Andreas Rauber is an Associate Professor in the Department of Data Science at Technical University of Vienna. He serves as Curriculum Coordinator for Bachelor and Master programs in Business Informatics and Data Science, and chairs the Curriculum Commission for Business Informatics. His research focuses on Information Systems Engineering, Logic and Computation, and Visual Computing, addressing challenges in data management, digital preservation, and reproducibility in e-science. He leads projects like OS Trails and FAIR-AI, emphasizing FAIR principles and trustworthy research infrastructures. Rauber has contributed to over 150 publications, including works on data citation frameworks, adversarial ML defenses, and reproducibility in IR. His work bridges technical innovation with policy, exemplified through roles in the EOSC Support Office Austria and RDA Austria initiatives. Key projects include establishing FAIR data practices across universities and advancing digital preservation through repositories like DBRepo. He coordinates international collaborations, such as the EU-funded EOSC-Life and EGI Advanced Computing projects. His teaching spans courses in machine learning, information retrieval, and research methods, fostering next-generation data scientists.
Christian Timmerer is a Professor at the Institute of Information Technology, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. His research focuses on adaptive video streaming , energy efficiency , MPEG standardization , and quality of experience (QoE) , with significant contributions to HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS), multi-codec optimization, and immersive media systems. Email: christian.timmerer@aau.at Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:00 PM (by appointment) Projects: CD-Labor ATHENA, GAIA, SPIRIT His research integrates machine learning and generative AI to enhance video encoding, super-resolution, and voice dubbing, while prioritizing sustainability through energy-aware algorithms and open-source tools like GREEM and VEED. Current work emphasizes latency reduction and dynamic bitrate adaptation in live streaming environments. Recent publications address VVC optimization , multi-resolution encoding , and perceptual quality modeling , reflecting interdisciplinary efforts in networking , computer vision , and human-computer interaction . Awards include leading funded projects on adaptive streaming and green video systems.
Heitor Alvelos is a Full Professor of Design at the University of Porto's School of Fine Arts, where he has held academic positions since 2003. He serves as Course Director for the PhD in Design program (since 2011), Director of ID+ Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture (since 2007), and Curator of FuturePlaces Medialab for Citizenship (since 2008). His institutional roles extend to the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), where he chairs the Scientific Board for Humanities and Social Sciences. His academic journey includes a PhD in Design/Media Studies from the Royal College of Art (2003), an MA in Visual Communication from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1992), and a BA in Communication Design from the University of Porto (1989). His educational path was supported by prestigious awards including a Fulbright scholarship and FCT grant. Alvelos' research spans sound design, new media, cultural criminology, and citizen engagement through media. He explores the intersection of perception, technology, and cultural practices, with particular focus on lexical implications of digital media and ecological approaches to perception. His work often bridges artistic practice with academic research, creating innovative frameworks for understanding contemporary media culture. His recent publications reveal a trajectory from theoretical explorations of graffiti and street art toward more complex investigations of algorithmic identity, digital citizenship, and the materiality of sound in digital contexts. The publications show strong interdisciplinary connections between design, media studies, cultural theory, and sound art, reflecting his dual identity as both academic researcher and creative practitioner. Elected Vice-President, Scientific Board (HSS), Foundation for Science and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal (2010-present) Elected Board Member, Fundação Gomes Teixeira, Portugal (2007-2013) FCT Scholarship, London, UK (1997-1999) Fulbright scholarship, trustee scholarship (SAIC), JNICT grant (1992) As an academic advisor, Alvelos has supervised over 20 PhD students across diverse topics in design, media, and cultural studies. His research is supported through institutional roles including Director of ID+ Institute, which facilitates collaborative research between the University of Porto and University of Aveiro. His work with FuturePlaces Medialab has created unique opportunities for community engagement and citizen science initiatives. Alvelos directs ID+ Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture, a collaborative research entity between the University of Porto and University of Aveiro. He also curates FuturePlaces Medialab for Citizenship, which has evolved into a significant platform for exploring digital citizenship and community engagement through media arts. His leadership in these organizations demonstrates a commitment to bridging academic research with practical applications in community contexts.
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Andreas Rauber is an Associate Professor at TU Wien's Research Department E-Commerce. His work focuses on digital preservation, machine learning, and reproducible research. He leads projects like EOSC-Life (FAIR principles in life sciences) and PLANETS (long-term data access). Key affiliations include the Network Lab and TU Wien's Institute for Software Technology. His research emphasizes data citation frameworks, secure data infrastructure (OSSDIP), and ethical AI practices. He has advised over 20 PhD/Master’s students in areas like adversarial ML and privacy-preserving systems. Notable contributions include DBRepo (semantic databases) and the DBRepo infrastructure for relational data. He collaborates internationally on initiatives like EOSC support offices and cultural heritage projects linking ethnomusicology datasets.
