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Prof. Dr. Rudolf Marcel Füchslin

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Marcel Füchslin

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Marcel Füchslin

ZHAW School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Applied Complex Systems Science
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 75 92
rudolf.fuechslin@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Leitungsfunktion

Schwerpunktleitung Applied complex systems sciences

Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Professor für Applied Complex Systems Science

www.iamp.zhaw.ch/de.html

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Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte, Spezialkenntnisse

Modeling of complex systems
Mathematical engineering
Evolutionary methods
Applied statistical physics
Robotics
Applied Morphological Computing (prosthetics, living technology, systems medicine)
Topics at the interface between physics, biology and computer science

Beruflicher Werdegang

2018 Aug - Oct: Director at interim Naturama Aargau
2013 - present: Coordinator of the group “Applied Complex Systems Science” at ZAMP
2012 - present: Member of the board of directors ECLT, Venice
2011 - present: Member of the foundation board of the “Naturama” (Aargau)
2010 - present: Lecturer (physics) at the ZAMP (ZHAW)
2008 - present: Lecturer University of Zürich (“Lehrauftrag”).
2008 April 1: 75% Senior scientist at the AILab, 25% research fellow at ECLT
2007 October 1: 50% Senior scientist at the AILab, 50% group leader in BioMIP, Ruhr University Bochum
2007: Invited guest researcher at the ECLT in Venice, Italy.
2007: Co-PI in BioMIP part of the German systems biology project “Endosys”.
2005: Founding of ProtoStream GmbH.
2005: Co-PI in BioMIP part of the German systems biology project “Systemology”.
2004 - 2007: Group leader position in BioMIP, Ruhr University Bochum.
2001 - 2004: Group leader position in BioMIP at the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG) in St.Augustin / Bonn.
1999 - 2000: SNF grant. Guest scientist in the group of Prof. J. S. McCaskill at the IMB Jena and later at the Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung GMD in St. Augustin / Bonn.
1998: Research position at the Physics Institute of the University of Zürich.
1997: Founding of MEDInnovation AG (Exploitation of IP of its members, mostly in the field of medical technology). Since then: member of the board of directors.

AILab: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zürich (Director: Prof. Rolf Pfeifer)
BioMIP: Biomolecular Information Processing (Director: Prof. J. S. McCaskill)
ECLT: European Centre for Living Technology

Aus- und Fortbildung

1992 - 1997: PhD at the Physics Institute of the University of Zürich in the group of Prof. P. F. Meier. Title of PhD thesis: “Time Evolution of Quasiparticle and Phonon Distribution in Superconducting Films”
1991: Diploma in theoretical physics. Specialization in mathematical physics and theoretical particle physics. Title of the diploma thesis: “Quantenmechanik inkompressibler Systeme” (Prof. J. Fröhlich).
1986 - 1991: Study of physics at the ETH Zurich.
1985 - 1986: Work as a repairman at SIBIR AG.
1981 - 1985: Kantonsschule Aarau, Typus C.

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed
Bücher und Monographien, peer-reviewed
Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed
Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed
Weitere Publikationen
Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Paper:

S. Miyashita, Maurice Göldi, Christof Ardretsch, Rudolf Füchslin, and Rolf Pfeifer (2010) "The Problems Toward Sub-millimeter Scale Self-Assembling Robots", 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2010), Workshop on Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems, may 3-8, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska.

A. Tientcheu, M. Göldi, S. Miyashita, R. Füchslin, and R. Pfeifer (2010) "Achieving Self-Sorting in Self-Assembly Systems", 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2010), January 27-28, 2010, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, p. 93

A. Filisetti, R. Serra, M. Villani, T. Carletti, R. M. Füchslin and I. Poli (2009), “Quando un insieme di reazioni è autocatalitico?”, WIVACE09 (Workshop italiano di vita artificiale e computazione evolutiva).

Füchslin, R., Maeke, T., & Mccaskill, J. (2009). Spatially resolved simulations of membrane reactions and dynamics: Multipolar reaction DPD. The European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics 29:4 p 431-448.

