Nikolay Tcholtchev

Nikolay Tcholtchev

Nikolay Tcholtchev (PhD) is a Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Competence Center SQC.

Education & Career

Nikolay Tcholtchev holds a PhD in engineering and a diploma in computer science from the Berlin University of Technology. He is currently working for the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) where he leads and participates in projects related to the areas of Smart Cities (Open Urban Platforms), Network and Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Autonomic Communications, Virtual und Softwarized Networks and Testbeds, VoIP Emergency Communication (NG112), Blockchain, Smart Energy, Firewall/IDS/IPS, Model-Checking, IPv4/6, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Model-based Testing and Testing for Security purposes. Furthermore, his current tasks include: technical project management (industrial projects, H2020, EU-FP6/FP7 …) and reporting (H2020, EU-FP7, industrial projects) as well as project acquisition (H2020, BMBF, industrial projects). Additionally, Nikolay Tcholtchev supervises master and bachelor students in the course of their theses in relation to the above listed topics. Nikolay Tcholtchev is a regular participant at international conferences and publishes on regular basis in peer reviewed proceedings and journals.

  • Since 01/2008: Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) in Berlin: Smart Cities (Open Urban Platforms), Network and Systems Management, Cybersecurity, Autonomic Communications, Virtual und Softwarized Networks and Testbeds, VoIP Emergency Communication (NG112), Blockchain, Smart Energy, Firewall/IDS/IPS, Model-Checking, IPv4/6, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Model-based Testing and Testing for Security purposes
  • 04/2007 – 10/2007: Software Engineer at Nokia Siemens Networks Berlin
  • 10/2006 – 03/2007: Software Engineer in Research & Development, Student Assistant at Siemens Networks in Berlin
  • 06/2003 – 10/2006: Software Engineer in Research & Development, Quality Assurance, Department Software Technology & Tooling Siemens ICM/COM in Berlin

Expertise & Areas of Interest

  • Smart Cities – Open Data, Open Urban Platforms, Mobility-as-a-Service, IoT
  • Model-checking
  • Network and Systems Management
  • Virtual und Softwarized Networks and Testbeds,
  • VoIP Emergency Communication (NG112)
  • Blockchain
  • Cybersecurity – Firewall/IDS/IPS
  • IPv6 Testing and Simulation
  • Model-based Testing with UML2.0 and TTCN-3
  • IPv4/v6 & Ethernet – Configuration and Faultmanagement
  • Network Simulation – IP-Addressing and Routing in GNS3, OMNET++ …
  • Autonomic Systems Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Future Internet – clean slate and evolutionary approaches
  • Fault-Tolerance and Resilience in Distributed Systems
  • Expertise on testbed setups and experimental platforms for IP based networks
  • Test-Management
  • Software-, Network- and Test-Architecture
  • Project Management

Projects

Current Projects:

  • H2020 Triangulum – Definition of an ICT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities
  • WindNODE – Utilization of Blockchain for the Smart Energy domain
  • H2020 FORTIKA – Cybersecurity for SMEs (Firewall/IDS/IPS)
  • H2020 EMYNOS – NG 112 VoIP Emergency Communication and IoT Integration
  • Consulting for German and European Cities relating to Smart City technology, Open Urban Platforms and ICT Reference Architecures for sustainable development
  • Organisation of Workshops presenting relevant Smart City topics to industry and city administrations
  • Study/Consulting for Blockchain in International Trade and Supply Chains for key European Insititutions

Previous Projects:

  • Smart Cities & Open Urban Platforms
  • Open Cities – European project on open technological infrastructures for Smart Cities
  • Gemo – Collaborative e-Mobility in Urban Areas of the Future
  • OGDD – Open Government Data Germany
  • GovData.DE – the Open Governmental Data portal for Germany
  • Daten.berlin.de – the Open Data Portal for the city of Berlin
  • ProSeMo – Proactive Seemless Mobility (competition phase)
  • Netzdaten-berlin.de – an energy Open Data Portal for Berlin
  • European Innovation Partnership Smart Citites and Communities (EIP SCC) – regular participant at the networking events, involved in the initial work stream on defining an ICT Reference Architecture for Smart Cities and Communities
  • DIN SPEC 91357 – Reference Architecture Model Open Urban Platform (OUP)
  • DIN SPEC 91367 – Urban mobility data collection for real-time applications
  • Urban Data Spaces – a study, concept and definition of an Urban Data Space on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • Morgenstadt – City of the Future network of the Fraunhofer society
  • Cybersecurity & Quality Assurance
  • DIAMONDS – Development and Industrial Application of Multi-Domain Security Testing Technologies
  • Industrial project with focus on Model-Checking for a firewall implementation within a large telecom infrastructure
  • Industrial project with focus on defining a security function for an industrial IoT solution and corresponding pre-standardization activities
  • Industrial project with focus on functional and security testing of a key decentralized component for a large scale telecom infrastructure
  • Network and Telecommunication Technology & Network and Systems Management
  • EFIPSANS – Autonomic Network and Systems Management in IPv6 networks
  • Autonomic Network Architecture (ANA)
  • Industrial Projects within the IPv6 Test Lab
  • IPv6 phase 2 for public administration – Routing, Addressing and Network Simulation for Security based Policy based Routing within the German public administration
  • Industrial project with focus on load and performance testing of a key decentralized component for a large scale telecom infrastructure
  • Bizware – Model and Software Factory

Participations & Memberships

  • DIN SPEC 91357
  • DIN SPEC 91367
  • EIP SCC
  • Morgenstadt – steering board representative member for Fraunhofer FOKUS in 2018, on behalf of Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker
  • BITKOM – WG Smart City / Smart Region