Clemens Krainer

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Clemens Krainer is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of autonomous systems, urban mobility, and cloud computing infrastructure. He has made notable contributions to the emerging field of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), particularly in addressing the complex regulatory and operational challenges of integrating drones into smart city environments. His 2015 paper on drones in smart cities, which has garnered 33 citations, examines how air traffic control research can help overcome the barriers to deploying self-flying vehicles at scale, situating drones within the broader transformation of transportation microeconomics driven by vehicle automation. Krainer has also contributed to the development of cyber-physical cloud computing, exploring how Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architectures can support multi-customer information acquisition missions across unmanned vehicle swarms. This work, cited 9 times, demonstrates his interest in making autonomous vehicle infrastructure accessible and manageable through scalable, cloud-based solutions that abstract away underlying hardware complexity. Together, these contributions position Krainer as a thoughtful researcher bridging the gap between cutting-edge autonomous systems and the practical computing frameworks needed to deploy them responsibly in real-world, multi-stakeholder environments.