Curriculum Vitae
Ralf Schenkel has been a full professor of databases and information systems at Trier University since 2016. Previously, he worked at the University of Passau, Saarland University, and the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science. In 2001, he earned his doctorate with a thesis on transaction management in federated databases. He works at the interface of databases, information retrieval, and semantic information systems. His research focuses on searching semi-structured data, including the integration of heterogeneous information sources and the efficiency of large search engines. Recently, he has been working on mining and searching for complex argumentation structures and retrieval in digital libraries, in particular dblp.
Positions
| seit 2016 | Professor (tenured, W3) for databases and information systems, Trier University |
| 2013-2016 | temporary replacement professor for information management, University of Passau |
| 2007-2012 | Leader of the Leiter der junior research group „Efficient Search in Semistructured Data Spaces“, cluster of excellence „Multimodal Computing and Interaction”, Saarland University |
| 2003-2013 | Researcher (since 2007 Senior Researcher), Max-Planck Institut for Informatics, Saarbrücken |
| 2002-2003 | Scientfic Assistant (C1), Saarland University |
| 2001-2002 | Entwicklungszentrum Süd-West, T-Systems Service Line Systems Integration, Saarbrücken |
| 1997-2001 | Researcher, Saarland University |
Degrees
| 2009 | Habilitation in Computer Science, Saarland University |
| 2001 | Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Saarland University Title of the thesis: Transactions in federated database systems under restricted isolation levels (in German) |
| 1997 | Diploma in Computer Science, Saarland University Title of the thesis: Design and implementation of the communication manager for the workflow management system MENTOR - integration and synchronisation of the distributed workflow engine (in German) |
| 1991 | Abitur, Gymnasium am Krebsberg, Neunkirchen |