Bennet Gerlach


University of Lübeck
Institute of Telematics
Ratzeburger Allee 160

23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, 2nd Floor, Raum 37

Email:bgerlach(at)itm.uni-luebeck.de
Phone:+49 451 3101 6416
Fax:+49 451 3101 6404

CV

  • Born April 20th, 1990 in Berlin, Germany
  • 2009: Abitur at the Gymnasium am Mühlenberg, Bad Schwartau
  • 2013: Bachelor of Science Informatik - Universität zu Lübeck
  • 2016: Master of Science Informatik - Universität zu Lübeck
  • 01.02.2017-31.03.2020: research assistant at the Institute of Telematics, in the working group of Prof. Dr. Andreas Schrader in the projects BMBF Activate, Cisco/Ambient Care, ReNaApp
  • since 01.09.2020: research assistant at the Institute of Telematics for Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer

 

Research Interests

  • Distributed Deep Neural Networks
  • Neural Architecture Search
  • Explainable AI
  • Memory-Augmented Neural Networks, Neural Turing Machines
  • Algorithmics, Complexity Theory
  • Theorem Provers, Type Systems, Intuitionistic Logic
  • Ultra-Large-Scale Systems

Projects

  • ACTIVATE
  • Ambient Care
  • ReNaApp

Teaching

Lectures:

  • Einführung in die Programmierung (WS20/21)

Lecture exercises:

  • Grundlagen Multimediatechnik - CS1601 (WS17/18, WS18/19)
  • Medienübertragung – CS4555 (SS17, SS18, SS19)

Projects:

  • Ambient Computing Projekt zu CS4503 (WS17/18, WS18/19, WS19/20)

Publications

2022

  • Florian-Lennert Lau and Bennet Gerlach and Regine Wendt and Stefan Fischer: Towards Personalized Precision Medicine Using DNA-Based Molecular Communication Networks. in 9th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2022 (ACM NanoCom`22), Barcelona Catalunya Spain, Octobre, 2022
    BibTeX
    @INPROCEEDINGS{Lau22102,
    AUTHOR={Florian-Lennert Lau and Bennet Gerlach and Regine Wendt and Stefan Fischer},
    TITLE={Towards Personalized Precision Medicine Using {DNA-Based} Molecular
    Communication Networks},
    BOOKTITLE={9th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
    2022 (ACM NanoCom'22)},
    ADDRESS={Barcelona Catalunya Spain},
    YEAR={2022},
    month={Octobre},
    days={5-7},
    KEYWORDS={DNA, molecular communication, nanonetworks, nano communication,
    nanomedicine, ncn, lau, flau},
    ABSTRACT={One of the biggest problems in modern medicine is diagnosing
    deviations from an individual norm. Most diagnostic
    methods rely on comparison with a population
    average. However, this does not account for personal
    variations. DNA-based nanonetworks offer an alternative
    approach. This paper presents a novel DNA-based
    nanonetwork architecture that measures several individual
    health parameters and memorizes them. Based on
    that, the network determines deviations from that norm
    and communicates them to an external agent."
    }}
  • Börge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader: Self-Organizing and Self-Explaining Pervasive Environments by Connecting Smart Objects and Applications. Technologies, no. 10, pp. 15, feb,, 2022
    BibTeX Link Datei
    @article{KordtsSelfOrganizingSelfExplainingPervasive2022,
      title = {Self-{{Organizing}} and {{Self-Explaining Pervasive Environments}} by {{Connecting Smart Objects}} and {{Applications}}},
      author = {B{\"o}rge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader},
      year = {2022},
      month ={feb},
      journal = {Technologies},
      volume = {10},
      number = {1},
      pages = {15},
      doi = {10.3390/technologies10010015},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies10010015},
      copyright = {http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/},
      langid = {english},
      keywords = {ambient applications,ensembling,self-organisation,self-reflection,smart object guidance}
    }

