr, F., Roeder, D., Evaluierung ns/nam network simulator and animator, Studienarbeit, Technische Universität Chemnitz, April, 2005.

Student Work

Publications

• Brenner, M., Dreo Rodosek, G., Hanemann, A., Hegering, H.–G., König, R., Handbook of Network and System Administration, Service Provisioning: Challenges, Process Alignment and Tool Support, 855–904, Elsevier, November, 2007.
• König, R., Hegering, H.–G., Towards a Toolkit for the Analysis and Design of Systems with Self–Management Capabilities, In Proceedings of First International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security, AIMS 2007, 168–171, LNCS 4543, Springer, Oslo, Norway, Juni, 2007.
• König, R., Managing self–managing systems — Criteria to classify systems with self–management capabilities, In Selbstorganisierende, Adaptive, Kontextsensitive verteilte Systeme (SAKS) Workshop, Kassel, Germany, Juni, 2006.
• Graupner, S., König, R., Machiraju, V., Pruyne, J., Sahai, A., van Moorsel, A., Impact of Virtualization on Management Systems, HP OpenView University Association, HPOVUA 2003, Geneva, Switzerland, Juli, 2003.