Veronika Lesch

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Veronika Lesch

Our member has taken up a position at the DHWB Mosbach as head of the Applied Computer Science program and can be contacted as follows:

DHBW Mosbach
Schloss 10
97980 Bad Mergentheim
Room: S10/0220

Phone: +497931 1230533

Email: veronika.lesch@mosbach.dhbw.de

ORCID: 0000-0001-7481-4099

Research Interests

Self-aware Computing Systems and Self-adaptive Systems
Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-physical Systems
Industry 4.0 and Logistics
Platooning and (self-driving) smart cars
Intelligent Transportation Systems

Selected Publications:

A Comparison of Mechanisms for Compensating Negative Impacts of System Integration. Lesch, Veronika; Krupitzer, Christian; Stubenrauch, Kevin; Keil, Nico; Becker, Christian; Kounev, Samuel; Segata, Michele; in Future Generation Computer Systems (2021). 116 117–131.
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@article{lesch2020comparison, author = {Lesch, Veronika and Krupitzer, Christian and Stubenrauch, Kevin and Keil, Nico and Becker, Christian and Kounev, Samuel and Segata, Michele}, journal = {Future Generation Computer Systems}, keywords = {platooning}, month = {03}, pages = {117-131}, title = {A Comparison of Mechanisms for Compensating Negative Impacts of System Integration}, volume = 116, year = 2021 }

%0 Journal Article %1 lesch2020comparison %A Lesch, Veronika %A Krupitzer, Christian %A Stubenrauch, Kevin %A Keil, Nico %A Becker, Christian %A Kounev, Samuel %A Segata, Michele %D 2021 %J Future Generation Computer Systems %P 117-131 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2020.10.029 %T A Comparison of Mechanisms for Compensating Negative Impacts of System Integration %V 116
Utility-based Vehicle Routing Integrating User Preferences. Lesch, Veronika; Hadry, Marius; Kounev, Samuel; Krupitzer, Christian; in Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Computing for Vehicular Systems (PerVehicle), 2021 (2021).
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@inproceedings{lesch2021utility, author = {Lesch, Veronika and Hadry, Marius and Kounev, Samuel and Krupitzer, Christian}, booktitle = {Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Computing for Vehicular Systems (PerVehicle), 2021}, keywords = {t_workshop}, month = {03}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Utility-based Vehicle Routing Integrating User Preferences}, year = 2021 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 lesch2021utility %A Lesch, Veronika %A Hadry, Marius %A Kounev, Samuel %A Krupitzer, Christian %B Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Computing for Vehicular Systems (PerVehicle), 2021 %D 2021 %I IEEE %T Utility-based Vehicle Routing Integrating User Preferences
Towards Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Adaptation Planning Strategies. Lesch, Veronika; Noack, Tanja; Hefter, Johannes; Kounev, Samuel; Krupitzer, Christian; in Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems - ACSOS 2021 (2021).
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@inproceedings{lesch2021towards, author = {Lesch, Veronika and Noack, Tanja and Hefter, Johannes and Kounev, Samuel and Krupitzer, Christian}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems - ACSOS 2021}, keywords = {internet_of_things}, note = {Best Paper Award Runner Up, Full Paper Acceptance Ratio: 25%}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Towards Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Adaptation Planning Strategies}, year = 2021 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 lesch2021towards %A Lesch, Veronika %A Noack, Tanja %A Hefter, Johannes %A Kounev, Samuel %A Krupitzer, Christian %B Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems - ACSOS 2021 %D 2021 %I IEEE %T Towards Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Adaptation Planning Strategies
An Overview on Approaches for Coordination of Platoons. Lesch, Veronika; Breitbach, Martin; Segata, Michele; Becker, Christian; Kounev, Samuel; Krupitzer, Christian; in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2021).
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@article{lesch2021overview, author = {Lesch, Veronika and Breitbach, Martin and Segata, Michele and Becker, Christian and Kounev, Samuel and Krupitzer, Christian}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems}, keywords = {platooning}, note = {Early Access on IEEE Xplore}, title = {An Overview on Approaches for Coordination of Platoons}, year = 2021 }

%0 Journal Article %1 lesch2021overview %A Lesch, Veronika %A Breitbach, Martin %A Segata, Michele %A Becker, Christian %A Kounev, Samuel %A Krupitzer, Christian %D 2021 %J IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems %T An Overview on Approaches for Coordination of Platoons
Tackling the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Nature-Inspired Algorithms. Lesch, Veronika; König, Maximilian; Kounev, Samuel; Stein, Anthony; Krupitzer, Christian; in Applied Intelligence (2021). 52 9476–9500.
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@article{lesch2021tackling, author = {Lesch, Veronika and König, Maximilian and Kounev, Samuel and Stein, Anthony and Krupitzer, Christian}, journal = {Applied Intelligence}, keywords = {t_journalmagazine}, pages = {9476–9500}, title = {Tackling the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Nature-Inspired Algorithms}, volume = 52, year = 2021 }

