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Arbeitsgruppe Designautomatisierung für Eingebettete Systeme

Dr. rer. nat. Mario Günzel

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Technische Universität Dortmund
Lehrstuhl Informatik 12
Otto-Hahn-Str. 16
44227 Dortmund

Raum E16

Profilbild © Mario Günzel

Kurze Biografie

Mario Günzel erhielt 2019 den M.Sc. in Mathematik und promovierte 2024 am Lehrstuhl für Design Automation of Embedded Systems der TU Dortmund unter der Betreuung von Prof. Dr. Jian-Jia Chen. Seine Forschungsinteressen liegen im Bereich Embedded and Distributed Real-Time Systems. Er veröffentlichte über 30 Artikel in renommierten Zeitschriften und auf Konferenzen, darunter mehrere analytische Ergebnisse zu Self-Suspending Tasks und der End-to-End Latency von Cause-Effect Chains. Zudem erhielt er zwei Best Paper Awards (ECRTS23 und EMSoft24) sowie einen Outstanding Paper Award (RTSS24).

Forschungsinteressen

  • Realzeitsysteme (Real-Time Systems)
  • Eingebettete Systeme (Embedded Systems)
  • Selbst-Suspendierung (Self-Suspension)
  • Planbarkeitsanalyse (Schedulability Tests)
  • Planungsalgorithmen (Scheduling Algorithms)
  • Ende-zu-Ende Zeitanalyse (End-To-End Timing Analysis)
  • Neuronale Netzwerke (Neural Networks)

Education

Working Experience

  • 2019-now Research Assistant, TU Dortmund University, Department of Computer Science, Research Group: Design Automation for Embedded Systems (Prof. Dr. Chen)
  • 2014-2018 Student/scientific assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • 2017 Internship in the field of machinery and equipment, Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund
  • 2009 Internship in the field of chemical laboratory technician, Max-Planck Institute, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Research Visits

  • 01.11.2022-24.02.2023 Interconnected Resource-aware Intelligent Systems (IRIS) group, Eindhoven University of Technology (Geoffrey Nelissen)

Thesis Supervision

If you are interested in a bachelor or master thesis in the field of distributed real-time systems, self-suspension, or end-to-end analysis you are welcome to contact me.

Some suggested topics from my side can be found here: Thesis Topics

Completed Theses:

  • BA: Odometry and IMU Fusion for Pose Estimation, 2024
    GitHub
  • BA: Towards Exact Analysis of EDF-Like Scheduling, 2024
    Thesis GitHub 
  • MA: Evaluation Framework for End-to-End Analysis, 2024

Publications

My full list of publications can also be found on Google Scholar and DBLP.

2024

  • Optimizing Electric Vehicle Scheduling with Charging Guarantees using Flow Models with Local Penalties.
    Leoni Winschermann, Mario Günzel, Kuan-Hsun Chen, and Johann Hurink
    ACM e-Energy, 2025
  • [Dissertation] Property-based timing analysis of distributed real-time systems.
    Mario Günzel
    Dissertation (Open Access)
  • Eliminating Timing Anomalies in Scheduling Periodic Segmented Self-Suspending Tasks with Release Jitter.
    Ching-Chi Lin, Mario Günzel, Junjie Shi, Tristan Taylan Seidl, Kuan-Hsun Chen, and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2409.09061, 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
  • End-To-End Latency of Cause-Effect Chains: A Tutorial.
    Mario Günzel, Harun Teper, Georg von der Brüggen, and Jian-Jia Chen
    ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
  • [Outstanding Paper] CAA: A Probabilistic Correlation-Aware Analysis of Periodic Tasks.
    Filip Markovic, Georg von der Brüggen, Mario Günzel, Jian-Jia Chen, and Björn Brandenburg
    In 45th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2024
    Preprint
  • RTA for Limited-Preemptive Self-Suspending and Event-Driven Delay-Induced Tasks.
    Srinidhi Srinivasan, Mario Günzel, and Geoffrey Nelissen
    In 45th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2024
  • [Best Paper Award] Thread Carefully: Preventing Starvation in the ROS 2 Multithreaded Executor.
    Harun Teper, Daniel Kuhse, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen, Falk Howar, and Jian-Jia Chen
    In International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2024
    Preprint Paper (Open Access) Source Code
  • Towards Enabling Synchronous Releases for Periodic Tasks in RTEMS.
    Tristan Seidl, Mario Günzel, Jian-Jia Chen, and Kuan-Hsun Chen
    In Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time applications (OSPERT), 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Tighter Worst-Case Response Time Bounds for Jitter-Based Self-Suspension Analysis.
    Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen, and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Self-Suspension Strikes Back
    Jian-Jia Chen, Mario Günzel, and Georg von der Brüggen
    Keynote at RTSOPS 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
  • DAG Scheduling with Execution Groups.
    Junjie Shi, Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2024
    Paper Preprint
  • End-To-End Timing Analysis and Optimization of Multi-Executor ROS 2 Systems.
    Harun Teper, Tobias Betz, Mario Günzel, Dominic Ebner, Georg von der Brüggen, Johannes Betz, Jian-Jia Chen
    In 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2024
    Paper Preprint
  • Sync or Sink? The Robustness of Sensor Fusion against Temporal Misalignment.
    Daniel Kuhse, Nils Hölscher, Mario Günzel, Harun Teper, Georg von der Brüggen, Jian-Jia Chen, Ching-Chi Lin
    In 30th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2024
    Paper Preprint
  • Dawn of the Dead(line Misses): Impact of Job Dismiss on the Deadline Miss Rate.
    Jian-Jia Chen, Mario Günzel, Peter Bella, Georg von der Brüggen, and Kuan-Hsun Chen
    CoRR abs/2401.15503, 2024
    Paper (Open Access)
     

