Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Facchi

Research Professor for Embedded and Distributed Systems; Head of THI Doctoral School
Room:
P001
Subject Area:
SW-Engineering and Distributed Systems
Research
Research areas
- Computer Science
- SW Engineering (testing and correctness of systems)
- Embedded and Distributed Systems (SW)
- Application-oriented
- V2X communication (simulation, protocol and design of applications)
- Vehicle safety/automated driving (based on V2X communication)
- Industry 4.0
Membership in Doctoral School at THI
- Doctoral Center AI/Computer Science
- Doctoral Center Engineering Sciences
Vita
- Since 2013 Research Professor for Embedded and Distributed Systems
- Since 2004 Professor for Software Engineering, Distributed Applications at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt:
- 1996-2004 Siemens AG, Mobile Phones Section
Included various project management roles (selection):- K-Java pilot project
- AIPOP (code compression tool)
- Continuus Rollout: New configuration management tool for software development (8 sites; ~ 1000 software developers)
- CMM Topic Leader
- 1995: Ph.D in Computer Science at TU München; Supervisor Prof. Dr. Dr. M. Broy, „Methodik zur formalen Spezifikation des ISO/OSI Schichtenmodells“
- 1985 -1990: Studies of and degree in Computer Science with a minor in Electrical Engineering at TU München
Publications
Publications of Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Facchi: Google Scholar.
Offices and committees
Current
- Since 2023 Academic Director of the Doctoral School at THI
- Since 2016 founding member of the steering committee of the BayWISS network “Mobility and Transport” ; since 2020 member of the Executive Board
- Since 2025, Member of the Evaluation Committee for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg
- Since 2025, Member of the Evaluation Committee for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Berlin
- Since 2025 Member of the Evaluation Committee for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Thuringia
- Since 2025 Member of the Programme Advisory Board of the Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz “Promotion of Application-Oriented Research at Universities of Applied Sciences”
- Since 2024 Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Association for Doctoral Studies in Baden-Württemberg
- Since 2013 Member of the Research Council
- Since 2011 Member of the Examination Board for the Master of Applied Research (Cooperative program)
- Since 2011 Member of the Faculty Council of Faculty EI, later I
Completed
- Reviewer for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees in Saarland (2026)
- Chair of the expert commission for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Rhineland-Palatinate (2025–2026)
- Member of the expert commission for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Lower Saxony (2024–2025)
- Member of the expert commission for the introduction of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Lower Saxony (2024–2025)
- Member of the Board of University Representatives and the University Council (2021-2023)
- Member of the commission for the evaluation of the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciences in Hesse (2021–2022)
- Member of the expert commission on the right to award doctoral degrees at Universities of Applied Sciencesin Berlin (2023–2024)
- Member of the Scientific Commission of the German Council of Science and Humanities (www.wissenschaftsrat.de) (2020–2026)
- Founding member of the VDI/VDE-GMA Technical Committee 7.25 “Testing in Industry 4.0” (2015–2023)
- Head of the Graduate Center at THI (2013–2023)
- Scientific Director of the Center for Applied Research at THI (2011–2020)
- Deputy Head of the CARISSMA research building (2010–2013)
Awards
- Best Paper Award ICSEA 2011
Best Paper Award ICSEA 2010
Doctoral Theses
First supervisor of ongoing doctoral theses at THI
- Daniel Maksimovski: “V2X Priority Cooperative Maneuver Coordination for Connected and Automated Vehicles”
- Silas Lobo: “VRU Safety Protection with V2X Communication”
- Chidvilas Karpenahalli Ramakrishna: “Uncertainty-Aware Criticality in Reinforcement Learning: Enhancing Robustness, Safety and Trust in Autonomous Driving”
- Laura Dietl: “Enhancing Reinforcement Learning via Neurosymbolic AI in the Context of Vulnerable Road User Trajectory Prediction”
Second supervisor of ongoing doctoral theses at THI
- Julian Blümke: “Holistic cybersecurity life cycle of automotive battery management systems: closing the gap between first and second life”; first supervisor Prof. Hans-Joachim Hof
- Daniel Kriegel: “Scalability and Security in Distributed Tournament Platforms for Coding Challenges: Solutions, Impact on Performance, and Availability”; first supervisor Prof. Torsten Schön
- Jakob Löw: “Automated Exploration of High Level Protocols at the Example of Charging Communication”; first supervisor Prof. Hans-Joachim Hof
- Faruk Okumus: “Risk-Aware Mitigation Strategy Synthesis and Fault Diagnosis for Autonomous Vehicles”; first supervisor Prof. Stefan Kugele
- Abhishek Jagtap: “Collaborative Perception with Vehicle-to-X-Communication for Connected and Automated Driving”; first supervisor Prof. Andreas Festag
- Patrizia Heinl: “Artificial Intelligence-Related Security of Safety-Critical Systems”; first supervisor Prof. Hans-Joachim Hof
Completed doctoral theses (primary supervision)
- Alberto Flores Fernández: “Multimodal Motion Vehicle Prediction and Planning for Automated Driving”; Secondary supervisor with Michael Botsch; first supervisor Andrés García Higuera; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spanien (07/2023)
- Stefan Neumeier: “Enabling Teleoperated Driving in Everday Traffic Scenarios”; as second supervisor; first supervisor Jörg Ott (TU München) (06/2023)
- Raphael Riebl: “Performance Testing Methodology for Car2X Systems based on IEEE 802.11p”; as Secondary supervisor; first supervisor Ali Albayatti. (De Montfort University, UK) (02/2021)
- Andreas Hübner: “Methodology for Testing RFID-Applications”; as Secondary supervisor; first supervisor Helge Janicke. (De Montfort University, UK) (11/2018)
- Christian Roettenbacher: “A Framework for Specifying Business Rules Based on Logic with a Syntax Close to Natural Language” as second supervisor; first supervisor Francois Siewe (De Montfort University, UK) (12/2017)
- Peter Trapp: “Performance Improvements Using Dynamic Performance Stubs” as second supervisor; first supervisor Francois Siewe (De Montfort University, UK, 8/2011)
Publications
2026
MAKSIMOVSKI, Daniel, Andreas FESTAG und Christian FACCHI, 2026. Adaptive Message Generation Rules for V2X Maneuver Coordination Service. IEEE Access, 14, 6417-6437. ISSN 2169-3536. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3652364