Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Strang studied computer science at the University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, in 1998. Here he received his Diploma degree (Dipl.-Inform.). From 1988 to 2000 he worked in industry alongside his university career. Here he gained experience in design, development and the management of several projects on large-scale security systems.
Since 2000 Thomas has worked as a researcher in the Institute of Communications and Navigation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. His research focuses on ubiquitous and pervasive computing, location- and context-awareness, smart mobile devices and cyber security.
Between 2004 and 2019 he was responsible for the Institute’s transportation research program. He focused on intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and ad-hoc vehicle-to-vehicle communications (V2X). In 2003 he was awarded a Doctor’s degree in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Munich, Germany. He received a dissertation on service interoperability in ubiquitous computing environments.
Between 2004 and 2011 he was a professor of computer science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Thomas has also given lectures at the University of Munich (LMU) and at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Thomas Strang has led the DLR research project RCAS (RCAS I from 2007-2009, RCAS II from 2010-2012) and is the CEO of Intelligence on Wheels.