Dr. rer. nat. Ralph Müller-Pfefferkorn
Dr. rer. nat. Ralph Müller-Pfefferkorn
Head of department at the Center of Information Services and High Performance Computing
Contact information
Phone: +49 (0)351 - 463 39280
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Research Statement
Data are an essential part of almost any research and thus of inestimable value to every scientist. No matter if its a small sample or „Big Data“ - they need to be deliberately and systematically handled both for individual use and for collaborative research. In the context of good scientific practice research data management is a requirement both for reproducibility of scientific research and for data reuse. Thus, computer science needs to take care of digital data and support domain scientists with concepts and tools. As the whole data life cycle needs to be covered, the research topics are manifold: (distributed) data management, metadata, long term archiving, data publication, repositories, dataintensive computing, and more.
Scientific Education
| 2001 | Dr. rer. nat., Physics: „The calibration of the electromagnetic CsI(Tl) calorimeter of the BABAR detector with Bhabha scattering events”, Technische Universität Dresden, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Spaan |
| 1996 | Diploma, Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus R. Schubert |
| 1992 - 1996 | Study of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 1990 – 1992 | Study of Physics, Technische Universität Chemnitz |
Professional Experience
| since 2009 | Head of department “Distributed and Data Intensive Computing” at the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2005 - 2008 | Research Scientist, Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2002 - 2005 | Research Scientist, Center for High Performance Computing, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 1996 - 2002 | Research Scientist, Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Technische Universität Dresden |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
- Reviewer for scientific journals like “Journal of Grid Computing” and “Future Generation Computer Systems”
- Member of the board of the UNICORE Forum e.V.
- Member of the Research Data Alliance (IG Co-Chair) and the Open Grid Forum
- Program Co-Chair of the UNICORE Summit
- Program Committee member of conferences and workshops like IEEE HPCC, CCGrid-Health, International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), or CloudForward
Selected Publications
Jäkel, R., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R., Kluge, M., Grunzke, R., Nagel, W. E. (2015): Architectural implications for exascale based on big data workflow requirements, in: Big Data and High Performance Computing, pages 101-113, IOS Press
Nagel, W. E., Jäkel, R., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R. (2015): Execution Environments for Big Data: Challenges for User Centric Scenarios, white paper, Workshop on Big Data and Extreme-scale Computing, Barcelona
Grunzke R., Breuers S., Gesing S., Herres-Pawlis S., Kruse M., Blunk D., de la Garza L., Packschies L., Schäfer P., Schärfe C., Schlemmer T. , Steinke T., Schuller B., Müller-Pfefferkorn R., Jäkel R., Nagel W. E., Atkinson M., Krüger J. (2014): Standards-based metadata management for molecular simulations, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 26, pages 1744–1759. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.3116
Schäfer, L., Klump, J., Klar, J., Enke, H., Rathmann, T., Strathmann, S., Engelhardt, C., Koudela, D., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R., Köhler, K., van Uytvanck, D. (2014): Anforderungen an eine disziplinübergreifende Forschungsdaten-Infrastruktur, in: Proceedings des 13. Internationalen Symposiums für Informationswissenschaft (ISI 2013), Potsdam, 19. bis 22. März 2013, Glückstadt, pages pp. 468-470, Hülsbusch
Daivandy, M., Hünich, D., Jäkel, R., Metzger, S., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R., Schuller, B. (2013): Heterogeneous resource federation with a centralized security model for information extraction, in: Journal of Internet Services and Applications, 4:1(10)
Gesing, S., Herres-Pawlis, S., Birkenheuer, G., Brinkmann, A., Grunzke,R., Kacsuk, P., Kohlbacher, O., Kozlovszky, M., Krüger, J., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R., Schäfer, R., Steinke, T. (2012): A Science Gateway Getting Ready for Serving the International Molecular Simulation Community, in: Proceedings of Science, PoS(EGICF12-EMITC2)050