Professoren
Prof. Dr. Christian Becker

Prof. Dr. Christian Becker

Journal Articles

K. Rothermel, T. Ertl, D. Fritsch, P. J. Kühn, B. Mitschang, E. Westkämper, C. Becker, D. Dudkowski, A. Gutscher, C. Hauser, L. Jendoubi, D. Nicklas, S. Volz, M. Wieland "SFB 627 - Umgebungsmodelle für mobile kontextbezogene Systeme" Informatik Forschung und Entwicklung, Volume 21, Numbers 1-2 / Oktober 2006, pp. 105-113, Springer

A. Khelil, P.J. Marrón, C. Becker, K. Rothermel "Hypergossiping: A Generalized Broadcast Strategy for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, pp. 531-546, vol 5(5), July 2007

C. Becker, F. Dürr, M. Knoll, D. Nicklas, T. Weis “Entwicklung Ortsbezogener Anwendungen” Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation PIK, Saur Verlag, pp. 30-36, 1/2006

M. Handte, C. Becker, K. Rothermel "Peer-based Automatic Configuration of Pervasive Applications" Pervasive Computing and Communications, pp. 251-264, vol 1(4),Troubadour Publishing, 2005

A. Friday, M. Roman, C. Becker, J. Al-Muhtadi “Guidelines and Open Issues in Systems Support for Ubicomp” in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Special Issue on System Support for Ubiquitous Computing, Vol 10(1) Springer, 2005

C. Becker, F. Dürr “On Location Models for Ubiquitous Computing“, in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol 9(1), pp. 20-31, Springer, 2005

K. Rothermel, M. Bauer, C. Becker “Sonderforschungsbereich 627: Umgebungsmodelle für mobile kontextbezogene Systeme“, IT, 5/2003, pp. 293-300, Oldenbourg, Germany

M. Bauer, C. Becker, and K. Rothermel “Location Models from the Perspective of Context-Aware-Applications and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks“ in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 6, pp. 322-328, Springer, 2002


Book Chapters

Gregor Schiele, Marcus Handte and Christian Becker: Pervasive Computing Middleware. In: Handbook of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (AISE), Springer, 2009 (to appear)

J. Hähner, C. Becker, P. J. Marron, K. Rothermel "Drahtlose Sensornetze - Fenster zur Realwelt" in Die Informatiisierung des Alltags, Hrsg. F. Mattern, Springer, 2007

K. Rothermel, C. Becker "Kontextbezogene Informationssysteme - von der Vision zur Anwendung" In: Jürgen Geißinger (Hrsg.): Forschung Stärken - Produktion sichern. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Professor Westkämper. Berlin: Springer-Verlag 2006

C. Becker “Ubiquitous Computing - System Support via Context Models and Peer-to-Peer-Based System Software“, in Wireless Future Studies, 4/2004, Ed. M. Alger, M. Olson, Vodaphone R&D Group, Munich

U. Kubach, C. Becker, I. Stepanov, J. Tian “Simulation Model and Tool for Mobile Location Dependent Information Access“ in “Mobile Computing Handbook“, Eds. M. Ilyas, I. Mahgoub, CRC Press, New York, 2004

K. Rothermel, M. Bauer, and C. Becker “Digitale Weltmodelle: Grundlage kontextbezogener Anwendungen”, in “Total Vernetzt”, Ed. F. Mattern, Springer, 2003

K. Geihs and C. Becker “Quality of Service Management for Middleware and Applications” in Geihs, König, Westarp Eds. “Networks”, Physika/Springer, 2002

D. Bölsche and C. Becker “Contracts and eContracting: The Case of Forwarding Agents and Carriers” in Geihs, König, Westarp Eds. “Networks“, Physika/Springer, 2002

L. Böszörmenyi, C. Stary, H. Kosch, C. Becker “Quality of Service in Distributed Object Systems and Distributed Multimedia Object/Component Systems” in “ECOOP 2001 Workshop Reader”, LNCS, Springer, 2001

C. Becker and J. Zinky “Quality of Service in Distributed Objectsystems” in “ECOOP 2000 Work­shop Reader”, LNCS, Springer, 2000


Editorial Board

Electronic Commerce Research Journal, Springer

Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier


Edited Volumes

M. Muttka, C. Becker, A.K. Dey, F. Lau, G. Zaruba "Special Issue PerCom 2008", Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier, Vol 4(6), December 2008

Christian Becker, Christian S. Jensen, Daniela Nicklas, Jianwen Su (Eds.): Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Mannheim, Germany, May 7-11 2007

Information Technology, Oldenbourg: Sonderheft “Sensornetze“ Ausgabe 2/2005. Gastherausgeber zusammen mit Pedro Jose Marron.