2021

  • Börge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader: Towards Self-Explaining Ambient Applications. in The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, pp. 383–390, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2021
    BibTeX Link Datei
    @inproceedings{KordtsTowardsSelfExplainingApps2021,
    author = {B\"{o}rge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader},
    title = {Towards Self-Explaining Ambient Applications},
    booktitle = {The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference  (PETRA 2021},
    year = {2021},
    month = {June},
    pages  = {383--390},
    isbn = {9781450387927},
    publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
    address = {New York, NY, USA},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3453892.3461325},
    doi = {10.1145/3453892.3461325},
    abstract = { In the past decade, pervasive environments have emerged from promising research concepts to available products present in our everyday lives. By connecting multiple smart objects, device ensembles can be formed to assist users in performing tasks. Furthermore, smart objects can be used to control applications, that, in turn, can be used to control other smart objects. While dynamically connecting these components allows for solutions tailored to the needs and respective tasks of a user, it obfuscates the handling and ultimately may decrease usability. Self-descriptions have been proposed to overcome this issue for ensembles of smart objects. For a more extensive approach, descriptions of applications in pervasive environments need to be addressed as well. Based on previous research in the context of self-explainability of smart objects, we propose a description language as well as a framework to support self-explaining ambient applications (applications that are used within smart environments). The framework can be used to dynamically connect smart objects as well as ambient applications and to realize self-explainability for these interconnected device and application ensembles. },
    booktitle = {The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference},
    pages = {383–390},
    numpages = {8},
    keywords = {ambient applications, smart object guidance, self-reflection},
    location = {Corfu, Greece}
    }

2020

  • Swantje Seismann-Petersen, Bennet Gerlach, Michael Sengpiel, Emma Schlegel, Nicole Jochems, Andreas Schrader, Sascha Köpke: Ambient Care – Digitale Unterstützungssysteme in der Wundversorgung. Österreichische Pflegezeitschrift, no. 73, pp. 31-35, Österreichischer Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeverband-Förderverein (ÖGKV-FV), 2020
    BibTeX Datei
    @article{Schrader2020,
      author = {Swantje Seismann-Petersen, Bennet Gerlach, Michael Sengpiel, Emma Schlegel, Nicole Jochems, Andreas Schrader, Sascha K\"opke}, 
      title = {{Ambient Care – Digitale Unterstützungssysteme in der Wundversorgung}}, 
      journal = {Österreichische Pflegezeitschrift},
      volume = {73},
      issue = {2},
      pages = {31--35},
      year = {2020},
      issn = {2071-1042},
      doi = {},
      url = {},
      publisher = {Österreichischer Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeverband-Förderverein (ÖGKV-FV)}
    }

2019

  • S. Seismann-Petersen and M. Sengpiel and B. Gerlach and S. Köpke: Digitale Technik im Krankenhaus - Querschnittstudie zu den Nutzermerkmalen beruflich Pflegender. in Zukunft der Pflege. Tagungsband der 2. Clusterkonferenz Innovative Technologien für die Pflege, pp. 10-11, September, 2019
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{Seismann-Petersen2019c,
      author = {S. Seismann-Petersen and M. Sengpiel and B. Gerlach and S. Köpke},
     title = {Digitale Technik im Krankenhaus - Querschnittstudie zu den Nutzermerkmalen beruflich     Pflegender},
     booktitle = {{Zukunft der Pflege. Tagungsband der 2. Clusterkonferenz Innovative Technologien für die Pflege}},
      year = {2019},
      month = {September},
      day = {16},
      pages = {10-11},
      address = {Berlin, Germany},
      langid = {german},
    }
  • S. Seismann-Petersen and B. Gerlach and M. Sengpiel and S. Köpke: Wundversorgung im ambienten Raum (AMBIENT CARE). in European Nursing Informatics 2019 (ENI 2019), Flensburg, Germany, September, 2019
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{Seismann-Petersen2019b,
      author = {S. Seismann-Petersen and B. Gerlach and M. Sengpiel and S. Köpke},
      title = {Wundversorgung im ambienten Raum (AMBIENT CARE)},
      booktitle = {{European Nursing Informatics 2019 (ENI 2019), Flensburg, Germany}},
      langid = {german},
      year = {2019},
      month = {September},
      day = {5}
    }
  • Swantje Seismann-Petersen, Michael Sengpiel, Angelika Schley, Bennet Gerlach and Sascha Köpke: Ambient Care – Fragebogenstudie zu den Nutzermerkmalen beruflich Pflegender im Krankenhaus (Poster). in 20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin e. V., Berlin, 21.-23.03., 2019
    BibTeX
    @Article{EBM2019,
    author = {Swantje Seismann-Petersen, Michael Sengpiel, Angelika Schley, Bennet Gerlach and Sascha Köpke},
    title = {Ambient Care – Fragebogenstudie zu den Nutzermerkmalen beruflich Pflegender im Krankenhaus (Poster)},
    booktitle={20. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin e. V.},
    address={Berlin},
    year = {2019},
    month={21.-23.03.},
    doi={https://www.egms.de/static/en/meetings/ebm2019/19ebm125.shtml}
    }
    
