Intern
Chair of Computer Science II - Software Engineering

Veronika Lesch

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Veronika Lesch

Chair of Software Engineering (Informatik II)
Department of Computer Science
University of Würzburg

Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg

Informatikgebäude, 1.OG, Room A121

Phone: +49 (931) 31 81217

Email: veronika.lesch@uni-wuerzburg.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:

  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.

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