Prof. Dr. Gunther May
Professor für das Lehrgebiet Industrial Internet of Things
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Further information
Research
- Industrial Internet of Things
- Industrial Communication Technologies
- Virtualization of Automation
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Since 03/2026: Professor for Industrial Internet of Things at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- Since 10/2022: Lecturer “Technology and Innovation Management” Technical University of Braunschweig
- 08/2018 – 12/2025: Department Head / Executive Board Consultant Technology & Innovation, Business Unit Automation and Electrification, Bosch Rexroth AG (Ulm, Germany)
- 04/2017 – 07/2018: Department Head Software Engineering – Actuator/Sensor Platform and Connectivity, Bosch Rexroth AG (Lohr, Germany)
- 11/2010 – 03/2017: Senior Manager Industrial Communication Technologies, Bosch Rexroth AG (Lohr, Germany)
- 01/2009 – 10/2010: Junior Manager Program (JMP) Research & Development, Bosch Rexroth AG (Lohr, Germany and Palo Alto, USA)
- 10/2003 – 12/2008: Researcher and PhD Student at Institute for Communications Technologies at Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany (Degree: PhD summa cum laude)
- 10/1999 – 09/2003: Studies of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, TU Braunschweig, Germany (Degree: Dipl.-Ing. (MS equiv.) with highest honors)
Awards
- 2018 : Winner Bosch Rexroth “Innovation Factory”
- 2008: Scott Helt Award of IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
- 2005: Best Paper Award IEEE Int. Conference on Consumer Electronics
- 2002: Philips Price for the best Intermediate Diploma
- 2001: Full Scholarship from German National Academic Scholarship Foundation
- 1994 – 2000: Numerous Prizes at Scientific Student Competitions, e.g. 5th Prize at Jugend Forscht on National Level among 7.000+ Participants
- 1998: Sir Hans Adolph Krebs Preis
Publications
Books
2007
- May, Gunther (2007) Mobile Roboter selbstgebaut. (opens in a new window) Aachen: Elektor-Verlag. ISBN 9783895761690
Journal Publications
2018
- Dietrich, Steven and May, Gunther and von Hoyningen-Huene, Johannes and Mueller, Andreas and Fohler, Gerhard (2018) Frame Conversion Schemes for Cascaded Wired /Wireless Communication Networks of Factory Automation. (opens in a new window) Mobile Networks and Applications, 23 (4). pp. 817-827. ISSN 1572-8153
2011
- May, Gunther (2011) Medienzugriffsverfahren für einen Echtzeit-Wireless-Feldbus. (opens in a new window) at - Automatisierungstechnik, 59 (9). pp. 574-582. ISSN 2196-677X
2009
- May, Gunther (2009) Avoiding Data Loss With Hard and Soft DVB-H Handovers. (opens in a new window) IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Special Issue on "Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting", 55 (3). pp. 598-606. ISSN 1557-9611
2008
- Heinemann, Kim and May, Gunther (2008) Erlösformen und Nutzerakzeptanz von Mobile TV, Interaktivität und Werbung. (opens in a new window) Fernseh- und Kinotechnik (FKT) (7). ISSN 0015-0142
2007
- Kornfeld, Michael and May, Gunther (2007) DVB-H and IP Datacast – Broadcast to Handheld Devices. (opens in a new window) IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Special Issue on "Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting", 53 (1). pp. 161-170. ISSN 0018-9316
- May, Gunther and Unger, Peter (2007) A New Approach for Transmitting Local Content within Digital Single Frequency Broadcast Networks. (opens in a new window) IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 53 (4). pp. 732-737. ISSN 0018-9316
2006
- May, Gunther and Heuck, Christoph (2006) IP-Datacast - Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Implementierungsaspekte. (opens in a new window) Fernseh- und Kinotechnik : FKT (3). ISSN 0015-0142
Conferences and Workshops
2026
- May, Gunther and Nagrath, Vineet (2026) Virtualized Industrial Controls for Software-Defined Automation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 21st Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference (MWAIS) 2026, May, 21-22, 2026, Athens, Ohio, USA, Paper 62.
