Deutsch Intern
Chair of Computer Science II - Software Engineering

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 Mechanism...
    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.
  • Utility-based Vehicle Rou...
    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).
  • 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.
  • Towards Situation-Aware M...
    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).
  • An Overview on Approaches...
    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).

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).
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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
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).
  • {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).
  • {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).
  • {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).
  • {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).
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).
  • {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).

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