Christoph Sommer

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Dr.-Ing. Christoph Sommer

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    open and finished master's theses

Short Bio (see professional activities)

Christoph Sommer received his Ph.D. degree with distinction (Dr.-Ing.) and his M.Sc. degree in computer science (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) from the University of Erlangen in 2011 and 2006, respectively. In 2010, he was a visiting scholar with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Carnegie Mellon University. Since 2011, he is a member of the ACM/Springer Wireless Networks (WINET) editorial board. He is currently a PostDoc with the Computer and Communication Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. His research is focused on questions regarding efficiency and security aspects of Car-to-X communication in heterogeneous environments.

Selected Publications (see full list)

  • David Eckhoff, Christoph Sommer, Tobias Gansen, Reinhard German and Falko Dressler, "SlotSwap: Strong and Affordable Location Privacy in Intelligent Transportation Systems," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49 (11), pp. 126-133, November 2011. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Christoph Sommer, Ozan K. Tonguz and Falko Dressler, "Traffic Information Systems: Efficient Message Dissemination via Adaptive Beaconing," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 49 (5), pp. 173-179, May 2011. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Christoph Sommer, Reinhard German and Falko Dressler, "Bidirectionally Coupled Network and Road Traffic Simulation for Improved IVC Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 10 (1), pp. 3-15, January 2011. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Christoph Sommer, Isabel Dietrich and Falko Dressler, "Simulation of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols using OMNeT++: A Case Study for the DYMO Protocol," ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Special Issue on Development Tools and Techniques for Mobile Telecommunications, vol. 15 (6), pp. 786-801, December 2010. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Christoph Sommer and Falko Dressler, "Progressing Towards Realistic Mobility Models in VANET Simulations," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 46 (11), pp. 132-137, November 2008. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Christoph Sommer, Ozan K. Tonguz and Falko Dressler, "Adaptive Beaconing for Delay-Sensitive and Congestion-Aware Traffic Information Systems," Proceedings of 2nd IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC 2010), Jersey City, NJ, December 2010, pp. 1-8. [DOI, BibTeX, PDF and Details...]
  • Atsushi Kobayashi, Benoit Claise, Haruhiko Nishida, Christoph Sommer and Falko Dressler, "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Mediation: Problem Statement," IETF, RFC, 5982, August 2010. [BibTeX, TXT and Details...]