CV / Current Position
I studied Information Systems (Economic Computer Science) at the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology with concentration on Applied Statistics and Artificial Intelligence. I received my master of Social and Economic Science from the University of Vienna in 1987 and my Ph.D. in 1990. Afterwards I joined the Knowledge-Based Systems Group at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) , as scientific researcher. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow within the Adaptive Intelligent Systems group of the Knowledge Systems Laboratory which in turn is part of the Computer Science Department at Stanford University CA, USA (August 1995 - August 1996, FWF-Erwin Schrödinger post-graduate fellowship). In October 1996, I joined the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems (ISIS), Vienna University of Technology . From November 1999 to Febuary 2006, I was Associate University Professor. From 2006 to 2010 I was University Professor (Univ.Prof.) and head of the Department of Information and Knowledge Engineering at Danube University Krems, Austria. In April 2010 I moved back to the Institute at the Vienna University of Technology to establish the awarded Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise "CVAST - Center for Visual Analytics Science and Technology" funded by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria. (This initiative programme, the only one of its kind in Europe, is committed to equal opportunities and to establishing a new research culture to carry out applied basic research in the natural sciences, engineering and technology). As of April 1, 2015 (no joke ;-) ), I am Full University Professor (Visual Analytics) at Vienna University of Technology
From April to September 2001 I was Visiting/Guest Professor at the Department of Simulation and Graphics, Faculty of Computer Science (FIN), Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. From October 2001 to January 2002 I was Visiting/Guest Professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz.
From 1997 to 2006 I was chair of the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (ÖGAI) and from 1998 to 2002 I was member (and vice-chair) of the board of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) .
Our work has been recognized through a variety of awards: Best Paper Award at VIS Workshop vis4dh, 2019, Best Poster Award at IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2015, Honorable Mention at IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2012, third price winner at International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD) Creative Topic Challenge 2018 and 2019, Recognition of Service Award, Eurographics:European Association for Computer Graphics, 2012.
Research Interests
- Visualization & Visual Analytics
- Information Visualization
- Interaction Design
- Data Analysis Methods: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Information Extraction and Integration
- Knowledge Crystallization Processes
- Temporal Representation and Reasoning
- Time-Oriented Modelling
- Temporal Data Abstraction
- Plan Management (Continual Plan Modeling)
- Data and Process Modeling
- Workflow Systems
- Planning, Plan Execution, Plan Monitoring and Evaluation
- Task-oriented Design, Development, and Evaluation in Real-World Environments
- Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
- Guideline- and Protocol-based Care: Design, Monitoring, and Therapy Planning
- Medical Environments: (Neonatal) Intensive Care Units, Diabetes Management, Management of Hyperbilirubinemia/Jaundice
- Business Intelligence
- Market Analysis
- Other disciplines of natural, social, and economic sciences
Teaching (partly in German)
- Courses administered in TISS
- Praktika
- Diplomarbeiten
Current Activities
Membership of Scientific Societies (Selection of the last 10 years)
2023 IEEE VGTC Visualization Technical Award
2020 Inducted into The IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy
2018 – 2027 Member of EuroVis Steering Committee; chair of EuroVis Steering Committee (2023–2027)
2015 – 2020 Member of VIS Executive Committee (VEC)
2014 – 2020 Member of VAST Steering Committee
2005 – 2013 Member of AIME Steering Committee
1997 – 2005 Chairperson of the ÖGAI - Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (“Österreichische Gesellschaft für Artificial Intelligence”)
2006 – 2019 Vize-Chairperson of the ÖGAI - Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (“Österreichische Gesellschaft für Artificial Intelligence”)
2006 – 2008 Danube University Krems representative in the Forum Neue Medien Austria (FNMA)
Reviewing Activities (Selection of the last 10 years)
2014 – 2017 Member in Advisory Board of EU Project VALCRI
2014 – 2018 Member in Advisory Board of FWF Project KAVA-Time
2015 – 2018 Member in Advisory Board of FIT Project Visual Analytics in Data-driven Journalism (VALID), FFG ICT of the Future
2013 – 2020 Panel Member of European Research Council (ERC): Consolidator Grant, Computer Science and Informatics (PE6): 4 times
2017 – 2026 Scientific Reporter of Austrian Research Fund (FwF)
2021 – 2024 Advisory Board Member of Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
2013 Panel Member of ZIT / Wirtschaftsagentur Wien: Call Science to Products
2014 Panel Member of ZIT / Wirtschaftsagentur Wien: Innovations (Urban Solutions)
2011 – 2015 Associate Editor of Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG, IEEE)
2011 – 2015 Book Review Editor of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM-J, Elsevier)
2012 – 2020 Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI, Elsevier)
2017 – 2020 Member of Editorial Board of Computer Graphics Forum (CGF, Wiley)
2021 – 2023 Member of Editorial Board of Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Taylor and Francis)
Chairpersons (selected)
- VIS Overall Papers Chair (IEEE VIS 2021)
- Paper Co-Chair of IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST 2020)
- Paper Co-Chair of Eurographics/IEEE Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2012)
- Paper Co-Chair of IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST 2010 and IEEE VAST 2011)
- Paper Co-Chair of the Second International Workshop on Visual Analytics (EuroVA 2011)
- Paper Co-Chair of International Workshop Series on Knowledge Representation for Health Care (KR4HC)
Institutional Responsibilities (Selection of the last 10 years)
2016 – 2018 Member of the Curricular Committees of Computer Science, TU Wien, Austria
2016 – 2025 Member of the Academic Senate, TU Wien, Austria (2016-2017 substitute member)
2016 – 2023 Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien, Austria
2018 – Coordinator of the Research Focus Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien, Austria
2010 – 2016 Member of the Senate at Danube University Krems
1999 – Member of several Habilitation Committees
2011 – Member of several Selection Committees of Professors (TU Wien, Austria; Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Computer and Information Science - Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU), Trondheim, Norwegen)