Florian Grassinger

Florian Grassinger is a Junior Researcher at the Institute of Creative Media/Technologies, Department of Media and Digital Technologies at Fachhochschule St. Pölten (University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten). He has been working in the Media Computing Research Group since July 2016, focusing on data visualization, visual analytics, and interactive systems.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Simulation (2010-2014) from FH St. Pölten
• Master's degree in Digital Healthcare (2014-2016) from FH St. Pölten

Grassinger's research focuses on making data more accessible and understandable through innovative visualization techniques. His work spans data visualization, visual analytics, and visualization onboarding, with particular emphasis on multimodal data representation (making data visible, audible, and tangible). He explores how to effectively guide users in understanding complex visualizations through educational theories and interactive systems design. His research has applications in diverse domains including healthcare (particularly dementia care), facility management, and data journalism.

His publication record shows a strong focus on visualization onboarding techniques, data physicalization, and multimodal data representation. Over the past several years, his work has increasingly addressed practical applications of visualization in real-world contexts such as dementia care counseling and facility management systems. He frequently collaborates with researchers like Wolfgang Aigner and Christina Stoiber on advancing visualization literacy and developing more intuitive visualization interfaces.

Grassinger is actively involved in numerous research projects including the Josef Ressel Center Industrial Data Lab, IoT4LAC, Dataskop, and SEVA (Self-Explanatory Visual Analytics). These projects focus on applying visualization techniques to solve practical problems in domains ranging from community IoT applications to data-driven journalism.