Dr. Holger Ziekow

Postdoctoral Researcher at the

International Computer Science Institute
1947 Center Street. Suite 600
Berkeley, CA 94704

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Curriculum Vitae

Holger Ziekow's research covers technical as well as economical aspects. His main expertise is in the areas of integrating RFID and sensor data into enterprise software systems. His current research focuses on distributed event-based systems, inter-enterprise collaboration, and cloud computing.

Holger Ziekow is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. He holds a Diplom from Technical University of Berlin and a Ph.D. from the Humboldt-University, Berlin. During his Ph.D. studies he was involved in several research projects on the integration of RFID in enterprise software and manufacturing solutions. He also worked as research assistant for SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California, as a programmer for embedded systems at ASIS GmbH in Germany, and as database developer for ACNielsen in New Zealand.

Publications | Filed Patents | Reviews | Supervised Master Theses

Publications:

Ziekow H., Ivantysynova L., Günther O., "Architectural Patterns for RFID Applications in Manufacturing", accepted at ECIS 2010.
Voisard A., Ziekow H., "Designing Sensor-based Event Processing Infrastructures", in proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2010.
Ziekow H., Fabian B., Müller C., "High-Speed Access to RFID Data: Meeting Real-Time Requirements in Distributed Value Chains", to appear in proceedings of OTM Federated Workshops and Conferences 2009 International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking, 2009.
Ziekow H., "Exploiting Process Knowledge for Event Processing in Distributed Business Applications", to appear in proceedings of OTM Federated Workshops and Conferences 2009 International Workshop on Information System in Distributed Environments, 2009.
Günther O., Ivantysynova L., Rode J., Ziekow H., "IT Infrastructures in Manufacturing: Insights from Seven Case Studies", Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2009.
Ziekow H., Günther O., "Sharing RFID and Complex Event Data Among Organizations", Special Issue on Advances in RFID Technology in Information Systems Frontiers, 2009.
Ivantysynova L., Klafft M., Ziekow H., Günther O., Kara S., "RFID in Manufacturing: The Investment Decision", Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2009.
Ziekow H., "RFID Integration into Enterprise Software Environments - A Technical and Economical Analysis with Use Cases from Manufacturing", Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, November 2008
Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H., "Design Guidelines for RFID-Based Applications in Manufacturing", ECIS 2008 European conference on information systems, 2008.
Ziekow H., Ivantysynova L., "A Probabilistic Approach for Cleaning RFID Data", RFDM'08 Workshop in conjunction with ICDE 2008, April 2008
Günther O., Kletti W., Kubach U., Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H., "RFID in Manufacturing: From Shop Floor to Top Floor", book chapter in RFID in Manufacturing, published by Springer, April 2008.
Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H., Günther O., Kletti W., Kubach U., "Six Case Studies", book chapter in RFID in Manufacturing, published by Springer, April 2008.
Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H., Günther O., Kletti W., Kubach U., "Lessons Learned", book chapter in RFID in Manufacturing, published by Springer, April 2008.
Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H., Günter O., "A Guide to Assess Costs and Benefits for RFID Investments in Manufacturing", in proceedings of ICIS 2007 Workshop on E-Business, December 2007.
Ziekow H.,"In-Network Event Processing in a Peer to Peer Broker Network for the Internet of Things", Proceedings of OTM Federated Workshops and Conferences 2007 International Workshop on Peer to Peer Networks, 2007.
Ivantysynova L., Ziekow H.,"RFID in der Produktion: Eine Fallstudie aus der Airbagindustrie", 37. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 2007
Hartmann M., Ziekow H., Mühlhäuser M., "Context Aware Routing in Sensor Networks", In: KiVS 2007. T. Braun and G. Carle and B. Stiller (Ed.). pp. 175-80, VDE Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-8007-2980-7., 2007,
Fabian B., Günther O., Ivantysynova L., Spiekermann S., Ziekow H., "Sicherer Informationsaustausch im Internet der Dinge", book chapter in: Bullinger, H.-J. and ten Hompel, M.(Hrsg.): Internet der Dinge, Springer, 2007.
Ziekow H., Avanes A., Bornhövd C."Service Composition and Deployment for a Smart Items Infrastructure", 14th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CooPIS), Montpellier, France 2006.
Günther, O., Ivantysynova, L., Teltzrow, M., Ziekow, H.,"Kooperation in RFID-gestützten Wertschöpfungsnetzen", Industrie Management, 3/2006.
Ziekow, H., Ivantysynova, L., "Stream Processing in Networks of Smart Devices", ICPS'06 : IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services 2006.
Spiekermann, S., Ziekow, H., "RFID: A Systematik Analysis of Privacy Threats and a 7-Point Plan to Adress Them", Journal of Information System Security, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2006.
Spiekermann, S., Ziekow, H., "RFID: a 7-point plan to ensure privacy", Online Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS, Regensburg, Mai 2005.
Spiekermann, S., Ziekow, H., "Technische Analyse RFID-bezogener Angstszenarien", Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, November 2004.
Tamm, G., Ziekow, H.: The utility of learning management systems for institutes of higher education, In: Proc. 15th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS 2004), Berlin, 04.09.2004, 2004.

Filed Patents:

HIERARCHICAL, MULTI-TIERED MAPPING AND MONITORING ARCHITECTURE FOR SERVICE-TO-DEVICE MAPPING FOR SMART ITEMS (submitted with Christof Bornhoevd, Artin Avanes, Brian S. Mo and Matthias M. Wiemann)
HIERARCHICAL, MULTI-TIERED MAPPING AND MONITORING ARCHITECTURE FOR SERVICE-TO-DEVICE RE-MAPPING FOR SMART ITEMS (submitted with Christof Bornhoevd, Artin Avanes, Brian S. Mo and Matthias M. Wiemann)
COMPOSITION MODEL AND COMPOSITION VALIDATION ALGORITHM FOR UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING (submitted with Artin Avanes and Christof Bornhövd)
SERVICE-TO-DEVICE MAPPING FOR SMART ITEMS (submitted with Artin Avanes and Christof Bornhövd)
SERVICE-TO-DEVICE RE-MAPPING FOR SMART ITEMS (submitted with Artin Avanes and Christof Bornhövd)

Program Committee Member and Reviewer:

ICEIS 2009: The 3rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges (IWRT 2009)
ICEIS 2008: The 2rd International Workshop on RFID Technology - Concepts, Applications, Challenges (IWRT 2008)
Ubicomp'07 Conference: WORKSHOP ON UBICOMP PRIVACY - Technologies, Users, Policy

Reviewer for:

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
Business Information Systems (BIS)
IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
European Journal of Information Systems (ECJS)
European Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS)
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
PARA'06 workshop on State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing
Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (PMC)
ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data
Information Systems Frontiers (ISF Journal)

Supervised Master Theses

Seckin Kara - A Strategic Decision Model for RFID Investments in Manufacturing Industry (January 2008)
Martin Lehmann - Identification of functional Components and technical Services for RFID Applications (January 2007)
Siddharth Mudgal - Profitability of an RFID Adoption in Production (September 2006)
Mert Sengüner - RFID in Production: A Case Study from the Connector Industry (September 2006)
Derya Saki - RFID in Production: A Case Study from the Airbag Industry (September 2006)