2024
- May, Gunther and Kahmen, Andreas (2024) Virtualized Industrial Controls. (opens in a new window) In: VMware Edge Forum 2024, 19. September 2024, Stuttgart, Germany.
2022
- Ulupinar, Fatih and May, Gunther (2022) 5G TSN communication and Positioning in a real Industrial-IOT Use Case. (opens in a new window) In: TSN/A Conference : Technology & Applications, 28.- 29 .September 2022, Stuttgart, Germany.
2017
- Dietrich, Steven and May, Gunther and Wetter, Oliver and Heeren, Holger and Fohler, Gerhard (2017) Performance Indicators and Use Case Analysis for Wireless Networks in Factory Automation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 22nd IEEE Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), September, 12-15, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus. ISBN 9781509065059
2016
- von Hoyningen-Huene, Johannes and Mueller, Andreas and Dietrich, Steven and May, Gunther (2016) Comparison of Wireless Gateway Concepts for Industrial Real-Time-Communication. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) IEEE Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 6. - 9. September 2016, Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9781509013142
- Dietrich, Steven and May, Gunther and von Hoyningen-Huene, Johannes and Mueller, Andreas and Fohler, Gerhard (2016) Latency in Cascaded Wired/Wireless Communication Networks for Factory Automation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 2nd EAI International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (INISCOM), October, 31 - November, 1, 2016, Leicester, United Kingdom, pp. 50-61, Paper / Research Article. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; 188). ISBN 9783319525693
2014
- Bauer, Matthias and May, Gunther and Jain, Vivek (2014) A Wireless Gateway Approach Enabling Industrial Real-Time Communication on the Field Level of Factory Automation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) IEEE Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), September, 16-19, 2014, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9781479948451
2013
- May, Gunther and Bauer, Matthias (2013) Ein Plattform-unabhängiger Industrial-Ethernet-Soft-Master für Sercos. (opens in a new window) In: 4th Annual Colloquium - Communication in Automation (KommA), 13.-14. November 2013, Magdeburg, Germany. ISBN 9783944722009
- Bauer, Matthias and May, Gunther (2013) Herausforderungen für den Einsatz von Wireless auf der Feldebene der Fertigungsautomatisierung. (opens in a new window) In: 12. VDI-Jahrestagung "Wireless Automation", 25.-26. Juni 2013, Baden-Baden, Germany.
2012
- Bauer, Matthias and May, Gunther (2012) Grenzen der Echtzeitfähigkeit funkbasierter industrieller Kommunikationssysteme - Gründe und Alternativen. (opens in a new window) In: 3. Jahreskolloquium Kommunikation in der Automation (KommA), 14. November 2012, Lemgo, Germany.
2008
- May, Gunther (2008) Analysis of DVB-H Soft Handover Gain. (opens in a new window) In: European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research Conference (COST 2100) "Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications", June, 4-6, 2008, Trondheim, Norway.
- May, Gunther (2008) Improving Broadcast Cell Handover Performance by the Use of an Additional Interactivity Channel. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 12th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE), April, 14-16, 2008, Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 117-120. ISBN 9781424424221
2007
- Unger, Peter and Sawallisch, Anke and May, Gunther (2007) Coverage Estimation for Localized Service Areas in Single Frequency Networks. (opens in a new window) In: IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), March, 28-29, 2007, Orlando, FL, USA.
- May, Gunther (2007) Ein Gesamtkonzept zur Realisierung verlustloser Handover mit DVB-H. (opens in a new window) In: Elektronische Medien : Vorträge des 12. Dortmunder Fernsehseminars, 20.-21. März 2007, Dortmund, Germany, pp. 83-88. (ITG Fachberichte; 199). ISBN 9783800730193
- May, Gunther and Buburuzan, Teo (2007) Handover in hybriden Kommunikationsnetzen mit DVB-H. (opens in a new window) In: Technisch-Wissenschaftliches Forum auf der Internationalen Funkausstellung (IFA), 31. August - 5. September 2007, Berlin, Germany.