R. M. Füchslin, H. Fellermann, A. Eriksson and H.J. Ziock, “Coarse graining and scaling in dissipative particle dynamics“, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 214102 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3143976

J. S. McCaskill et al. (eds.) “Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution”, EU-project web-report www.istpace.org (2008):
P. Eggenberger Hotz, R. M. Füchslin, M. Hadorn, “Programmed self-assembly of artificial cells”, in J. S. McCaskill et al (eds.) “Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution”, EU-project webreport www.istpace.org (2008).
P. Eggenberger Hotz et al. “ICT Implications of PACE”, in J. S. McCaskill et al (eds.) “Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution”, EU-project webreport www.istpace.org (2008).
R. M. Füchslin, P. Eggenberger Hotz and M. Hadorn, “Vesicular nanorobots and chemical micro fabs”, in J. S. McCaskill et al (eds.) “Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution”, EU-project webreport www.istpace.org (2008).
J. S. McCaskill et al. “Evolutionary aspects of physical self-assembling kinetic models”, in J. S. McCaskill et al (eds.) “Programmable Artificial Cell Evolution”, EU-project webreport www.istpace.org (2008).

R. Pfeifer, R. M. Füchslin, D. Damian, “Neural Nets”, Lecture notes Univ. Zürich (2008).

J. S. McCaskill, T. Maeke, R. M. Füchslin, “Evolving Self-Assembling Molecular Recognition Systems”, Extended abstract, Proceedings of the International Proceedings of the International Conference on Morphological Computation ICMC07, March 26-28, 2007, European Center of Living Technology (ECLT), Venice Italy, edited by Pfeifer, R., Packard, N., Bedau, M., and Iida, F., available under morphcomp.org/ICMC07Proceedings.pdf

R. M. Füchslin, “Evolving Self-Assembling Digital Circuitry: Towards Realistic Models”, Extended abstract, Proceedings of the International Conference on Morphological Computation ICMC07, March 26-28, 2007, European Center of Living Technology (ECLT), Venice Italy, edited by Pfeifer, R., Packard, N., Bedau, M., and Iida, F., available under morphcomp.org/ICMC07Proceedings.pdf

R. M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, U. Tangen, and J. S. McCaskill. Evolving inductive generalization via genetic self-assembly. Adv. in Compl. Systems 9: 1-29 (2006).

U. Tangen, R.M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, and J.S. McCaskill, “Progress in Digital Evolution: Largest 4-bit Multiplier Evolving Using Reconfigurable Hardware.”, technical report, FhG (2005).

R. M. Füchslin, S. Altmeyer, J.S. McCaskill, “Evolutionary stabilization of generous replicases by complex formation”, Europ. Phys J. B 38 (1): 103-110 (2004).

M. Weiss, S. Gerber, R. M. Füchslin, et al. “Accurate continuous drug delivery at low infusion rate with a novel microvolumetric infusion pump (MVIP): pump design, evaluation and comparison to the current standard”, Anaesthesia 59 (11): 1133-1137 (2004).

S. Altmeyer, R. M. Füchslin, J. S. McCaskill, “Folding stabilizes the evolution of catalysts”, Artificial Life 10 (1): 23-38 (2004).

R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, “A method for the study of spatially non-homogeneous quasiparticle and phonon distributions”, Nucl. Instr. and Methods A 485 522-532 (2002).

R.M. Füchslin, S. Altmeyer, and J. S. McCaskill, “Simulation of Evolving Systems Using FPGA Technology'', in “Coupling of biological and Electronic System'', 2nd caesarium Nov. 2000 Bonn, edited by K. H. Hoffmannn, Springer 2002.

T.A. Neff, C. Fellmann, R. M. Füchslin, et al. “The Panomat (R) P-10 micro-volumetric infusion pump is suitable for continuous drug administration at minimal flow rates”, Canad. J. of Anaesthesia, 49 (10): 1048-1052 DEC 2002.

J. S. McCaskill, R. M. Füchslin, S. Altmeyer, “The stochastic evolution of catalysts in spatially resolved molecular systems”, Biol. Chem. 382 (9): 1343-1363 (2001).

R. M. Füchslin, J. S. McCaskill, “Evolutionary self-organization of cell-free genetic coding”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (16): 9185-9190 (2001), communicatd by Manfred Eigen.