  • Benjamin Paulsen and Börge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader: Towards General-Purpose Sensing in Medical Care. in Proceedings of the Student Conference of the BioMedTec Science Camous Lübeck 2019, Infinite Science Publishing, 2019
    BibTeX
    @inproceedings{PaulsenTowardsGeneralPurposeSensing2019,
     author = {Benjamin Paulsen and Börge Kordts and Bennet Gerlach and Andreas Schrader},
     title = {Towards {{General}}-{{Purpose Sensing}} in {{Medical Care}}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the Student Conference of the BioMedTec Science Camous Lübeck 2019},
     year = {2019},
     date = {6.-8. March},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Infinite Science Publishing},
     organization = {Infinite Science Publishing}  
    }

2018

  • D. Burmeister and B. Gerlach and A. Schrader: Formal Definition of the Smart Object Matching Problem. Procedia Computer Science, in The 8th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT`2018), no. 130, pp. 302-309, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., May 2018, 2018
    BibTeX Link
    @Conference{Burmeister2018a,
      author        = {D. Burmeister and B. Gerlach and A. Schrader},
      title         = {{Formal Definition of the Smart Object Matching Problem}},
      booktitle     = {The 9th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT'2018)},
     journal = {Procedia Computer Science},
     volume = {130},
     number = {C},
     year = {2018},
     month = {May 2018},
     pages = {302--309},
     numpages = {8},
     issn = {1877-0509},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.043},
     doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.043},
     acmid = {3223589},
     publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.},
      year          = {2018},
      date-added    = {2018-06-04 08:28:52 +0000},
      date-modified = {2018-06-04 08:28:52 +0000},
    }
  • S. Seismann-Petersen and K. Silies and B. Gerlach and K. Balzer and S. Koepke: Das ambiente Patientenzimmer der Zukunft: eine explorative qualitative Bedarfsanalyse. in ZdP 2018: Zukunft der Pflege - Innovative Technik für die Praxis, Oldenburg, 2018
    BibTeX
    @conference{Seismann-Petersen2018,
            Author = {S. Seismann-Petersen and K. Silies and B. Gerlach and K. Balzer and S. Koepke},
            Title = { Das ambiente Patientenzimmer der Zukunft: eine explorative qualitative Bedarfsanalyse },
            Booktitle = {ZdP 2018: Zukunft der Pflege - Innovative Technik f{\"u}r die Praxis},
            Address = {Oldenburg},
            Year = {2018},
            Date-Added = {2018-06-04 08:28:52 +0000},
            Date-Modified = {2018-06-04 08:35:23 +0000}
    }
              

2017

  • Florian Lau and Florian Büther and Bennet Gerlach: Computational Requirements for Nano-Machines: There is Limited Space at the Bottom. in 4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2017 (ACM NanoCom`17), pp. 11:1-11:6, ACM, Washington DC, USA, August, 2017
    BibTeX Link Datei
    @inproceedings{Lau2017Computational,
    author={Florian Lau and Florian Büther and Bennet Gerlach},
    title={Computational Requirements for {Nano-Machines:} There is Limited Space at the Bottom},
    booktitle={4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2017 (ACM NanoCom'17)},
    address={Washington DC, USA},
    year={2017},
    days={27},
    month={August},
    pages={11:1--11:6},
    publisher={ACM},
    url={https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3109453.3109458},
    doi={10.1145/3109453.3109458},
    keywords={Nanonetworks; Computational Complexity; Space-Complexity;Nano-Machines,NCN, flau},
    abstract={Akyildiz et al. envisioned the use of nanonetworks as a new paradigm for computation on a very small scale. Since then, many scientists researched dependent aspects like nanoscale communication. However, most research omitted specifying the computational complexity required for their respective scenarios. To close this gap, we analyzed numerous medical scenarios and extracted the formal problems to be solved. We then compared the resulting formal problems using computational complexity theory and displayed them sorted into the classes AC 0, NC 1 and L. Lastly, we describe the benefits of our results for simulation purposes and to better assess the feasibility of nanonetwork scenarios.}
    }