Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology as well as in the Department of Computer Science at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. From 2002 to 2004, he managed the department as dean. Since 1996, he is managing director of the "Multimedia Communications Lab" and until end of 2001, he directed a Fraunhofer Institute. In 1999, he founded the Hessian Telemedia Technology Competence Center and holds a chair position.
He is the author and co-author of more than 550 publications. He has edited and co-written a multimedia course which reflects the major issues of the first in-depth technical book on multimedia technology. He has served as editor of various IEEE, ACM and other journals. He was awarded as Fellow of both, the IEEE and the ACM. He is a member of the Scientific Council and president of the Board of Trustees of the international research institute IMDEA Networks, Madrid, Spain.
In 2005, he became a member of the Technology Advisory Board of Hessen and serves as Hessen's Advisor for Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
