Sebastian Trimpe

Since May 2020, Sebastian Trimpe is a full professor at RWTH Aachen University, where he is currently establishing the new Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering (DSME). For the time being, he also remains affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart, Germany as a Max Planck Research Group Leader (in Nebentätigkeit). Sebastian is also an Associate Faculty Member of the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems.

At MPI-IS, Sebastian leads the independent Cyber Valley Max Planck Research Group on Intelligent Control Systems. While the new website for DSME at RWTH Aachen University is still being developed, please consult the MPI-IS group website for details on our research and current activities.

Sebastian obtained his Ph.D. (Dr. sc.) degree in Dynamic Systems and Control from ETH Zurich under the supervision of Raffaello D’Andrea in 2013. Before, he received a B.Sc. degree in General Engineering Science in 2005, a M.Sc. degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering in 2007, and an MBA degree in Technology Management in 2007, all from Hamburg University of Technology. In 2007, Sebastian was a research scholar at University of California at Berkeley.