# Thomas Müller

> München, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2013

**Wikidata**: [Q131624738](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131624738)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/thomas-muller-q131624738

## Summary
Thomas Müller is a computer scientist who completed a doctoral dissertation at the Technical University of Munich in 2013. His PhD work was supervised by Alois C. Knoll and is recorded in academic authority files (GND, VIAF).

## Biography
- Education: Doctorate (Dissertation), Technical University of Munich, 2013.
- Known for: Completion of a doctoral dissertation in computer science at the Technical University of Munich (2013).
- Field(s): Computer science
- Doctoral advisor: Alois C. Knoll
- Identifiers: GND: 1352518007; VIAF: 9578173669187607660009

## Contributions
Thomas Müller's principal documented contribution is his doctoral dissertation, completed at the Technical University of Munich in 2013 under the supervision of Alois C. Knoll. The dissertation is an authored, archived scholarly work formally submitted to TUM and is available through the German NBN resolver (see the TUM dissertation resolver entry referenced in his academic record). As a PhD thesis, it constitutes a formal research output that can be cited by other researchers and incorporated into the scholarly record of computer science. Müller's presence in authority files such as the German National Library (GND: 1352518007) and the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF: 9578173669187607660009) ensures persistent, disambiguated identification of his authorship and supports accurate bibliographic linking in library and academic systems. The documented relationship to advisor Alois C. Knoll situates the dissertation within an identifiable academic lineage.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Thomas Müller?
A: Thomas Müller is a computer scientist who earned a doctoral degree from the Technical University of Munich in 2013.

### Q: When and where did Thomas Müller complete his doctorate?
A: He completed his dissertation at the Technical University of Munich in 2013.

### Q: Who supervised Thomas Müller's doctoral work?
A: His doctoral advisor was Alois C. Knoll.

## Why They Matter
Thomas Müller's recorded academic output matters because a doctoral dissertation is a formal, citable contribution to the body of knowledge in computer science. Completing a PhD at the Technical University of Munich places his work within an established European research institution and links it to an academic lineage through his advisor, Alois C. Knoll. The registration of Müller's identity in authority files (GND and VIAF) provides durable, machine-readable identifiers that enable precise attribution, discovery, and aggregation of his work across library catalogs and bibliographic databases. Without this dissertation and its bibliographic footprint, one specific scholarly contribution and the attendant metadata that supports discovery and citation would be absent from the domain of computer science literature. The documented facts about Müller's doctoral completion and identifiers therefore preserve a verifiable node of authorship and intellectual provenance in the academic record.

## Notable For
- Earning a doctoral degree (dissertation) from the Technical University of Munich in 2013.
- Doctoral supervision by Alois C. Knoll.
- Inclusion in authority control systems: GND ID 1352518007 and VIAF ID 9578173669187607660009.
- Being indexed in TUM's dissertation archive (reference via the NBN resolver).

## Body
### Academic qualification
- Degree: Doctorate (Dissertation) awarded by Technical University of Munich.
- Year: 2013.
- Institutional record: Dissertation entry retrievable via the TUM/NBN resolver referenced in the academic metadata.

### Doctoral supervision
- Doctoral advisor: Alois C. Knoll.
- The advisor–advisee relationship is recorded in academic metadata associated with the dissertation.

### Authorship and archival record
- The dissertation represents Müller's authenticated scholarly authorship at the time of degree submission in 2013.
- The TUM dissertation entry is cited in the structured educational reference for Müller.

### Authority identifiers and bibliographic identity
- GND (German National Library) identifier: 1352518007.
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) identifier: 9578173669187607660009 (as recorded in referenced authority data).
- These identifiers support disambiguation from other individuals with the same name.

### Metadata and references
- Educated at: Technical University of Munich (reference to dissertation metadata).
- The structured record includes the family name "Müller" and notes disambiguation (different_from: Thomas Müller).

## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. [Source](https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20130709-1108068-0-8)
3. Virtual International Authority File