Nikolay Tcholtchev holds a PhD. in engineering and a diploma degree in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin. He currently works for the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), where he conducts projects in the areas of Smart Cities (Open Urban Platforms), Data Platforms, Network and System Management, Cybersecurity, Autonomic Communications, Virtual and 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 Critical Infrastructure Security Aspects, and Quantum Computing.

The current responsibilities of Nikolay Tcholtchev include the following activities: Team management of the group “Quality Engineering for Urban ICT and Quantum Computing”, technical project management (industrial projects, Horizon Europe, H2020) and reporting (BMBF/BMWK, H2020, Horizon Europe, industrial projects) as well as project acquisition (BMBF/BMWK, Horizon Europe, industrial projects). He also supervises Master's and Bachelor's students in their theses on the above-mentioned topics. Nikolay Tcholtchev is a regular participant in international conferences and publishes regularly in conference proceedings and journals.

Nikolay Tcholtchev coordinates the BMWK EniQmA project, which is a consortium (consisting of the University of Stuttgart, DB Systel, IBM, FU Berlin and Fraunhofer) working on providing methods and tools for the systematic development of hybrid quantum-based systems and services.

In addition, Nikolay Tcholtchev is a recognized reviewer/assessor expert (for signalling, telecommunications and electrical engineering (STE)) of the German Federal Railway Authority with a focus on IT security within the framework of the projects bbIP (bahnbtriebliches IP-Netz) and DSTW (Digitales Stellwerk) of DB Netz AG. Furthermore, he was appointed by the responsible Federal Ministry to a science and innovation advisory board for the implementation of one of the major digitization projects in Germany. With his team, he has carried out a number of projects and studies for the scientific service of the EU Parliament and for the EU Commission, evaluating different technologies and their roles for the development of the European Union.

• Since 02/2020: Head of the group “Quality Engineering for Urban ICT & Quantum Computing” with 15 employees, personnel responsibility, resource and budget planning, project acquisition, customer management, development of the topic quantum computing in the business area Quality Engineering
  
  
• Since 01/2008: Scientist (Senior) and Project Manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) Berlin: Smart Cities (Open Urban Platforms), Network and System Management, Cybersecurity, Autonomous Systems, Virtual and Software-based 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 of Security Aspects

• DIN SPEC 91357 - Reference Architecture Model Open Urban Platforms (OUP)
• DIN SPEC 91367 - Urban mobility data collection for real-time applications
• DIN SPEC 91397 - Guideline for the implementation of digital systems for neighborhood management
• DIN SPEC 91480 (Initiator) - Benchmarking quantum computers
• DIN Smart City Forum
• CEN/CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technologies
• EIP SCC - European Innovation Partnership Smart Cities and Communities
• Morgenstadt - Steering Board Member for Fraunhofer FOKUS in 2018, on behalf of Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker
• Reviewer/Assessor (for signaling, telecommunication and electrical engineering (STE)) of the German Federal Railway Authority with focus on IT security in the context of the projects bbIP (bahnbetriebliches IP-Netz) and DSTW (Digitales Stellwerk) of DB Netz AG
• Member of the Science and Innovation Advisory Board for the implementation of one of the planned major digitization projects in Germany

Participation in scientific peer reviews:

• IEEE Access Journal
• ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing
• Springer Software and Systems Modelling Journal
• SAGE Open Journal
• Springer Journal on Mobile Networks and Applications
• International Journal of Network Management
• IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
• IEEE Micro Journal
• Elsevier Journal on Urban Governance
• MDPI Sustainability
• MDPI Energies
• MDPI Entropy
• International Journal of Green Energy
• AIIPCC 2019 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Information Processing and Cloud Computing
• Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking (EdgeSys)
• DASA: International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications
• eConf: Conference on e-Services and e-Systems
• Evaluator for the development of the SENAI ICT Institute in Recife (Brazil)
• Evaluation services for the EU Commission
• Evaluation services for Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Teaching assignments - supervised bachelor's, master's, and diploma theses and internships:

• Master's thesis, Michell Boerger, “Leveraging Blockchain Technologies to Build Short-Term Energy Flexibility Markets,” December 18, 2020, TU Berlin, Prof. Manfred Hauswirth
• Master's thesis, Denis Rangelov, “Design and Development of a Solar Energy Forecasting Method based on Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques,” June 07, 2021, TU Berlin, Prof. Manfred Hauswirth
• Bachelor thesis, Niclas Kullig, “Prototypical Implementation and Evaluation of a Client Blockchain Component on IoT Devices,” March 07, 2019, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Gober
• Diploma thesis, Rene Richter, “A DevOps-based method for generating test reports suitable for certification,” June, 2019, Free University Berlin, Prof. Katinka Wolter
• Bachelor thesis, Denis Rangelov, “Design and Development of a Front-End and Business Logic Components for Blockchain Utilization in the Energy Domain,” 2019, Technical University Berlin, Prof. Ina Schieferdecker
• Internship report, Niclas Kullig, 2018, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
• Master thesis, Ramon Barakat, “Design and specification of an experimental platform for the transmission of eHealth sensor values in the context of the Next Generation Emergency Call System NG112”, 2018, Technical University Berlin, Prof. Ina Schieferdecker
• Master's thesis, Yuang Chen, “Providing the Infrastructure for SICCT Protocol Tests with Focus on Service Discovery and Pairing,” 2018-07-01, Technical University Berlin, Prof. Ina Schieferdecker
• Bachelor thesis in Cognitive Science, Robert Scholz, “Design and Implementation of a CKAN-Plugin for Data Harvesting to the Hadoop Distributed File System”, October 12th 2015, University of Osnabrück, PD Dr. Helmar Gust
• Master thesis, Philipp Lämmel, “Securing services in the cloud based on the combination of OpenID and OAuth, Berlin”, September 04, 2014, Free University Berlin, Prof. Ina Schieferdecker
• Master's thesis, Faruk Catal, “Development of a framework for visualizing IPv6 packet traversal using the network simulation environment GNS3 as an example”, 2014, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Prof. Edzard Höfig.
• Bachelor thesis, Faruk Catal, “Migration of urban data platforms to the cloud,” April 21, 2013, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Prof. Ina Schieferdecker
• Internship Report, Faruk Catal, 2012, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Computer Engineering BA program.