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Christof Ebert (born 1964 in Stuttgart) is a German computer scientist and entrepreneur.
He studied electrical engineering and computer sciences from 1984 to 1990 at the
Global Software and IT
' Wiley, New York, USA, 2011, * Christof Ebert and Reiner Dumke:
Software Measurement
' Springer, 2. edition, New York 2007,
Blog on Software TechnologyUniversity of StuttgartIEEE Software magazineSorbonne University MIKS program
1964 births Living people Computer systems researchers Businesspeople from Stuttgart German computer scientists Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart alumni {{Germany-scientist-stub
He studied electrical engineering and computer sciences from 1984 to 1990 at the University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wi ...
and Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public insti ...
. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. at the University of Stuttgart on complexity control during the product life-cycle. From 1994 to 2007, he worked at Alcatel: first in Stuttgart, then, in 1996, in Antwerp, and, as of 2001, in Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
. As director of engineering, he had global responsibility for software platforms and technology. Recognizing his contributions in productivity
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improvement, systems engineering
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, and product lifecycle management
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, he was named member of Alcatel's technical academy. In 2006, he founded Vector Consulting Services, where he is managing director and Partner.
Christof is an adjunct professor
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the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the gener ...
at the University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wi ...
and has authored several books and over 150 scientific publications. He serves on the editorial boards of ''IEEE Software
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'' and the Journal of Systems and Software and is chair of the conference series IEEE
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International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE). Being an ''IEEE Distinguished Visitor'', he is working on ''requirements engineering
Requirements engineering (RE) is the process of defining, documenting, and maintaining requirements in the engineering design process. It is a common role in systems engineering and software engineering.
The first use of the term ''requirem ...
'', ''product management
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'' and ''software engineering
Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development.
A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term ' ...
''.
Further reading
* Christof Ebert:Global Software and IT
' Wiley, New York, USA, 2011, * Christof Ebert and Reiner Dumke:
Software Measurement
' Springer, 2. edition, New York 2007,
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1964 births Living people Computer systems researchers Businesspeople from Stuttgart German computer scientists Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart alumni {{Germany-scientist-stub