- Buburuzan, Teo and May, Gunther and Melia, Telemaco and Moedeker, Jens and Wetterwald, Michelle (2007) Integration of Broadcast Technologies with Heterogeneous Networks - An IEEE 802.21 Centric Approach. (opens in a new window) In: (Digest of Technical Papers of the) IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), January, 10-14, 2007, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- May, Gunther (2007) Packet-level Diversity Reception in Cell Border Regions with DVB-H. (opens in a new window) In: 4th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) "Seamless Consumer Connectivity", January, 11-13, 2007, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Buburuzan, Teo and May, Gunther and Daoud, Khaled (2007) Service and Content Protection in Mobile Multimedia Broadcast. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 11th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE), June, 20-23, 2007, Irving, TX, USA.
2006
- May, Gunther and Buburuzan, Teo and Gunkel, Gero (2006) A Mobility Support Architecture for DVB-H / IP Datacast Terminals based on IEEE 802.21. (opens in a new window) In: 56th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium, September, 27-29, 2006, Washington, DC, USA.
- May, Gunther and Unger, Peter (2006) A New Approach for Transmitting Localized Content within Digital Single Frequency Broadcast Networks. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), April, 6-7, 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 732-737.
2005
- May, Gunther (2005) Loss-free Handover for IP Datacast over DVB-H Networks. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 9th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE), June, 14-16, 2005, Macau, China. ISBN 9781509099627
- May, Gunther (2005) A Platform Independent Implementation for IP Datacast over DVB-H. (opens in a new window) In: (Tagungsband) Elektronische Medien: Vorträge des 11. Dortmunder Fernsehseminars, 26.-28. September 2005, Dortmund, Germany, pp. 16-36. (ITG-Fachberichte; 188). ISBN 3800728982
2004
- May, Gunther (2004) Hybride Netze mit "IP Datacast over DVB-H. (opens in a new window) In: 2. Braunschweiger Symposium Informationssysteme für mobile Anwendungen (IMA 2004), 20.-21. Oktober 2004, Braunschweig, Germany.
- May, Gunther (2004) The IP Datacast System - Overview and Mobility Aspects. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 8th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE), September, 1-3, 2004, Reading, United Kingdom, pp. 509-514. ISBN 0780385276
Book Sections
2008
- Heuck, Christoph and Kornfeld, Michael and May, Gunther (2008) DVB-H und IP Datacast (IPDC). (opens in a new window) In: DVB - Digitale Fernsehtechnik : Datenkompression und Übertragung / Reimers, Ulrich. 3. Aufl., Berlin (u.a.): Springer, pp. 451-468. ISBN 9783540434900
- May, Gunther (2008) Soft Handover Techniques for Time Slicing Based Broadcast Systems (Chapter). (opens in a new window) In: Handbook of Mobile Broadcasting: DVB-H, DMB, ISDB-T and MediaFLO / Furht, Borko; Ahson Syed A. (Eds). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780367452650
Thesis
2009
- May, Gunther (2009) Handover im Mobile Broadcast. (opens in a new window) Dissertation thesis, TU Braunschweig.
Others - Interviews, Blogs etc.
2023
- May, Gunther
(2023)
Eine Steuerung im Serverraum? Die virtualisierte Steuerung wird Realität. (opens in a new window)
In: Industrie neu gedacht - Ein Tech-Podcast von Bosch-Rexroth, 2. November 2023
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2021
- May, Gunther
(2021)
Was leistet 5G für die Fabrik der Zukunft? (opens in a new window)
In: Industrie neu gedacht - Ein Tech-Podcast von Bosch-Rexroth, 15. Juli 2021
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2014
- May, Gunther
(2014)
Soft-Master für Sercos III. (opens in a new window)
Pelemedia.
In: Fachbeitrag in: computer & automation - Steuerungsebene, 21. März 2014
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Courses
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