Robert studied Electrical Engineering at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. He received his diploma in 1993. Joining Rohde & Schwarz for a first period of practice he was involved in the introduction of digital cordless phones in Germany. Since 1995 he has been with Siemens AG in Munich. After 7 years of hard- and software development he entered the mobile network division in 2001. In 2007 he joined Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and has mainly been involved in the area of identity management, reliability, service access control and simplified access to services. He was responsible for several European funded projects and heading a group on Identity Management within NSN research. Today Mr. Seidl works in the research group of Nokia Bell Labs and is heading a team responsible for AI, ML, Data Analytics and Privacy. He is also in the Board of Directors of the EU Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and a member of the steering group of the NESSI ETP.