2023

  • Priority Point Exploration in EDF-Like Scheduling for Self-Suspending Tasks.
    Mario Günzel
    , Kuan-Hsun Chen, Jian-Jia Chen, and Ching-Chi Lin
    Workshop on OPtimization for Embedded and ReAl-time systems (OPERA)
    co-located with the 44th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2023

    Paper (Open Access) Preprint Slides
  • Probabilistic Reaction Time Analysis. 
    Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Georg von der Brüggen, Jian-Jia Chen
    In International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2023
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Poster Presentation: Parameter Optimization for EDF-Like Scheduling of Self-Suspending Tasks.
    Mario Günzel and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 29th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), 2023
    Paper
  • [Best Paper Award] On the Equivalence of Maximum Reaction Time and Maximum Data Age for Cause-Effect Chains.
    Mario Günzel, Harun Teper, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 35th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2023
    Paper (Open Access) Preprint
  • Compositional Timing Analysis of Asynchronized Distributed Cause-effect Chains.
    Mario Günzel, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Niklas Ueter, Georg von der Brüggen, Marco Dürr and Jian-Jia Chen
    ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 2023
    Paper (Open Access) Source Code
  • Lightning Talk: Property-Based Timing Analysis and Optimization for Complex Cyber-Physical Real-Time Systems.
    Jian-Jia Chen, Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Tei-Wei Kuo
    In 60th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2023
    Paper
  • Scheduling Periodic Segmented Self-Suspending Tasks without Timing Anomalies.
    Ching-Chi Lin, Mario Günzel, Junjie Shi, Tristan Taylan Seidl, Kuan-Hsun Chen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 29th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2023
    Paper Source Code
  • Parallel Path Progression DAG Scheduling.
    Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2023
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Timing Analysis of Cause-Effect Chains with Heterogeneous Communication Mechanisms.
    Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter, Kuan-Hsun Chen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 31st International Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS), 2023
    Paper (Open Access) Source Code

2022

  • End-To-End Timing Analysis in ROS2.
    Harun Teper, Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 43rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2022
    Paper Preprint Artifact
  • Critical instant for probabilistic timing guarantees: Refuted and revisited.
    Kuan-Hsun Chen, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 43rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2022
    Paper Preprint Artifact
  • EDF-Like Scheduling for Self-Suspending Real-Time Tasks.
    Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen, Kuan-Hsun Chen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 43rd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2022
    Paper Preprint Artifact
  • Type-aware Federated Scheduling for Typed DAG Tasks on Heterogeneous Multicore Platforms.
    Ching-Chi Lin, Junjie Shi, Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel, Jan Reineke and Jian-Jia Chen
    IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2022
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Parallel Path Progression DAG Scheduling.
    Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2208.11830, 2022
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Unikernel-Based Real-Time Virtualization under Deferrable Servers: Analysis and Realization.
    Kuan-Hsun Chen, Mario Günzel, Boguslaw Jablkowski, Markus Buschhoff and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 34th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2022
    Paper (Open Access) Artifact

2021

  • EDF-Like Scheduling for Self-Suspending Real-Time Tasks.
    Mario Günzel, Kuan-Hsun Chen and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2111.09725, 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Universal Approximation Theorems of Fully Connected Binarized Neural Networks.
    Mikail Yayla, Mario Günzel, Burim Ramosaj and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2102.02631, 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • End-to-End Processing Chain Analysis.
    Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Georg von der Brüggen, Junjie Shi and Jian-Jia Chen
    Industry Challenge of 42nd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Work-in-Progress: Evaluation Framework for Self-Suspending Schedulability Tests.
    Mario Günzel, Harun Teper, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 42nd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2021
    Paper Preprint Artifact 
  • Suspension-Aware Fixed-Priority Schedulability Test with Arbitrary Deadlines and Arrival Curves.
    Mario Günzel, Niklas Ueter and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 42nd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2021
    Paper Preprint Source Code
  • Response-Time Analysis and Optimization for Probabilistic Conditional Parallel DAG Tasks.
    Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 42nd IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2021
    Paper
  • Response-Time Analysis and Optimization for Probabilistic Conditional Parallel DAG Tasks.
    Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2101.11053, 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Timing Analysis of Asynchronized Distributed Cause-Effect Chains.
    Mario Günzel, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Niklas Ueter, Georg von der Brüggen, Marco Dürr and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 27th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), 2021
    Paper Preprint
  • Hard Real-Time Stationary GANG-Scheduling.
    Niklas Ueter, Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 33rd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Margin-Maximization in Binarized Neural Networks for Optimizing Bit Error Tolerance.
    Sebastian Buschjäger, Jian-Jia Chen, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Mario Günzel, Christian Hakert, Katharina Morik, Rodion Novkin, Lukas Pfahler and Mikail Yayla
    In Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2021
    Paper Preprint
  • Bit Error Tolerance Metrics for Binarized Neural Networks.
    Sebastian Buschjäger, Jian-Jia Chen, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Mario Günzel, Katharina Morik, Rodion Novkin, Lukas Pfahler and Mikail Yayla
    CoRR abs/2102.01344, 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • HEART: Hybrid Memory and Energy-Aware Real-Time Scheduling for Multi-Processor Systems.
    Mario Günzel, Christian Hakert, Kuan-Hsun Chen and Jian-Jia Chen
    In 21th International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2021
    Paper (Open Access)
  • A note on slack enforcement mechanisms for self-suspending tasks.
    Mario Günzel and Chen, Jian-Jia
    Real Time Systems Journal, 2021
    Paper (Open Access)

