Daniel Watzenig

Daniel Watzenig is a Full Professor of Multi-Sensor Perception of Autonomous Systems at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria. He serves as CTO and Head of the Electronics Systems and Software Department at Virtual Vehicle Research Graz. His roles include Editor-in-Chief of the SAE International Journal on Connected and Automated Vehicles (SAE JCAV), invited guest lecturer at Stanford University since 2019, Vice Chair and Member of the IEEE Austria Section Executive Committee (since 2024), Board Member of INSIDE Industry Association, and Member of the Academic Advisory Council of PAVE.

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering
• Venia docendi (adjunct professorship) for Electrical Measurement Science and Signal Processing

His research focuses on autonomous systems, including sensor fusion for autonomous vehicles, reinforcement learning, and decision-making under uncertainty. He has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and patents.

• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in autonomous vehicles

He founded the Autonomous Racing Graz Team and has been a consultant/expert for military robotics at the Austrian Armed Forces’ Armaments and Defense Technology Agency since 2019.