Wolfgang Nejdl is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Leibniz Universität Hannover since 1995 and the Head of the L3S Research Center since 2001. His research focuses on Web Science, search and information retrieval, semantic web technologies, peer-to-peer infrastructures, databases, technology-enhanced learning, and artificial intelligence. Education: M.Sc. (1984) and Ph.D. (1988) in Computer Science from Vienna University of Technology. Previous Positions: Assistant Professor in Vienna (1988–1992), Associate Professor at RWTH Aachen (1992–1995), and visiting professor/researcher at Xerox PARC, Stanford, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EPFL Lausanne, and PUC Rio. His research spans foundational and applied Web technologies, including social networks, trust and reputation, Web infrastructure, digital libraries, semantic web, collaborative filtering, and privacy-preserving systems. Recent projects like PHAROS, OKKAM, LiWA, and LivingKnowledge highlight his work in audio-visual search, web entities, web archive management, and diversity bias algorithms. Wolfgang Nejdl published over 230 scientific articles and held leadership roles as General Chair for AH'08 and PC Chair for WWW'09. He co-founded iSearch IT Solutions in 2006 to commercialize digital library and web engineering research from L3S projects. Scientific Awards: Founding member and head of the L3S Research Center The L3S Research Center, with a 2009 budget of €6 million (75% third-party funding), focuses on connecting the Web to real-world entities through research in Web Science, service computing, and security. Funding comes equally from the European Union and national/industry sources.
Alexander Rind is a full-time Researcher at the University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten , affiliated with the School of Media and Digital Technologies and the Media Computing Research Group . He holds an MSc in Business Informatics from Vienna University of Technology, University of Vienna, and Lund University. Education : 1998-2004 MSc in Business Informatics His research interests span Visual Analytics , Information Visualization , and Human-Computer Interaction , with specialization in time-oriented data analysis , electronic health records visualization , and multimodal analytics . Recent projects focus on integrating sonification with visualization for enhanced data exploration. Key publication trends reveal expertise in temporal data modeling , multimodal analytics , and domain-knowledge integration for healthcare and social work applications. His work includes TimeBench (open-source time-oriented data library) and tools like easyBiograph / easyNWK for social diagnostics. He actively contributes to scientific communities as program committee member for IEEE VIS, EuroVis, and journals like TVCG, while developing visual analytics systems for clinical gait analysis, media transparency, and industrial manufacturing.
Christoph Kirsch is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Salzburg. He also serves as Chair of the Programming Research Laboratory at the Faculty of Information Technology, CTU Prague. His research focuses on systems, concurrency, memory management, and formal methods, with notable contributions including the Selfie educational software project and work on symbolic execution. He is a prolific author with over 50 publications in top venues like LCTES and EMSOFT. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (details not specified). His teaching includes courses on elementary computer science concepts and curricula development. He advises students such as Anna Bolotina and has graduated over a dozen PhD students. Research highlights include the Selfie system (self-referential C compiler and emulator), work on concurrency primitives like Scal and Timestamped Stack, and contributions to real-time systems (Logical Execution Time, Variable-Bandwidth Servers). His recent focus includes teaching digital thinking and evaluating eval in R programs. He has organized conferences like MPLR’24 and served on program committees for EuroSys and RTNS. His book Elementary Computer Science emphasizes foundational concepts for broad audiences.
FH-Prof. Dr. Michael Iber is a faculty member at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, affiliated with the Department of Media and Digital Technologies. He holds academic roles including Academic Director of GRACE (MA) and E³UDRES², and serves as International Coordinator. His research focuses on sonification, audio-visual analytics, and interdisciplinary applications in healthcare and production systems. Education & Background Studied piano at Karlsruhe University of Music and Royal Academy of Music, London Interdisciplinary doctorate in 'Auditory Logistic Analysis' (Jacobs University Bremen) Research Interests Iber's work bridges art and technology, emphasizing multimodal data analysis through sound and visual interfaces. Key areas include: Real-time sonification for healthcare (e.g., gait analysis via wearable devices) Audio-visual analytics for complex data exploration Applications in production logistics and cyber-physical systems Key Projects Leading initiatives like SoniVis (data analysis via audio/visual fusion) and SONIGait (wearable gait monitoring). Collaborates on EU-funded projects such as E³UDRES² and CARMA (healthcare tech). Publications & Recognition Over 40 peer-reviewed papers in journals like Personal and Ubiquitous Computing and conferences like EuroVis/IEEE VIS. Focus on interdisciplinary methodologies and practical implementations.
Kajetan Enge is a Junior Researcher and PhD student at the Institute of Creative Media/Technologies within the Department of Media and Digital Technologies at Steyr University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on sonification and visualization , particularly in the integration of audio-visual analytics for exploratory data analysis. He leads the Media Computing Research Group and contributes to projects like SoniVis and AudioVisualAnalysis . Key roles include: Project Manager for La Strada Graz Festival (2008) Stage Manager at Arsonore Music Festival (2015) Sound Engineer at Dr. Pfeiler GmbH (2017–2019) Student Assistant at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics (2016–2018) His work bridges disciplines such as computer science, acoustics, and human-computer interaction. Recent projects emphasize cross-modal data exploration, terminology standardization, and VR acoustic modeling.
