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Dr. Miles Stötzner

  • DevOps Engineer
  • Platform Engineer
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • Software Engineer

Experience ​

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  1. DevOps Engineer
    Since 2025 · Almato AI GmbH, part of Datagroup SE
  2. Research Associate
    2021 – 2025 · University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems (IAAS), then Software Quality and Architecture Group (SQA) at the Institute of Software Engineering (ISTE)
  3. DevSecOps Engineer
    2019 – 2021 · smark GmbH, first 20 hours per week, then full-time
  4. Student Assistant
    2017 – 2019 · University of Stuttgart, Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS)
  5. IT Soldier
    2014 – 2015 · Bundeswehr, Franco-German Brigade (DEU-FRA), voluntary military service (FWDL)

Education ​

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  1. Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
    2026 · University of Stuttgart
    Infrastructure-as-code and variability management. Thesis: A Method to Manage the Deployment Variability of Applications across Deployment Technologies
    DOI 10.18419/opus-19323
  2. Master of Science, Computer Science
    2021 · University of Stuttgart
    Information security and architecture of application systems. Thesis: Design of an Android App2App Redirect Flow for the FAPI 2.0 Standard
    DOI 10.18419/opus-11505
  3. Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
    2018 · University of Stuttgart
    Information security. Thesis: On the (In)Security of the W3C Web Authentication Draft
    DOI 10.18419/opus-10372

Security Clearances ​

Not publicly disclosed.

Publications ​

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2025

  1. A Method for the Quality-Aware Automated Selection of Deployment Technologies
    Miles Stötzner, Niklas Krieger, Sandro Speth, Marcel Weller, Steffen Becker, Benjamin Weder, Jacopo Soldani, Valentin Morlock
    Software: Practice and Experience, 55(11)
    JournalDOI 10.1002/spe.70012

2024

  1. Hosting-Aware Pruning of Components in Deployment Models
    Miles Stötzner, Sandro Speth, Steffen Becker
    14th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2024)
    ConferenceDOI 10.5220/0012671900003711
  2. Pruning Modes for Deployment Models: From Manual Modeling to Automated Removal of Elements and Their Implications
    Miles Stötzner, Sandro Speth, Steffen Becker
    14th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2024)
    ConferenceDOI 10.5220/0012568300003711

2023

  1. A Systematic Technology Review of General-Purpose Open-Source TOSCA Orchestrators
    Miles Stötzner, Steffen Becker, Lukas Harzenetter, Frank Leymann, Benjamin Weder, Uwe Breitenbücher, Oliver Kopp, Kevin Klein, Jacopo Soldani
    IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '23)
    ConferenceDOI 10.1145/3603166.3632130
  2. Enhancing Deployment Variability Management by Pruning Elements in Deployment Models
    Miles Stötzner, Floriment Klinaku, Robin D. Pesl, Steffen Becker
    IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '23)
    ConferenceDOI 10.1145/3603166.3632143
  3. Managing the Variability of Component Implementations and Their Deployment Configurations Across Heterogeneous Deployment Technologies
    Miles Stötzner, Uwe Breitenbücher, Robin D. Pesl, Steffen Becker
    Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2023), LNCS
    ConferenceDOI 10.1007/978-3-031-46846-9_4
  4. Using Variability4TOSCA and OpenTOSCA Vintner for Holistically Managing Deployment Variability
    Miles Stötzner, Uwe Breitenbücher, Robin D. Pesl, Steffen Becker
    Demonstration Track at CoopIS 2023, CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol. 3552
    DemoPublisher

2022

  1. Modeling Different Deployment Variants of a Composite Application in a Single Declarative Deployment Model
    Miles Stötzner, Steffen Becker, Uwe Breitenbücher, Kálmán Képes, Frank Leymann
    Algorithms, 15(10)
    JournalDOI 10.3390/a15100382

Open Source ​

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Subtenancy

System for managing the subtenancies of the Straussi3 student dormitory.

OpenTOSCA Vintner

TOSCA preprocessing and management layer that resolves deployment variability and deploys applications through orchestrator plugins. The prototype behind my research on deployment variability.

ghostfolio-importer

Imports transactions from Scalable Capital and Trade Republic into Ghostfolio.

docker-vcan

Demo that connects two applications in containers on different hosts through a virtual CAN.

Free Time ​

  • Sports
    Strength training and running
  • Design
    Media design for print and web
  • Volunteering
    Development, maintenance and operation of the system for managing the subtenancies of the Straussi3 student dormitory