Michael Grottke

Michael Grottke received the M.A. degree in economics from Wayne State University, USA, and the Diploma degree in business administration, the Ph.D. and Habilitation degrees from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. He is currently a Principal Data Scientist with GfK SE, Nürnberg, Germany, and an Adjunct Professor with FAU. Before, he spent three years as a Research Associate and an Assistant Research Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, USA. His researches focus on stochastic modeling, statistical data analysis, and machine learning for topics in information systems, computer science, and business administration, including crowdsourcing, social networks, software quality, and the automatic detection of upcoming technological trends. His research work has been funded by national and international organizations, such as the European Commission, the German Ministry of Education and Research, and NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. He has published more than 40 articles in international journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Economics and Society, Nürnberg, and a member of the German Statistical Society and of ESOMAR. Moreover, he was also a member of the IEEE’s Software Reliability Working Group revising the IEEE Standard 1633 “IEEE Recommended Practice on Software Reliability.” He has acted as a Guest Editor for special editions of Performance Evaluation as well as the Journal of Systems and Software, and he is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Performability Engineering and the IEEE Transactions on Reliability.