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer: Special Issue “System Software for Ubiquitous Computing“. Editors: Christian Becker, Jalal Al Muhtadi, Adrian Friday, Manuel Roman, Paddy Nixon. Vol (10)1, 2005


Conferences and Workshops

Laura Itzel, Verena Tuttlies, Gregor Schiele, Christian Becker: Consistency Management for Interactive Peer-to-Peer based Systems. In: Proceedings of Workshop on Distributed Simulation and Online Gaming (Disio 2010), Torremolinos, Spain March 2010 (to be published)

Richard Sueselbeck, Gregor Schiele, Sebastian Seitz, Christian Becker: Adaptive Update Propagation for Low-Latency Massively Multi-User Virtual Environments. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2009), San Francisco, USA, August 2009

Florian Heger, Gregor Schiele, Richard Süselbeck, Christian Becker: Towards an Interest Management Scheme for Peer-based Virtual Environments. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Concepts of Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments (COMMVE 2009), Kassel, Germany, March 2009

Verena Tuttlies, Gregor Schiele, Christian Becker: End-user Configuration for Pervasive Computing Environments In: Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS 2009), Fukuoka, Japan, March 16-19, 2009

G. Schiele, R. Sueselbeck, A. Wacker, T. Triebel, C. Becker "Consistency Management for Peer-to-Peer-based Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments" In: Proceedings of the The 1st International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments (MMVE 08) at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2008, Reno, Nevada, USA, March 2008

G. Schiele, M. Handte, C. Becker "Experiences in Designing an Energy-Aware Middleware for Pervasive Computing" In: Proceedings of PerWare 2008, Workshop at the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 08), Hong Kong, China, March 2008

Verena Tuttlies, Gregor Schiele, Christian Becker: COMITY - Conflict Avoidance in Pervasive Computing Environments. In: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Pervasive Systems (PerSys '07), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, November 25 - 30, 2007

Marcus Handte, Klaus Herrmann, Gregor Schiele, Christian Becker, Kurt Rothermel: Automatic Reactive Adaptation of Pervasive Applications. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS), Istanbul, Turkey, 2007

Gregor Schiele, Richard Sueselbeck, Arno Wacker, Joerg Haehner, Christian Becker, Torben Weis "Requirements of Peer-to-Peer-based Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming" In Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Global and Peer-to-Peer Computing, organized at the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid 2007 (CCGRID 2007), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, May 14-17, 2007 (to appear)

Gregor Schiele, Marcus Handte, Christian Becker "Good Manners for Pervasive Computing – an Approach based on the Ambient Calculus" In Adjunct Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 07), Work in Progress Session, White Plains, NY, USA, March 2007

T. Drosdol, D. Dudkowski, C. Becker, K. Rothermel "Efficient Indexing of Symbolic Location Information" in Proceedings of Second Workshop on Context Awareness for Proactive Systems (CAPS 2006), Kassel, Germany, 2006

T. Weis, C. Becker, A. Brändle "Towards a Programming Paradigm for Pervasive Applications based on the Ambient Calculus" in Proceedings of International Workshop on Combining Theory and Systems Building in Pervasive Computing (CTSB), Pervasive, 2006

T. Weis, M. Handte, M. Knoll, C. Becker "Customizable Pervasive Applications" in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom), Pisa, Italy 2006

J. Hähner, C. Becker, P. J. Marron, K. Rothermel "Maintaining Update-Linearizability for Replicated Information in MANETs" in Proceedings of first International Conference on Communication Systems Software and Middleware (COMSWARE), Neu Delhi, India, 2006

F. Dürr, C. Becker, K. Rothermel "Efficient Forwarding of Symbolically Addressed Geocast Messages" in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (IC3N 05), San Diego, USA, 2005

M.Handte, C. Becker, K. Rothermel “Peer-based Automatic Configuration of Pervasive Applications” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS), Santorini, Greece 2005

M. Handte, G. Schiele, S. Urbanski, C. Becker “Adaptation Support for Stateful Components in PCOM” in Software Architectures for Self-Organization: Beyond Ad-Hoc Networking (SASO’05), Pervasive Workshop, Munich, 2005

A. Khelil, P.J. Marrón, C. Becker, and K. Rothermel “Hypergossiping: A Generalized Broadcast Strategy for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks“, in Proceedings of Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen 2005 (KiVS'05), Kaiserslautern, 2005