2020

  • Towards Explainable Bit Error Tolerance of Resistive RAM-Based Binarized Neural Networks.
    Sebastian Buschjäger, Jian-Jia Chen, Kuan-Hsun Chen, Mario Günzel, Christian Hakert, Katharina Morik, Rodion Novkin, Lukas Pfahler and Mikail Yayla
    CoRR abs/2002.00909, 2020
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Suspension-Aware Earliest-Deadline-First Scheduling Analysis.
    Mario Günzel, Georg von der Brüggen and Jian-Jia Chen
    20th International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2020
    Paper (Open Access)
  • Correspondence Article: Counterexample for suspension-aware schedulability analysis of EDF scheduling.
    Mario Günzel and Jian-Jia Chen
    Real Time Systems Journal, 2020
    Paper (Open Access)
  • On Schedulability Analysis of EDF Scheduling by Considering Suspension as Blocking.
    Mario Günzel and Jian-Jia Chen
    CoRR abs/2001.05747, 2020
    Paper (Open Access)

 

Awards and Qualifications

  • Outstanding Paper Award
    IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2024
  • Best Paper Award
    ACM SIGBED International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT), 2024
  • Best Paper Award
    Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2023
  • Award for outstanding final thesis
    Awarded by the Alumni Association ALMA MATH e.V. for the bachelor thesis, 2017
  • UDE Scholarship
    Awarded by the University of Duisburg-Essen, 2014--2019
  • GDCh-Abitur award
    Awared by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V., 2014
  • JGW Student Academy
    Workshop on Neutrinophysics, 2013

Invited Talks and Lectures

  • Recent Results and Challenges of Distributed Real-Time Systems
    Invited Talk at ReTiS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, 27.11.2024
  • Property-Based Timing Analysis of Distributed Real-Time Systems
    Invited Talk at Chair of Real Time Systems, RPTU Kaiserslautern, 09.10.2024
  • Self-Suspension Strikes Back 
    Keynote RTSOPS 2024, with Jian-Jia Chen and Georg von der Brüggen, 09.07.2024
  • End-to-End Analysis
    Lecture for Real-Time Systems and Applications 2024, TU Dortmund, 14.06.2024
  • Timing Analysis of Distributed Real-Time Systems
    Invited Talk at CAES group, University of Twente, 12.04.2024
  • End-to-End Analysis of Cause-Effect Chains
    Invited Talk at Chair of Cyber-physical Systems in Production Engineering, TU Munich, 06.11.2023
  • Shared Resource Access Protocols
    Lecture for 2IMN20 Real-Time Systems, TU Eindhoven, 02.12.2022  
  • EDF-Like Scheduling for Self-Suspending Real-Time Tasks
    Invited Talk at IRIS group, TU Eindhoven, 18.11.2022

Chair

  • Poster Co-Chair
    IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Application (RTCSA), 2024
  • Publicity Chair
    Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2024
  • Discussant
    Workshop on OPtimization for Embedded and ReAl-time systems (OPERA), in RTSS, 2023
  • Session chair
    IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), 2023
  • Workshop Chair
    Junior Researcher Workshop on Real-Time Computing (JRWRTC), in RTNS, 2023

Technical Program Committee

  • RTAS Brief Presentation, 2025
  • Workshop on OPtimization for Embedded and ReAl-time systems (OPERA), 2024
  • Workshop on OPtimization for Embedded and ReAl-time systems (OPERA), 2023

Artifact Evaluation Committee Member

  • Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2024
  • IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), 2023
  • Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS), 2023

Journal Reviewer

  • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Journal of Systems Architecture
  • The Journal of Supercomputing

Subreviewer

For several conferences, including: EMSoft 2023, RTAS 2024, EMSoft 2024, ICCAD 2024, RTSS 2024, RTAS 2025