Name:

Horst Konrad Zuse

Date and Place of Birth:

17. November 1945 in Hindelang/Germany

Father:

Konrad Zuse

Mother:

Gisela Zuse nee Brandes

Family Status:

Married since 31. December 1991 with Karin Drabe

Confession:

Protestant (evangelical)

Education:

1952-1956: Elementary School in Neukirchen Kreis Hünfeld

Secondary School:

Secondary School in Hünfeld 1957-1965

Secondary School Wigbertschule in Hünfeld 1965).

Final Examination:

Final Examination Wigbertschule Hünfeld (March 5, 1965)

Military Service:

Oct. 1965-Dec. 1965 in Ulm

1966-March 1967 in Trier

Study:

April 1967-Dec. 1973: Technical University Berlin (TU-Berlin)

Permanent Position:

TU Berlin, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1975-Today). Senior researcher (Privatdozent).

Diploma:

Diploma of Elektrotechnik (18. December 1973)

Dissertation:

PhD Thesis -  (Dr.-Ing, March 1985:)

Research Stays and Projects

1982-1985: Assistance in the Project LIVE

IBM-Research:

May 1987-April 1988: Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Projects:

Assistance in the Project ATLAS (Jan. 1989-July 1990)

METKIT

Assistance in the Poject METKIT (Jan. 1989-Feb. 1992: )

GMD

Invited Researcher at GMD in the Project SCOPEINT (Aug. 1994-March 1995)

Visiting Professor:

Visiting-Professor with the University of South-Western Louisiana (USL), Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (Feb.-May 1998 )

Habilitation / Professorship:

December 1998: Habilitation (Practical Computer Science)

Privatdozent/Seni or Researcher:

December 1998: Privatdozent at the TU-Berlin (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

Visiting Professor:

Visiting-Professor with the University of South-Western Louisiana (USL), Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (Feb.-May 1998 ).

November 26, 2003 till Nov. 2006: Visiting Professtor at the University of Applied Sciences Lausitz (Fachhochschule Lausitz).

Awards:

Member of the International Academy for Informatilization in Moscow (November 2000)

Sputnik Medal of the Center for Kosmonautic of Russia (November 2000)

Hessentagsmedaille (Medal of the Hessentag), Town of Hünfeld (November 2000)

Professor:

Professor:

November 2006: Honorarprofessor at the FH-Lausitz (University of applied Sciences).

December 20, 2008: Professor with the Hochschule Lausitz.

Now: Professor of the University Cottbus.

Retirement

December 1, 2010.

Retired!

However, I am still Professor with the University Cottbus and I am still Privatdozent with the TU-Berlin.

Awards

St. Ulrich Plakette der Stadt Hünfeld, 27.11.2011

- June 2012: Society for Design and Progress.

- Lifetime Achiement in Engeneering

- SDPS

- September 10, 2020:

Hoyerswerda, A special AWARD, the Konrad Zuse Medal.