Thomas Neubauer

Thomas Neubauer is a PostDoc Researcher at the Department of Information Systems Engineering, Technische Universität Wien. His research focuses on Smart Farming, Explainable AI, and Digital Agriculture with applications in precision livestock farming and sustainable agricultural systems. He leads projects on Precision Livestock Farming (PLFDoc), Legume-cereal intercropping, and Agricultural Photovoltaics integration (PlusIQ).

Key projects include:

• Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety & Innovation (2025–2028)
• Austrian Science Fund (FWF)-funded work on legume-cereal intercropping (2023–2027)
• EU-funded ICT4DecisionMaking in Farming (2017–2021)

His research spans Digital Twin development for agriculture, machine learning in crop rotation planning, and data security solutions for e-Health. He has supervised over a dozen PhD and Master’s students since 2007. Notable publications include work on reinforcement learning for crop optimization and digital twin frameworks in smart farming.