Christoph Becker

Christoph Becker is a Researcher at the Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems (E188), affiliated with Vienna University of Technology (Faculty of Informatics). His work focuses on digital preservation, sustainable software design, and data quality in large-scale repositories.

• Research Areas: Digital preservation, sustainability design, requirements engineering, format technology lifecycle, software sustainability
• Labs: Network Lab
• Collaborations: Extensive co-authorships with researchers like Andreas Rauber, Colin Venters, and Steve Easterbrook

Key Trends in Publications (2015-2021):

• Focus on conflict resolution for data quality in repositories
• Development of sustainability debt as a design metaphor
• Establishment of benchmarks for digital preservation tools
• Integration of values in computing and ethical software design
• Advancements in format lifecycle analysis and preservation planning

Advising Contributions: Supervised graduate theses on topics such as

• Context-sensitive preservation planning (2016)
• Format lifecycle monitoring (2014)
• Digital game preservation (2007)