Silvia Miksch

Function
Head
Address

Favoritenstraße 9-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Room
HG 01 15
Phone
+43 (1) 58801 - 18824

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)

Current Activities

Membership of Scientific Societies (Selection of the last 10 years)

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 – 2023     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)

Further Information

Open Student Topics

Title Sort descending Scope Area
Knowledge-Assisted Visual Analytics (KnoVA) SE Information Visualization (IV), Visual Analytics (VA)
Process Visualization SE, BA, PR, MA Visual Analytics (VA)
Provenance Visualization SE, BA, PR, MA Information Visualization (IV)
Semi-Automated Data Cleansing of Multivariate Time Series SE, BA, PR, MA Data Quality
Supporting users to understand the data transformation and analytical methods verbally and visually SE, BA, PR, MA Visual Analytics (VA)
Task-Oriented Guidance for Information Visualization Recommendation SE, BA, PR, MA Information Visualization (IV)
The Role of Visualization in Machine Learning SE, BA, PR, MA Visual Analytics (VA)
Visual Analytics Meets Process Mining SE, BA, PR, MA Information Visualization (IV), Visual Analytics (VA)
Visual Recommender Systems & Complex (Big) Data BA, MA Visual Analytics (VA)

Publications

Sara Fabrikant, Silvia Miksch, Alexander Wolff, "Visual Analytics for Sets over Time and Space (Dagstuhl Seminar 19192)", , vol. 9, pp. 31-57, 2019. paper
Johanna Schmidt, Bernhard Pointner, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Analytics for Understanding Draco s Knowledge Base", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, pp. 392-402, 2024.
Johannes Gärtner, Wolfgang Aigner, Alessio Bertone, Robert Klausner, Tim Lammarsch, Eva Mayr, Silvia Miksch, Hanna Risku, Michael Smuc, "Visual Analytics for Workforce Requirements", Accepted extended abstract at 19th International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time and Well-being in the 24-h Society, Venezia, Italy, vol. 29(3), pp. 29–38, 2009. paper
Silvia Miksch, "Visual Analytics Meets Process Mining: Challenges and Opportunities", 2021 3rd International Conference on Process Mining (ICPM), 2021.
Silvia Miksch, "Visual Analytics Meets Temporal Reasoning: Challenges and Opportunities", , vol. 247, pp. 1-2, 2022. paper
Markus Bögl, Wolfgang Aigner, Peter Filzmoser, Theresia Gschwandtner, Tim Lammarsch, Silvia Miksch, Alexander Rind, "Visual Analytics Methods to Guide Diagnostics for Time Series Model Predictions", Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for Predictive Analytics, 2014. paper
Theresia Gschwandtner, Markus Bögl, Paolo Federico, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Encodings of Temporal Uncertainty: A Comparative User Study", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 22, pp. 539 - 548, 2016. paper
Alessio Arleo, Christos Tsigkanos, Roger Leite, Schahram Dustdar, Silvia Miksch, Johannes Sorger, "Visual Exploration of Financial Data with Incremental Domain Knowledge", Computer Graphics Forum, 2022. Source Code Supplemental Video
Alexander Rind, Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Silvia Wiltner, Margit Pohl, Thomas Turic, Felix Drexler, "Visual Exploration of Time-oriented Patient Data for Chronic Diseases: Design Study and Evaluation", Proceedings of USAB 2011: Information Quality in e-Health, pp. 301–320, 2011. paper
Christian Bors, Theresia Gschwandtner, Simone Kriglstein, Silvia Miksch, Margit Pohl, "Visual Interactive Creation, Customization, and Analysis of Data Quality Metrics", Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ), vol. 10, pp. 3:1–3:26, 2018. paper
Florian Windhager, Michael Smuc, Lukas Zenk, Paolo Federico, Jürgen Pfeffer, Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Knowledge Networks Analytics", Knowledge Management Handbook, pp. 187–206, 2012. paper
Bilal Alsallakh, Allan Hanbury, Helwig Hauser, Silvia Miksch, Andreas Rauber, "Visual Methods for Analyzing Probabilistic Classification Data", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 20, pp. 1703--1712, 2014. paper Examples with public classification datasets The visual and interaction metaphors
screenshot of the va prototype, showing mainly a big map Nikolaus Piccolotto, Markus Bögl, Christoph Muehlmann, Klaus Nordhausen, Peter Filzmoser, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Parameter Selection for Spatial Blind Source Separation", Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 41, pp. 12, 2022. paper
Nikolaus Piccolotto, Markus Bögl, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Parameter Space Exploration in Time and Space", Computer Graphics Forum, 2023. paper
Peter Bodesinsky, Bilal Alsallakh, Theresia Gschwandtner, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Process Mining: Event Data Exploration and Analysis", Poster Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS), 2014. paper
Christian Bors, Markus Bögl, Theresia Gschwandtner, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Support for Rastering of Unequally Spaced Time Series", 10th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI), pp. 53-57, 2017. paper
Christian Bors, Markus Bögl, Theresia Gschwandtner, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Support for Rastering of Unequally Spaced Time Series", Data Science, Statistics & Visualisation Conference (DSSV), 2017. paper
Bilal Alsallakh, Peter Bodesinsky, Alexander Gruber, Silvia Miksch, "Visual Tracing for the Eclipse Java Debugger", 16th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, pp. 545-548, 2012. paper Screencast
Florian Windhager, Paolo Federico, Günther Schreder, Katrin Glinka, Marian Dörk, Silvia Miksch, Eva Mayr, "Visualization of Cultural Heritage Collection Data: State of the Art and Future Challenges", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 25, pp. 20, 2018. paper
Eva Mayr, Paolo Federico, Silvia Miksch, Günther Schreder, Michael Smuc, Florian Windhager, "Visualization of Cultural Heritage Data for Casual Users", IEEE VIS Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities, 2016. paper
Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Heidrun Schumann, Christian Tominski, "Visualization of Time-Oriented Data", Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 286, 2011. paper
Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Heidrun Schumann, Christian Tominski, "Visualization of Time-Oriented Data", , 2023. paper
Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, Heidrun Schumann, Christian Tominski, "Visualization Techniques for Time-Oriented Data", Interactive Data Visualization: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications, pp. 253–284, 2015. paper Book webpage
Michael Smuc, Eva Mayr, Tim Lammarsch, Alessio Bertone, Wolfgang Aigner, Hanna Risku, Silvia Miksch, "Visualizations at First Sight: Do Insights Require Traininig?", Proceedings of 4th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society (USAB 2008), pp. 261–280, 2008. paper
Bilal Alsallakh, Peter Bodesinsky, Silvia Miksch, Dorna Nasseri, "Visualizing Arrays in the Eclipse Java IDE", 16th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, pp. 541-544, 2012. paper http://youtu.be/7gTv9yUtFBc