P. J. Marron, A. Lachenmann, D. Minder, J. Hähner, K. Rothermel, C. Becker “Adaptation and Cross-Layer Issues in Sensor Networks“ In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processings (ISSNIP 2004). Melbourne, Australien, Dezember 2004

C. Becker, D. Nicklas “Where do context-models end and where do ontologies start? A proposal of a combined approach“ Ubicomp 2004 Workshop on Advanced Context Modeling, Reasoning and Management, Nottingham, UK

J. Hähner, K. Rothermel, C. Becker “Update-Linearizability: A Consistency Concept for the Chro­nological Ordering of Events in MANETs“ in Proceedings of 1st IEEE International Con­ference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Fort Lauderdale, USA

J. Hähner, C. Becker, P. Marron “Consistent Context Management in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks“ in Proceedings Workshop “Get Connected to the Mobile World - Data Management in Mobile Envi­ronments“, Informatik 2004, Ulm, Germany

F. Dürr, N. Höhnle, D. Nicklas, C. Becker, K. Rothermel “Nexus - A Platform for Context-aware Applications“ in Proceedings GI-Fachgespräch “Ortsbezogene Dienste“, Hagen, Germany

K. Römer, C. Frank, P. Marron, C. Becker “Generic Role Assignment for Wireless Sensor Net­works“ in Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, Leuven, Belgium

G. Schiele, C. Becker, K. Rothermel “Energy-Efficient Cluster-based Service Discovery“ in Pro­ceedings of the 11th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, Leuven, Belgium

T. Weis, A. Ulbrich, K. Geihs, C. Becker “Quality of Service in Middleware and Applications: A Model-Driven Approach“ in 8th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Con­ference (EDOC 04), Monterey, USA

O. Lehman, M. Bauer, C. Becker, D. Nicklas “From Home to World: Supporting Context-Aware Applications through World-Models“, in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Compu­ting and Communication (PerCom 04), Orlando, USA, 2004

C. Becker, M. Handte, G. Schiele, K. Rothermel “PCOM - A Component System for Adaptive Per­vasive Computing Applications“, in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom 04), Orlando, USA, 2004

C. Becker, M. Handte, G. Schiele, P. J. Marron “3PC - Peer to Peer Pervasive Computing“ in GI FG-Treffen Betriebssysteme, Ulm, 2004

J. Hähner, D. Dudkowski, P. J. Marron, C. Becker “Partitioning in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks“, in GI/ ITG KuVS-Fachgespräch “Drahtlose Sensornetzwerke”, Karlsruhe, 2004

M. Handte, C. Becker, G. Schiele “Experiences: Extensibility and Flexibility in BASE” Workshop System Support for Ubiquitous Computing (UbiSys) at UbiComp, Seattle/USA, 2003

K. Rothermel, D. Dudkowski, F. Dürr, M. Bauer, C. Becker “Ubiquitous Computing - More than Computing Anytime Anyplace?”, In Proceedings Photogrammetric Week, Stuttgart/Germany, 2003

D. Fritsch, P.J. Kühn, B. Mitschang, K. Rothermel, M. Bauer, C. Becker, C. Hauser, D. Nicklas, S. Volz “SFB 627: Umgebungsmodelle für mobile kontextbezogene Systeme” In Proceedings Informa­tik 2003, Frankfurt/Main/Germany, 2003

I. Stepanov, J. Hähner, C. Becker, J. Tian, K. Rothermel “A Meta-Model and Framework for User Mobility in Mobile Networks“, In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Net­works (ICON), Sydney/Australia, 2003

C. Becker, G. Schiele “BASE: A Minimal yet Extensible Platform for Pervasive Computing“, In Proceedings of the International Conference on “Tales of the Disappearing Computer“, Santorin/ Greece, 2003

T. Weis, A. Ulbricht, K. Geihs, C. Becker “DotQoS - A QoS Extension for .NET Remoting” In Pro­ceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS), Monterey/USA, 2003

J. Hähner, C. Becker, and K. Rothermel “A Protocol for Data Dissemination in Frequently Partitio­ned Mobile Ad Hoc Networks“, In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Com­munications (ISCC 2003), Antalya/Turkey, 2003

C. Becker, J. Hähner, P. Marron “Consistent Update Diffusion in Sensornetworks”, in GI/ITG KuVS-Fachgespräch “Drahtlose Sensornetzwerke”, Berlin, 2003

