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Technical University of Munich
School of Computation, Information and Technology
Chair for Design Automation
Prof. Dr. Robert Wille
Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Munich | Germany
robert.wille@tum.de
Tel: +49 89 289 23551

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The Chair for Design Automation is supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Arts through the Distinguished Professorship Program.

Der Lehrstuhl für Design Automation wird durch das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst im Rahmen des Spitzenprofessurenprogramms gefördert.

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  • Since 2005, participation and, since 2008, organization of several research projects funded by the BMBF, the BMWi, the DAAD, and the DFG as well as by the FFG, OeAD, and others
  • This includes joint projects together with several partners from academia but also industry (including partners such Infineon, Google, IBM, AMD Saxony, Intel, ESS GmbH, ePhilos AG, Concept Engineering GmbH, Ferchau GmbH, gradient Systemintegration GmbH, NXP Semiconductors/Mentor Graphics, OneSpin Solutions GmbH, and Siemens AG)
  • Member of the Preparation Team for the successful application of the University of Bremen to the third line of the "Exzellenzinitiative des Bundes und der Länder zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung an deutschen Hochschulen" in 2012
Project Leader
2018-2020 "Mapping Quantum Circuits to Dedicated Architectures Subject to Technological Constraints"
Exchange project funded by the OeAD (Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research)
Cooperation with Prof. Indranil Sengupta
2018-2019 "Simulation of Quantum Computations: Passing through the Bottleneck by Dedicated Decision Diagrams"
Research project funded by Google Inc.
2018-2019 "KI-Staging: Analyse von Produktbeschreibungen mit Hilfe natürlicher Sprachverarbeitung"
Research project funded by the WFB (Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen)
Cooperation with the ePhilos AG
2017-2018 "Development of CAD Tools for Synthesis, Optimization \& Verification of Digital Circuits using Memristors"
Exchange project funded by the OeAD (Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research)
Cooperation with Prof. Kamalika Datta
2014-2015 "KI Suche: Entwicklung einer den Prinzipien der Künstlichen Intelligenz folgenden Suchmaschine"
Research project funded by the WFB (Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen)
Cooperation with the ePhilos AG
2013-2015 "Entwicklung eines modularen Frameworks für die automatische Validation und Verifikation von UML/OCL-Modellen"
Research project funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
Joint PI together with Prof. Martin Gogolla
2013-2014 "LAWCHECK: Automatische Formalisierung gesetzlicher Regularien mit Hilfe von Natural Language Processing Techniken"
Research project funded by the BMWi (German Ministry of Economics and Technology)
Cooperation with the gradient Systemintegration GmbH
2011-2013 "VisES: Visualisierungstechnologien für komplexe Systembeschreibungen zur Verbesserung der Sicherheit und Robustheit elektronischer Systeme"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
Joint PI together with Prof. Rolf Drechsler
Cooperation with the Concept Engineering GmbH
Coordinator, WP Leader, or Similar
2018-2021 "SoC Optimization including hardware and firmware using machine learning techniques"
Cooperation with Infineon
2017-2020 "Pushing particle based methods towards industrial applicability (PISA)"
Research project funded by the FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency)
Cooperation with the ESS GmbH
2013-2016 "SELFIE: Self-Verification of Electronic Systems"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
2015-2019 "Reversible computation - extending horizons of computing"
Exchange project (ICT COST Action IC1405) funded by the European Union
Member of the Management Committee
2013-2016 "SPECifIC: Quality-driven Design Flow using Formal Specifications and Functional Change Management"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
2013-2014 "Verwendung von reversibler Logik zum Bau von Low-Power Schaltungen"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Kaushik Roy
2011-2015 "Entwicklung eines durchgängigen Verifikationsablaufes für den ESL Entwurf"
Reinhart Koselleck-Project funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
2011-2012 "Synthese und Optimierung von Quantenlogik"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Michael D. Miller
2009-2010 "Erreichbarkeitsanalyse unter Verwendung von Wortebenen-Beweisern"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Andreas Veneris
2009-2011 "Qualitätsorientierte Synthese großer Funktionen in reversibler Logik"
Research project funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
2008-2009 "Synthese zuverlässiger Quantenschaltkreise"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Gerhard W. Dueck
Participation
2011-2012 Exzellenzinitiative des Bundes und der Länder zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung an deutschen Hochschulen
Member of the Preparation Team for the University of Bremen
2007-2008 "Uranos: Analysemethoden für den Entwurf anwendungsrobuster nanoelektronischer Systeme"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
Cooperation with AMD Saxony
2006-2009 "Herkules: Hardwareentwurfstechnik für Null-Fehler-Designs"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
Cooperation with the Concept Engineering GmbH
2006-2009 "Effiziente Erfüllbarkeitsalgorithmen für die Generierung von Testmustern"
Research project funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
Cooperation with NXP Semiconductors/Mentor Graphics
2006-2008 "Hierarchische und sequentielle Informationen für Erfüllbarkeitsbeweise im computergestützten Schaltkreisentwurf"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Andreas Veneris
2006-2008 "Boolean Function Manipulation Based on Hybrid Data Structures"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Joao Marques-Silva
2006-2008 "MAYA: Neue Methoden für den Massiv-Parallel-Test im Hochvolumen, Yield Learning und beste Testqualität"
Research project funded by the BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research)
Cooperation with NXP Semiconductors/Mentor Graphics
2005-2006 "Effiziente Methoden zum Debugging von Schaltungen und Systemen"
Exchange project funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Cooperation with Prof. Andreas Veneris
2005 "Implementing Modules and ECTS for Computer Studies"
Research project funded by the European Union
Scholarships
2009-2013 Organization and acquisition of scholarships within the "Graduate School Embedded Systems" at the University of Bremen
Cooperation e.g. with the Siemens AG and the OneSpin Solutions GmbH
2006-2009 Scholarship Holder at the "Graduate School Embedded Systems" at the University of Bremen
Funded by NXP Semiconductors
Miscellaneous
2015 "Computer Design 4 Kids" - Project within the "Bremen macht Helden"-Initiative of the Sparkasse Bremen
2012 Sponsoring of events at the University of Bremen
Cooperation with the Ferchau GmbH
2011 Acquisition of a Working Internship in Science and Engineering (WISE) with India
2010 Acquisition of a three-month scholarship to additionally support international students in teaching
since 2007 Acquisition of various travel funding for participation at conferences from the DFG (German Research Foundation), the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), and others