R. M. Füchslin, Y. Shen, P. F. Meier, “An efficient algorithm to determine fractal dimensions of point sets”, Phys. Lett. A 285 (1-2): 69-75 (2001)

T. Nussbaumer, P. Lerch, E. Kirk, et al., “Quasiparticle diffusion in tantalum using superconducting tunnel junctions”, Phys. Rev. B 61 (14): 9719-9728 (2000).

R. M. Füchslin, “Time Evolution of Quasiparticle and Phonon Distribution in Superconducting Films”, Inaugural-Dissertation Univ. Zürich (1998).

S.F.J. Cox, R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, et al., “Muon level crossing resonance in niobium”, Hyperfine Interact. 106 (1-4): 57-62 (1997).

S. Schafroth, R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, “Time evolution of nonequilibrium quasiparticle and phonon distributions in superconducting films”, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 370 (1): 69-71 (1996).

R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, “Level-Crossing Resonance-Spectra for Bond-Centered Muonium in Silicon”, Philos. Mag. B 72 (2): 201-208 (1995).

R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, “Calculation of Muon Level-Crossing Resonance-Spectra for Si-B and Si-Al”, Hyperfine Interact. 86 (1-4): 741-746 (1994).

Poster:

Shuhei Miyashita, Christof Audretsch, Rudolf Fuechslin, and Rolf Pfeifer, “A cm-sized enzyme model for cascade conformation changes”,7th Conference on the Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO 2010), Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird:, Utah, April 27 - April 30, 2010

Tientcheu Ngouabeu Aubery Marchel, Maurice Göldi, Shuhei Miyashita, Ruedi Füchslin, Rolf Pfeifer, “Achieving Self-Sorting In Self-Assembly Systems”, CogSys 10, 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, January 27/28, 2010 ETH Zürich (Switzerland).

P. Eggenberger Hotz, R. M. Füchslin, M. Hadorn, S. Miyashita, “PACE: Artificial Cells as Building Blocks for Modular Robotic Systems”, at 20 Years Artificial Intelligence Lab” , 17. 11. 2007.

P. Eggenberger Hotz, R. M. Füchslin, M. Hadorn, “PACE: Programmable Self-Assembly of Multivesicular Compunds”, at 20 Years Artificial Intelligence Lab” , 17. 11. 2007.

N. Mennes, T. Maeke, R. M. Füchslin, U. Tangen and J. S. McCaskill, “Simulations of the
vesicular transport in the endocytic pathway with mprDPD”, Status Seminar HepatoSys, 14-16. 10. 2007 Heidelberg, Germany.

R. M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, J. S. McCaskill, “Multipolar Reactive Dissipative Particle Dynamics for Systems Biology: Reaction Controlled Membrane Morphology as Bases for Modelling Endocytosis in Space and Time”, Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells SBMC 06, 12. – 14. 7. 2006, Heidelberg, Germany.

R. M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, S. Poudel, U. Tangen, J. S. McCaskill, “Multipolar Reactive Dissipative Particle Dynamics for Systems Biology: Systems Endocytosis Modeling requires a spatially resolved Supramolecular Chemical Kinetics platform”, Status Seminar HepatoSys, 29.-30. 11. 2005 Berlin, Germany.

R. M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, U. Tangen, J. S. McCaskill, “Genetic Self-Assembly: a novel route to complex design”, poster at ECCS 05 November 13-18, 2005. Paris, France.

T. Maeke, R. M. Füchslin, U. Tangen, J. S. McCaskill. “Reactive DPD multiscale simulations (preserving the hydrodynamic limit) for artificial cells with microfluidic support., poster “Evolution, Information and Computation: From Living to Non-Living Matter”, PACE Workshop, European Center for Living Technology, Venice, Italy, 23rd - 26th May 2005

U. Tangen, R. M. Füchslin, T. Maeke, P. Wagler, and J. S. McCaskill. Closing the loop: wet in silico bioprocessing. In E. Neumann, editor, Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Cybernetics of Cell Functions 39th Winter Seminar. 2004.