C. Becker, G. Schiele “Application Adaption Requirements and their Support in Pervasive Comput­ing“ In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Auto-adaptive and Reconfig­urable Systems, IEEE ICDCS 2003, Providence/USA, 2003

M. Bauer, C. Becker, J. Hähner, G. Schiele “The Context-Cube: Providing Context Information Ubiquitously“, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Wearable Computing and Smart Appliances, IEEE ICDCS 2003, Providence/USA, 2003

C. Becker, G. Schiele, H. Gubbels, K. Rothermel “BASE - a Micro-broker-based Middleware for Pervasive Computing“ In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Comput­ing and Communication (PerCom 2003), Fort Worth/USA, 2003

C. Becker, M. Bauer, J. Hähner “Usenet on the fly - supporting the locality of information in sponta­neous networking environments”, Workshop on Ad hoc Communications and Collaboration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments in conjunction with ACM Conference on CSCW 2002, New Orleans/USA, 2002

A. Khelil, C. Becker, J. Tian, and K. Rothermel “An Epidemic Model for Information Diffusion in MANETs” In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems at ACM MobiCom 2002, Atlanta/USA, 2002

J.Tian, J. Hähner, C. Becker, I. Stepanov, and K. Rothermel “Graph-based Mobility Model for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Simulation” In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 35th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS), San Diego/USA, 2002

M. Bauer, C. Becker, and K. Rothermel “Location Models from the Perspective of Context-Aware Applications and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” Workshop on Location Modelling for Ubiquitous Computing at UbiComp, Atlanta/USA, 2001

C. Becker, G. Schiele “New Mechanisms for Routing in Ad Hoc Networks” 4th Plenary Cabernet Workshop, Pisa/Italy, 2001

C. Becker, K. Geihs “Quality of Service and Object-Oriented Middleware - Multiple Concerns and their Separation” In Proceedings of Distributed Dynamic Multiservice Architectures Workshop (DDMA) at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Phoenix/ USA, 2001

K. Geihs, C. Becker “A Framework for Re-use and Maintenance of Quality of Service Mechanisms in Distributed Object Systems” In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Software Main­tenance (ICSM), Florence/Italy, 2001

T. Weis, C. Becker, K. Geihs, N. Plouzeau “An UML Meta-Model for Contract aware Components” In Proceedings of the 4th Conference on the Unified Modelling Language (UML), Toronto/Canada, 2001

C. Becker, K. Geihs “Generic QoS-Support for CORBA” In Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Antibes/France, 2000

C. Becker, D. Bölsche “New Means for ERP Systems by eContracting” In Proceedings America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Mini Track on Advanced IT-Applications in ERP Systems, Long Beach/USA, 2000

C. Becker, K. Geihs “Generic QoS Specifications for CORBA” In Proceedings of Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KIVS) Darmstadt/Germany, 1999

C. Becker, K. Geihs, J. Gramberg ”Representing Quality of Service Preferences by Hierarchies of Contracts” In Proceedings of Elektronische Dienstleistungswirtschaft und Financial Engineering (FAN), Augsburg/Germany, 1999

G. Aschemann, C. Becker, K. Geihs, F. Mattern “Benutzung und Implementierung von Middleware am Beispiel von CORBA im Rahmen von Informatik-Hochschulpraktika” im Rahmen des Fachge­bietstreffens des FG Betriebssysteme der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), Heidelberg/Germany, 1999

C. Becker, K. Geihs “Quality of Service - Aspects of Distributed Programs” International Workshop on Aspect-Oriented Programming at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Kyoto/Japan, 1998

C. Becker, K. Geihs “QoS as a Competitive Advantage for Distributed Object Systems” In Proceed­ings of the 2nd IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop (EDOC'98), La Jolla/USA, 1998

C. Becker, K. Geihs “MAQS - Management for Adaptive QoS-enabled Services” IEEE Workshop on Middleware for Distributed Real-Time Systems and Services, San Francisco/USA, 1997


Theses - Habilitation, Dissertation, Diplomarbeit

Christian Becker “System Support for Context-Aware Computing“, Habilitation, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Universität Stuttgart, November 2004

Christian Becker “Dienstgüte-Management in verteilten Objektsystemen” Dissertation, Fachbereich Biologie und Informatik, Universität Frankfurt/Main, Februar 2001

Christian Becker “Entwicklung anwendungsspezifischer Kommunikationsbibliotheken mit Design Patterns“, Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Kaiserslautern, Januar 1996

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