Dr. Simon Künzli

Work at ZHAW

Management role

Head of Research/Focus Area, Internet of Things

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer Secure IoT Systems

www.zhaw.ch/ines/

Professional development teaching

WBK Security in Embedded Systems

Education and Continuing education

Professional milestones

2006-2010: System Architect R&D, Siemens Building Technologies
2010-2011: Project Manager R&D, Siemens Building Technologies
2011-2012: Head Pre-Development Fire Safety, Siemens Building Technologies
2012-2022: Head Fire Safety Communication Systems, Siemens Smart Infrastructure

Membership of networks

IEEE

Publications

• Schläpfer, Tobias; Lorenz, David; Künzli, Simon,

  2023.

  Dynamic approach to IoT security : a new security solution for IoT [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of Embedded World Conference 2023.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 14-16 March 2023.

  WEKA.

  pp. 261-266.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27992

• Noseda, Mario; Frei, Fabian; Rüst, Andreas; Künzli, Simon,

  2022.

  Rust for secure IoT applications : why C is getting rusty [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 21-23 June 2022.

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25046

• Noseda, Mario; Künzli, Simon,

  2022.

  A quantitative comparison between Renesas’s Trusted Secure IP cryptographic hardware and secure elements : benchmarking crypto acceleration for IoT (cont.).

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25777

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Dissertation
Simon Künzli: Efficient Design Space Exploration for Embedded Systems, Shaker Verlag, ISBN 3-8322-5246-0, Defense date: April 20, 2006

Journal Papers
Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: Modular Design Space Exploration Framework for Embedded Systems, IEE Proceedings Computers & Digital Techniques, Vol. 152, No. 2, pages 183-192, March 2005

Alexander Maxiaguine, Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Evaluating Schedulers for Multimedia Processing on Buffer-Constrained SoC Platforms, IEEE Design & Test, Vol. 21, No. 5, pages 368-377, September/October 2004

Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Andreas Herkersdorf, Patricia Sagmeister: Performance Evaluation of Network Processor Architectures: Combining Simulation with Analytical Estimation, Computer Networks, Vol. 41, No. 5, pages 641-665, April 2003

Conference/Workshop Papers
D. Gutmacher, S. Künzli, U. Hoefer, J. Wöllenstein: Fire Gas Transport Phenomena Beneath Ceilings, In Proceedings of the 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS14), Nuremberg, Germany, May 2012

Andreas Meier, Mehul Motani, Siquan Hu, Simon Künzli: DiMo: Distributed Node Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks, accepted for publication at MSWiM 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 2008

Simon Künzli, Arne Hamann, Rolf Ernst, Lothar Thiele: Combined Approach to System Level Performance Analysis of Embedded Systems, In Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2007), Salzburg, Austria, September 2007

Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Generating Event Traces Based on Arrival Curves, In Proceedings of 13th GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modeling, and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (MMB), Nuremberg, Germany, March 2006

Simon Künzli, Francesco Poletti, Luca Benini, Lothar Thiele: Combining Simulation and Formal Methods for System-Level Performance Analysis, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, March 2006

Eckart Zitzler, Simon Künzli: Indicator-Based Selection in Multiobjective Search, 8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN VIII), Birmingham, UK, September 2004

Alexander Maxiaguine, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Workload Characterization Model for Tasks with Variable Execution Demand, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, France, February 2004

Alexander Maxiaguine, Simon Künzli, Samarjit Chakraborty, Lothar Thiele: Rate Analysis for Streaming Applications with On-chip Buffer Constraints, Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, Japan, January 2004

Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: A General Framework for Analysing System Properties in Platform-Based Embedded System Designs, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, March 2003

Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Approximate Schedulability Analysis, 23rd IEEE International Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), Austin TX, USA, December 2002

Samarjit Chakraborty, Thomas Erlebach, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Schedulability of Event-Driven Code Blocks in Real-Time Embedded Systems, 39th Design Automation Conference (DAC 2002), New Orleans LA, USA, June 2002

Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: A Framework for Evaluating Design Tradeoffs in Packet Processing Architectures, 39th Design Automation Conference (DAC 2002), New Orleans LA, USA, June 2002

Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: Design Space Exploration of Network Processor Architectures, First Workshop on Network Processors at the 8th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA8), Cambridge MA, USA, February 2002

Book Chapters
Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: Multi-criteria decision making in embedded system design, Bookchapter in "System On Chip: Next Generation Electronics", Editor: Bashir Al-Hashimi, IEE Press, pages 3-28

Simon Künzli, Stefan Bleuler, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: A Computer Engineering Benchmark Application for Multiobjective Optimizers, Bookchapter in "Applications of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms", Editors: Carlos A. Coello Coello and Gary B. Lamont, World Scientific Publishing, pages 269-294

Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: Design Space Exploration of Network Processor Architectures , Bookchapter in "Network Processor Design, Issues and Practices, Volume 1", Editors: P. Crowley, M. Franklin, H. Hadimioglu, P. Onufryk, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pages 55-89

Technical Reports
Samarjit Chakraborty, Thomas Erlebach, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Schedulability of Event-Driven Code Blocks in Real-Time Embedded Systems, TIK Report Nr. 130, February 2002

Patents
Berni Imfeld, Simon Künzli, Philipp Blum: Qualitätsbestimmung einer Kommunikationsverbindung in einem funkbetriebenen Multi-Hop Gefahrenmeldesystem, Patent-Nr. EP 2 065 863 B1

Urs Kästli, Simon Künzli: Combination of buses for a danger management system, Patent-Nr. EP 2899708 B1

White Papers
Severin Hafner, Simon Künzli: Wireless Fire Protection Technology, White Paper, July 30th, 2017

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