R. M. Füchslin, S. Altmeyer, J. S. McCaskill, “Evolvable Universal Construction”. 37th Winter Seminar Winterseminar of Manfred Eigen, Klosters, January 2002.

R. M. Füchslin, S. Altmeyer, J. S. McCaskill, “Evolvable Universal Construction and the GRT-model”, 2nd caesarium “Coupling of Biological and Electronic Systems”, Bonn Nov. 2000.

R. M. Füchslin, S. Schafroth, P. F. Meier, “Large Scale Time Evolution of Quasiparticle and Phonon Distributions in Superconducting Films”, Swiss Workshop on Superconductivity, Les Diablerets, CH, 1997.

S. Schafroth, R. M. Füchslin, and P. F. Meier, “Time evolution of non equilibrium quasiparticle and phonon distributions in superconducting films”, Swiss Workshop on Superconductivity, Les Diablerets, CH, October 1996.

R. M. Füchslin, P. F. Meier, “Level-Crossing Resonance Spectra for Bond-Centered Muonium in Silicon”, Meeting of the British Radio Spectroscopy Group at King's College, London 1995.

Talks:

Rudolf M. Füchslin, “Morphological Control as Guiding Principle in Physiology and Medical Applications”, keynote lecture at Int. Workshop on Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, July 19, 2013.

Rudolf M. Füchslin, “Morphological Computation and Control: From Robotics to Implications on Anticancer Treatment”. Talk at the research colloquium, Kantonsspital Aarau.

Rudolf M. Füchslin, Helmut Hauser, Rolf H. Luchsinger, Benedikt Reller, and Stephan Scheidegger, “Morphological Control: Applications on Different Scales Exploiting Classical and Statistical Mechanics”, ICMC2011, Sept. 12-14, 2011, Venice, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin: “Controlling Dynamical Architecture Contributions from Morphological
Computation and Control”, satellite workshop of ALIFE XII, Applications for Alife in the built environment: New materials for the bottom up assembly of architecture, Thursday, August 19, 2010, Odense, Denmark.

R. M. Füchslin, “Artificial Life: Schritte zum ewigen Leben?“, Invited lecture at the Berufsmittelschule Baden, October 14, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, “Basic Principles of static and dynamic Self-Assembly”, AILab Univ. Zürich, September 11, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, “Basic Principles of static and dynamic Self-Assembly”, AILab Univ. Zürich, August 21, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, “Morphological Computation and Embodied Process Control”, AILab Univ. Zürich, August 9, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, “Morphological computation”, Invited lecture Summer School Multimedia and Cognitive Science, Univ. Zürich, June 10, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, „ECLT: The European Center for Living Technology”, Invited talk at the 2009 CapoCaccia Cognitive Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop, CapoCaccia, Italy, April 26 - May 10, 2009.

R. M. Füchslin, Dynamic compartmentalization using mpRDPD, Invited lecture PACE Summer School, May 2008, San Servolo, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin, Patterns, Circuits, Inductive Generalization, Evolution: Towards Realistic Models, Invited lecture PACE Summer School, May 2008, San Servolo, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin, Patterns, Circuits, Inductive Generalization, Evolution: Towards Realistic Models, Talk at the AILab, Univ. Dec. 2007.

R. M. Füchslin, “Reactive cellular compartment dynamics by mesocscopic simulation methods: Application of mprDPD and mprDCD”, workshop “Modeling in Systems Biology”, 17, 10. 2007, Heidelberg, Germany.

R. M. Füchslin, “Evolutionary Algorithms for Self-Assembling Systems: Simulations as a Tool for Optimizing Optimization”, ODES workshop, 15. 7. 2007, Venice.

R. M. Füchslin, “Evolving Self-Assembling Digital Circuitry: Towards Realistic Models”, Int. Conf. on Morphological Computation, March 26-28 (2007), Venice, Italy.
P. Eggenberger Hotz and R. M. Füchslin (Joint talk), “Simulation of Assembling Vesicular Structures”, ECLT workshop on simulation and self-assembly, March 20-21 (2007), Venice, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin, “Dynamic compartmentalization using mprDPD”, talk at the ECLT workshop on mesoscopic simulation, October 2-14, 2006. Venice Italy.

