Silvia Miksch

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Head
Address

Favoritenstraße 9-11, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Room
HG 01 15
Email
silvia.miksch@tuwien.ac.at
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 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)
find more open student topics here.

Publications

Silvia Miksch, "{AG 'Frauen in nicht traditionelle Berufe': Schluß mit: Du kannst das nicht!}", , 1988.
Stefan Biffl, Bettina Thurnher, G Goluch, Dietmar Winkler, Wolfgang Aigner, Silvia Miksch, "{An Empirical Investigation on the Visualization of Temporal Uncertainties in Software Engineering Project Planning}", Proceedings of Empirical Software Engineering 2005 (ISESE 2005), pp. 437–446, 2005. paper
Silvia Miksch, K Cheng, B Hayes-Roth, "{An Intelligent Assistant for Patient Health Care}", The First International Conference on Autonomous Agents (AA-97), pp. 458–465, 1997. paper
Yuval Shahar, Silvia Miksch, Peter Johnson, "{An Intention-Based Language for Representing Clinical Guidelines}", Proceedings of the 1996AMIA Annual Fall Symposium (formerly SCAMC), pp. 592–596, 1996.
Silvia Miksch, M Dobner, Werner Horn, Christian Popow, "{An Interactive Support System for Neonate-Specific Nutrition Planning at Intensive Care Units (VIE-PNN)}", AISB Quarterly, vol. 82, pp. 24–30, 1993.
Christian Fuchsberger, Silvia Miksch, Lucas Forer, Cristian Pattaroa, "{Analyzing Populations with Visual and Analytical Methods to Identify Family Clustered Diseases}", 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics (Medinfo'2007), pp. P317 (1–2), 2007. paper
Silvia Miksch, "{Applications in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)}", European Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (ESCTAIC-92), pp. A1–A2, 1992.
Monika Lanzenberger, Silvia Miksch, Susanne Ohmann, Christian Popow, "{Applying Information Visualization Techniques to Capture and Explore the Course of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy}", The 2003 ACM SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC'03), pp. 268–274, 2003. paper
Silvia Miksch, "{Artificial Intelligence for Decision Support: Needs, Possibilities, and Limitations in ICU}", Proceedings of the 10th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine, pp. 901–908, 1995.
R Trappl, S Unseld, Silvia Miksch, "{Artificial Intelligence und die mögliche Vermeidung von Krisen und Kriegen}", Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie für das neue Europa, Wiener IT-Kongress, pp. 511–519, 1993.
Christian Fuchsberger, Silvia Miksch, "{Asbru's Execution Engine: Utilizing Guidelines for Artificial Ventilation of Newborn Infants}", Proceedings of the joined Workshop Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine And Pharmacology and Knowledge-Based Information Management In Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (IDAMAP & KBIM-AIC 2003) in conjunction with the 9th Conference on Artificial Intelligen, 2003. paper
Andreas Seyfang, Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, "{Asbru's Reference Manual, Asbru Version 7.3, Document Revision 2}", , 2002.
Andreas Seyfang, Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, "{Asbru's Reference Manual, Asbru Version 7.3}", , 2002.
Silvia Miksch, Klaus Hammermueller, "{Asbru, a Plan-Representing Language Modelling Time-oriented, Skeletal Plans in Sport}", Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium Computer Science in Sport, pp. 136–148, 2000. paper
Silvia Miksch, Klaus Hammermueller, "{Asbru, eine Planrepräsentationssprache zur Modellierung zeitorientierter, skeletaler Pläne im Sport}", Internationalen Symposium ``Informatik im Sport'', 1999.
Silvia Miksch, Yuval Shahar, Peter Johnson, "{Asbru: A Task-Specific, Intention-Based, and Time-Oriented Language for Representing Skeletal Plans}", 7th Workshop on Knowledge Engineering: Methods & Languages (KEML-97), 1997. paper
Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, Yuval Shahar, Peter Johnson, "{AsbruView: Capturing Complex, Time-oriented Plans - Beyond Flow-Charts}", The Second Workshop on Thinking with Diagrams 1998 (TwD-98), pp. 119–126, 1998. paper
Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, "{AsbruView: Capturing Complex, Time-Oriented Plans Beyond Flow-Charts}", Diagrammatic Representation and Reasoning, 2002.
Robert Kosara, Silvia Miksch, "{AsbruView: Grafische Repräsentation komplexer, zeitorientierter Therapiepläne}", Symposium: Medizinische Experten- und wissensbasierte Systeme am AKH Wien, 1998.
Silvia Miksch, Robert Kosara, Yuval Shahar, Peter Johnson, "{AsbruView: Visualization of Time-Oriented, Skeletal Plans}", The Fourth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems 1998 (AIPS-98), pp. 11–18, 1998. paper
Andreas Seyfang, Silvia Miksch, "{Asgaard's Contribution to the Guideline Representation Comparison}", , 2002.
Georg Duftschmid, Klaus Hammermueller, Silvia Miksch, Robert Kosara, Werner Horn, F Paky, Christian Popow, "{Asgaard/Asbru Projekt: Ein Werkzeugset zur Erstellung und Durchführung von Medizinischen Leitlinien und Protokollen}", ÖGAI-Journal}, vol. 4, 1997.
Markus Rester, Margit Pohl, Klaus Hinum, Silvia Miksch, Susanne Ohmann, Christian Popow, Staven Banovic, "{Assessing the Usability of an Interactive Information Visualization Method as the First Step of a Sustainable Evaluation}", Usability Symposium: Empowering Software Quality: How can Usability Engineering reach these goals?, vol. 198, pp. 31–43, 2005. paper
Cristina Polo-Conde, Mar Marcos, Andreas Seyfang, Jolanda Wittenberg, Silvia Miksch, Kitty Rosenbrand, "{Assessment of MHB: an Intermediate Language for the Representation of Medical Guidelines}", Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAEPIA-05), pp. I-19–I-28, 2005. paper
Silvia Miksch, Werner Horn, Christian Popow, "{Automated Data Validation and Repair Based on Temporal Ontologies}", , 1995.