Martin Wirsing

Martin Hermann Friedrich Wirsing
Wirsing (2025)
Born (1948-12-24) December 24, 1948 (age 77)
EducationLMU Munich
Université Paris VII
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
WorkplacesLMU Munich
Technical University of Munich
University of Passau
Thesis Das Entscheidungsproblem der Prädikatenlogik mit Identität und Funktionszeichen  (1976)
Kurt Schütte


Martin Wirsing (born 24 December 1948 in Bayreuth) is a German computer scientist, and Professor emeritus and former vice president of LMU Munich, Germany.

Biography

Wirsing studied Mathematics at LMU Munich and at Université Paris VII, obtaining the Diplom in Mathematics from LMU Munich and the Mâitrise-ès-Sciences Mathématiques at Université Paris VII. Supervised by Kurt Schütte, he received his PhD from LMU Munich in 1976, with a thesis on a topic in mathematical logic (Das Entscheidungsproblem der Prädikatenlogik mit Identität und Funktionszeichen). From 1975 to 1983, he was a research assistant at the chair of F.L. Bauer at the Technical University of Munich, where he completed his Habilitation in Informatics in 1984. In 1985, Wirsing became full professor and Chair of Informatics at the University of Passau and in 1992 he returned to LMU Munich as the Chair of Programming and Software Engineering. He served several years as Dean, Head of Department and Vice President of the Senate of LMU Munich. From 2010 to 2019, he served as Vice President for Teaching and Studies of LMU Munich. In July 2016, he was awarded a Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Royal Holloway, University of London.

His research interests comprise software engineering and its formal foundations, autonomous self-aware systems, and digitisation of universities. From 2006 to 2015, he was coordinating the European IP projects SENSORIA (2006 to 2010) on software engineering for service-oriented systems and ASCENS (2010 to 2015) on engineering collective autonomic systems. From 2007 to 2010, Wirsing was the chairman of the Scientific Board of INRIA and from 2014 to 2017 a member of the scientific committee of Institut Mines-Télécom. He was a member of the board of trustees of Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry and of the scientific committees of the University of Bordeaux. Currently, he is a member of the scientific advisory boards of IMDEA Software Institute and of the excellence initiative of Université de Lorraine.

Wirsing is co-editor in chief (together with Bernhard Steffen) of the International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT) and editor of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS). He previously served on the editorial boards of Theoretical Computer Science (journal) and International Journal of Software and Informatics.

Selected papers and books

References

  1. ↑ De Nicola, Rocco; Hennicker, Rolf (2015). "A Homage to Martin Wirsing". In De Nicola, Rocco; Hennicker, Rolf (eds.). Software, Services, and Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Vol. 8950. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–12. ISBN 978-3-319-15545-6.
  2. ↑ Martin Wirsing at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  3. ↑ De Nicola, Rocco; Hennicker, Rolf (2015). "A Homage to Martin Wirsing". In De Nicola, Rocco; Hennicker, Rolf (eds.). Software, Services, and Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Vol. 8950. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–12. ISBN 978-3-319-15545-6.
  4. ↑ Hölzl, Matthias M.; Koch, Nora; Mayer, Philip; Schroeder, Andreas; Belzner, Lenz; Busch, Marianne; Fasching, Anton; Klarl, Annabelle; Kroiss, Christian; Raed, Laith (2015). "Ode to the PST". In De Nicola, Rocco; Hennicker, Rolf (eds.). Software, Services, and Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Vol. 8950. Springer International Publishing. pp. 13–23. ISBN 978-3-319-15545-6.
  5. ↑ "Three new Vice Presidents at LMU (in German)". LMU Munich News. 2010-07-27. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Honorary Degrees conferred at Summer Graduation Ceremonies". Royal Holloway College News. 2016-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Honorary doctorate for Martin Wirsing". LMU Munich News. 2016-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  8. ↑ Wirsing, Martin; Hölzl, Matthias M., eds. (2011). Rigorous Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Systems - Results of the SENSORIA Project on Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Vol. 6582. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-3-642-20400-5.
  9. ↑ Wirsing, Martin; Hölzl, Matthias M.; Koch, Nora; Mayer, Philip, eds. (2015). Software Engineering for Collective Autonomic Systems - The ASCENS Approach. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Vol. 8998. Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-3-319-16309-3.
  10. ↑ "Conseil Scientifique de l'Institut Mines-Télécom". Institut Mines-Télécom. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  11. ↑ "Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry - Board of Trustees". Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2017-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ "Comité Stratégique de l'Initiative d'Excellence de l'Université de Bordeaux". University of Bordeaux. Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  13. ↑ "Scientific Advisory Board of IMDEA Software". IMDEA Software Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  14. ↑ "Gouvernance". Lorraine Université d’Excellence. Archived from the original on 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  15. ↑ "Editorial Board". International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer. Archived from the original on 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  16. ↑ "Editorial Board". Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  17. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Wirsing". Software and Computational Systems Lab of LMU Munich. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  18. ↑ "Vice President for Student Affairs". LMU Munich. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  19. ↑ "DBLP: Martin Wirsing".