R. M. Füchslin, “Studying dynamic compartmentalization using mprDPD”, talk at ECCS 05 November 13-18, 2005. Paris, France,

R. M. Füchslin and T. Maeke, “Evolution and Genetic Self-Assembly”, talk at “Evolution, Information and Computation: From Living to Non-Living Matter”, Workshop, European Center for Living Technology, Venice, Italy, 23rd - 26th May 2005

R. M. Füchslin, “Evolving Logical Circuits via Genetic Self-Assembly”, talk at “Evolution: from Biology to Statistical Modeling”, An International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia” 41th Workshop at “Ettore Majorana”, Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, July 3-9 2004, Erice, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin and T. Maeke, “Dissipative Particle Dynamcis - Towards Chemistry in DPD”, talk at PACE-ECLT Integrated Twin Workshop. Multiscale Molecular Simulations and Stochastic Feedback. November 22 - December 5, 2004. ECLT, Venice, Italy.

R. M. Füchslin, “Kommunikationsfehler, die gemacht zu haben ein Wissenschaftler eventuell in Betracht ziehen würde”, FhG-Seminar für angehende Wissenschaftsjournalisten, 5. Dezember 2003, Sankt Augustin.

R. M. Füchslin,“Influence of Complex Formantion on Replicase Stabilization”, 38th winterseminar of Manfred Eigen, January 2003 Klosters.

R. M. Füchslin, “Bauingenieurswesen im Informationsraum”, FhG-Seminar für angehende Wissenschaftsjournalisten, 13. Oktober, Sankt Augustin.

R. M. Füchslin, “Origin of genetic information from minority control in a replicating system with mutually catalytic molecules - About a theoretical model of K. Kaneko”. FhG-seminar Jun 2002.

R. M. Füchslin, “Evolution auf dem Computer”, FhG Girls Day 2002.

R. M. Füchslin, “The Influence of Space on Evolutionary Dynamics”, Physics Colloquium Univ. Zürich, Dec 2001.

R. M. Füchslin, “Quantum Computation”, GMD-seminar, Nov. 2000.

R. M. Füchslin, “Molecular State Machines”, GMD-seminar, Jun. 2000.

R. M. Füchslin, “Analytical Calculations in muSR” 31. winter school on nuclear and particle physics, Repino, St. Petersburg, Russia, February 1997.

R. M. Füchslin, “Computersimulation in der Biologie”, Talk in a “Nachdiplomkurs” at the Univ. Zürich, 1997.

R. M. Füchslin, “Anyons, Fractional Statistics and Two Dimensional Physics”, CAP-seminar, Univ. Zürich, 1996.

R. M. Füchslin, “Superfluid Helium”, Physics Colloquium, Zürich, November 1996.

R. M. Füchslin, “Time evolution of quasiparticle and phonon distributions insuperconducting films”, 6th International Conference on Low Temperature Detectors, Beatenberg, Switzerland, August 28 - Septmber 2, 1995.

Patents:

Medical Pump Device, European Patent EP1448252, R. M. Füchslin, M. Weiss, R. Dünki, P. F. Meier, Th. Neff, E. P. Stoll, A. Suter.
(According patents are granted in China and US)

Bioelektrische Vielkanalsteuerung von Molekülen / Biomolekülen mittels einer Niedrigvolt-Digitalsteuerung, PCT/EP03/05417.

Multiplexverfahren zur massiv-parallen Steuerung vonMolekülen/Biomolekülen in Mikrostrukturen, PCT/EP03/05418, PAT042962US.

Schweizerische Patentanmeldung Nr. 857/02 vom 22. Mai 2002, Titel: Medizinische Pumpvorrichtung

Schweizerische Patentanmeldung Nr. 2110/01 vom 16. Nov. 2001, Titel: Medizinische Pumpvorrichtung, according international patent PCT/IB 02/ 04711.
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ueberwachung einer Kathetereinrichtung, Eidgenössisches Patent Nr. 2814/97.

I am noted as a co-inventor in all these patents, in case of patent Nr. 2110/01 resp. PCT/IB 02/ 04711 in leading position. Some of these patents are not anymore upheld by third parties that bought them.