%0 Journal Article %1 lesch2021tackling %A Lesch, Veronika %A König, Maximilian %A Kounev, Samuel %A Stein, Anthony %A Krupitzer, Christian %D 2021 %J Applied Intelligence %P 9476–9500 %R https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-03035-5 %T Tackling the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Nature-Inspired Algorithms %V 52

List of all publications: Veronika Lesch

Awards

Nominee for the "Ingenieurinnen Preis Bayern"
Short List of the "Frauen MINT-Award 2018"
Best Master Thesis "Würzburg Software Engineering Award" 2017
Scholarship holder of the "Deutschlandstipendium" 2014 and 2016

Selected Reviewer Activities

Journals:

Future Generation Computer Systems Journal
IEEE Access Journal

Conferences:

IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC)
ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS)
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC)
ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference
International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-managing Systems (SEAMS)
Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (Euromicro DSD/SEAA)
Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium (OC-DDC)

Teaching

Coordination of the "MINT Vorkurs Informatik"
Provisioning of topics for "Seminar Software Engineering" and supervision of participating students
Supervision of software projects in the "Softwarepraktikum" (practical course teaching students to complete software projects in a team)
Coordination of the exercises on the bachelor's lecture "Operating Systems" by Prof. Samuel Kounev, University of Würzburg

Supervised Theses

2021[ to top ]

A Self-Learning Meta-Optimization Framework for Adaptation Planning. Hadry, Marius; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2021, Mai).
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@mastersthesis{hadry2021selflearning, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Hadry, Marius}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {05}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {A Self-Learning Meta-Optimization Framework for Adaptation Planning}, year = 2021 }

%0 Thesis %1 hadry2021selflearning %A Hadry, Marius %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2021 %T A Self-Learning Meta-Optimization Framework for Adaptation Planning

2020[ to top ]

Solving the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Bio-inspired Algorithms. König, Maximilian; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, Januar).
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@mastersthesis{konig2020solving, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {König, Maximilian}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {01}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Solving the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Bio-inspired Algorithms}, type = {{Master Thesis}}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 konig2020solving %A König, Maximilian %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Solving the Rich Vehicle Routing Problem with Bio-inspired Algorithms
Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Platooning Coordination Strategies. Hefter, Johannes; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, September).
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@mastersthesis{hefter2020situationaware, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Hefter, Johannes}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Platooning Coordination Strategies}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 hefter2020situationaware %A Hefter, Johannes %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Situation-Aware Meta-Optimization of Platooning Coordination Strategies
Optimizing Storage Assignment and Order Picking in Mezzanine Warehouses using Nature-Inspired Algorithms. Müller, Patrick; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, September).
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@mastersthesis{muller2020optimizing, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Müller, Patrick}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Optimizing Storage Assignment and Order Picking in Mezzanine Warehouses using Nature-Inspired Algorithms}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 muller2020optimizing %A Müller, Patrick %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Optimizing Storage Assignment and Order Picking in Mezzanine Warehouses using Nature-Inspired Algorithms
Optimal Platooning Coordination using Multiple Objectives. Hoang Tran, Ha Giang; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, September).
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@mastersthesis{hoangtran2020optimal, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Hoang Tran, Ha Giang}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Optimal Platooning Coordination using Multiple Objectives}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 hoangtran2020optimal %A Hoang Tran, Ha Giang %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Optimal Platooning Coordination using Multiple Objectives
Minimizing Makespan in Flow Shop Scheduling Problems Using Optimization Algorithms. Schleicher, Johannes; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, September).
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@mastersthesis{schleicher2020minimizing, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Schleicher, Johannes}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Minimizing Makespan in Flow Shop Scheduling Problems Using Optimization Algorithms}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 schleicher2020minimizing %A Schleicher, Johannes %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Minimizing Makespan in Flow Shop Scheduling Problems Using Optimization Algorithms
Minimising Setup Times in Production Environments Using Nature-Inspired Optimisation. Hartmann, Stephan; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, März).
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@mastersthesis{hartmann2020minimising, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Hartmann, Stephan}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {03}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Minimising Setup Times in Production Environments Using Nature-Inspired Optimisation}, type = {{Master Thesis}}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 hartmann2020minimising %A Hartmann, Stephan %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Minimising Setup Times in Production Environments Using Nature-Inspired Optimisation
Combining Platooning with Corridor Control Systems. Johnson, Andre; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2020, November).
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@mastersthesis{johnson2020combining, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Johnson, Andre}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = 11, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {Combining Platooning with Corridor Control Systems}, year = 2020 }

%0 Thesis %1 johnson2020combining %A Johnson, Andre %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2020 %T Combining Platooning with Corridor Control Systems

2019[ to top ]

{Towards Self-Aware Multirotor Formations}. Kaiser, Dennis; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2019, September).
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@mastersthesis{Kaiser2019, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Kaiser, Dennis}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, note = {<b>W{\"u}rzburg Software Engineering Award sponsored by infosim</b>}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{Towards Self-Aware Multirotor Formations}}, type = {{Master Thesis}}, year = 2019 }

