Frank Leymann

Frank Leymann
Frank Leymann
Born (1957-09-25) September 25, 1957
Bochum, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bochum
Known forSoftware Architecture
Large Scale Distributed Systems
Business Process Management
Service-Oriented Architecture
Cloud Computing
Pattern Languages
Quantum Computing
AwardsElected Member, IBM Academy of Technology (1996)

IBM Distinguished Engineer (2000)
Honorary Doctorate, University of Crete (2015)
Elected Member, Academia Europaea (2016)
Fellow, Center of Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST) (2019)
Kurt Gödel Visiting Professor for Quantum Computing, TU Wien (2020)
WSO2 Technology Fellow (2023)
Honorary Professor, TU Wien (2023)

Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Stuttgart, Germany
IBM Research & Development, Germany
University of Bochum, Germany
Thesis Blätterungen von Räumen mit Singularitäten ("Foliations of Spaces with Singularities")  (1984)
Doctoral advisorKarlheinz Spallek

Frank Leymann (25 September 1957 in Bochum) is a German computer scientist and mathematician. He is professor of computer science at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and director and founder of the Institute of Architecture of Application Systems (IAAS).