%0 Thesis %1 Kaiser2019 %A Kaiser, Dennis %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2019 %T {Towards Self-Aware Multirotor Formations}
{Neukonzeptualisierung des Programmiervorkurses mit Fokus auf {Ü}bung und Vertiefung}. Migendt, Christian; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2019, Juli).
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@mastersthesis{Migendt2019, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Migendt, Christian}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {07}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{Neukonzeptualisierung des Programmiervorkurses mit Fokus auf {\"U}bung und Vertiefung}}, type = {{Bachelor Thesis}}, year = 2019 }

%0 Thesis %1 Migendt2019 %A Migendt, Christian %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2019 %T {Neukonzeptualisierung des Programmiervorkurses mit Fokus auf {Ü}bung und Vertiefung}
{Comparison of Compensation Mechanisms for Intra-Platoon Position Effects}. Stubenrauch, Kevin; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2019, Juli).
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@mastersthesis{Stubenrauch2019, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Stubenrauch, Kevin}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {07}, note = {<b>W{\"u}rzburg Software Engineering Award sponsored by Bosch Rexroth</b>}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{Comparison of Compensation Mechanisms for Intra-Platoon Position Effects}}, type = {{Bachelor Thesis}}, year = 2019 }

%0 Thesis %1 Stubenrauch2019 %A Stubenrauch, Kevin %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2019 %T {Comparison of Compensation Mechanisms for Intra-Platoon Position Effects}
{Analysis of Centralized Platooning Coordination Approaches}. Dalhof, Florian; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2019, August).
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@mastersthesis{Dalhof2019, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Dalhof, Florian}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {08}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{Analysis of Centralized Platooning Coordination Approaches}}, type = {{Bachelor Thesis}}, year = 2019 }

%0 Thesis %1 Dalhof2019 %A Dalhof, Florian %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2019 %T {Analysis of Centralized Platooning Coordination Approaches}
{An Evaluation Tool for Cost-Aware Vehicle Route Calculation}. Hadry, Marius; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2019, August).
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@mastersthesis{Hadry2019, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {Hadry, Marius}, keywords = {Self-adaptive-systems}, month = {08}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{An Evaluation Tool for Cost-Aware Vehicle Route Calculation}}, type = {{Bachelor Thesis}}, year = 2019 }

%0 Thesis %1 Hadry2019 %A Hadry, Marius %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2019 %T {An Evaluation Tool for Cost-Aware Vehicle Route Calculation}

2018[ to top ]

{Elasticity Measurement in CaaS Environments - Extending the Existing BUNGEE Elasticity Benchmark to AWS’s Elastic Container Service}. Limbourg, Nora; Thesis; Dublin Institute of Technology; Kevin Street, Dublin 2, D08 X622, Ireland. (2018, Juni).
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@mastersthesis{Limbourg2018Elasticity, address = {Kevin Street, Dublin 2, D08 X622, Ireland}, author = {Limbourg, Nora}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {06}, school = {Dublin Institute of Technology}, title = {{Elasticity Measurement in CaaS Environments - Extending the Existing BUNGEE Elasticity Benchmark to AWS's Elastic Container Service}}, type = {{Master Thesis}}, year = 2018 }

%0 Thesis %1 Limbourg2018Elasticity %A Limbourg, Nora %C Kevin Street, Dublin 2, D08 X622, Ireland %D 2018 %T {Elasticity Measurement in CaaS Environments - Extending the Existing BUNGEE Elasticity Benchmark to AWS's Elastic Container Service}
{Design of an Industry 4.0 Demonstrator}. K{ö}nig, Philipp; Thesis; University of W{ü}rzburg; Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany. (2018, September).
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@mastersthesis{Koenig2018, address = {Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{\"a}ude, 97074 W{\"u}rzburg, Germany}, author = {K{\"o}nig, Philipp}, keywords = {Thesis_supervised_by_Veronika_Lesch}, month = {09}, school = {University of W{\"u}rzburg}, title = {{Design of an Industry 4.0 Demonstrator}}, type = {{Bachelor Thesis}}, year = 2018 }

%0 Thesis %1 Koenig2018 %A K{ö}nig, Philipp %C Am Hubland, Informatikgeb{ä}ude, 97074 W{ü}rzburg, Germany %D 2018 %T {Design of an Industry 4.0 Demonstrator}

Curriculum Vitae / Resume

April 2022 - August 2022	Post-doctoral research group leader at the Chair of Software Engineering (Informatik II) headed by Prof. Samuel Kounev, University of Würzburg
October 2017 - April 2022	Doctoral reseacher at the Chair of Software-Engineering (Informatik II) headed by Prof. Samuel Kounev, University of Würzburg
September 2013 - Februar 2017	Different positions as student research assistant and tutor at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Würzburg
September 2015 - September 2017	Master of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg, Germany
October 2012- August 2015	Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg, Germany