Markus Schedl is a Full Professor at Johannes Kepler University Linz , Austria, where he leads the Multimedia Mining and Search (MMS) group within the Institute of Computational Perception . He also heads the Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) group at the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) AI Lab . Education: Computer Science (TU Wien), PhD (JKU Linz), Master's in International Business Administration (WU Wien, University of Gothenburg) Research Interests span recommender systems , information retrieval , algorithmic fairness , user modeling , and machine learning . His recent publications focus on: Multimodal and hybrid AI for human-centric personalization Context-aware music recommendation and emotion recognition Graph neural networks for session-based recommendation Technical and regulatory compliance in fair, transparent, and privacy-preserving systems Projects are funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) , Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) , and European Commission (EC) . He maintains industry collaborations with Siemens, Spotify, and Deezer. Teaching includes courses like Introduction to Machine Learning and Social Media Mining and Analysis at JKU, with guest lecturing experiences at Pompeu Fabra, Queen Mary London, and KTH Stockholm. Labs & Teams: MMS group at JKU's Institute of Computational Perception and HCAI group at LIT AI Lab.
Stefan Balke is a Researcher at the AudioLabs Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), focusing on wind music research and Music Information Retrieval (MIR). Previously, he held a PostDoc position at the Institute of Computational Perception, JKU Linz (2018–2019) and later worked as a Data Scientist and Team Lead in industry. He temporarily served as a professor at Hochschule Weserbergland in 2023/24. Education: PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in MIR from FAU (2018), Electrical Engineering studies at Leibniz Universität Hannover (2008–2013). Research Interests: Music Information Retrieval, Deep Learning, Jazz and Wind Music Analysis, Dataset Development. His work includes creating datasets like ChoraleBricks (wind music) and JSD (jazz structure analysis), and tools like trackswitch.js for audio visualization. Grants & Projects: Secured 35k€ funding for his orchestra through the 'Engagiertes Land' program (2024). Collaborated on exhibits such as 'The Listening Machine' (Ars Electronica) and 'Con Espressione!' (mathematics of music exhibition). Contributions: Active on GitHub with repositories for datasets (choralebricks, jsd) and tools. Co-developed web-based audio tools and contributed to open-source projects like Sonic Visualiser and librosa.
Carlo Patrono is a distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology at the Catholic University School of Medicine in Rome, a position he has held since 2007. Previously, he served as Professor of Pharmacology at University of Rome 'La Sapienza' 2nd School of Medicine (2001-2006) and University of Chieti 'G. d'Annunzio' School of Medicine (1991-2001). His academic journey began as Assistant Professor at Catholic University School of Medicine (1972-1982), progressing to Associate Professor (1983-1985). Dr. Patrono earned his M.D. Cum Laude from Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome in 1968, following a B.S. in Arts from Liceo Classico Nazareno in 1962. He completed postdoctoral training at Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (1969-1971). His research focuses on nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs , antiplatelet drugs , clinical pharmacology , and arachidonic acid metabolism , with significant contributions to understanding cardiovascular pharmacology and platelet function. His work has particular relevance to aspirin therapy and antithrombotic agents. Dr. Patrono has received numerous prestigious awards including the Grand Prize from Fondation Lefoulon-Delalande (2013), the John Vane Award from University of London (2007), and the International Aspirin® Senior Award from Bayer AG (1998). His scholarly impact is reflected in his editorial roles with major journals including Circulation and Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. As an active researcher, he serves as Principal Investigator for multiple funded projects including studies on antiplatelet effects of aspirin in diabetes patients, funded by Bayer HealthCare AG. He also contributes to European Commission initiatives like the EICOSANOX program investigating eicosanoids and nitric oxide in cardiovascular diseases. Within his institution, Dr. Patrono chairs the Drug Therapy Committee and serves on the Ethics Committee at Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Aging Sciences at G. d'Annunzio University Foundation.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clemens Appl is Academic Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, Media and Innovation Law at the University for Continuing Education Krems, holding the Chair of International, European and Austrian Copyright Law. His research focuses on the intersection of technology, society and law, particularly addressing legal challenges from digital innovation, networking, and emerging business models. Research interests include: Intellectual property rights in digital platforms Data protection and ownership in the Data Economy Legal frameworks for AI and automated systems Copyright adaptations for digital cultural heritage Current projects include leading the ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership 'DDM4SME' developing multinational continuing education in Data Economy Law. Prof. Appl serves on scientific committees for intellectual property conferences and maintains active research collaborations across Europe.
Professor Luiz Moutinho is a globally recognised authority in marketing and futures research, currently serving as Visiting Professor of Marketing at Suffolk Business School, University of Suffolk (UK), Marketing School (Portugal), and as Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the Graduate School of Business, University of the South Pacific (Fiji). Over a 31-year professorial career he has held the Foundation Chair of Marketing at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow (1996-2015), the world’s first Chair in BioMarketing and Futures Research at Dublin City University (2015-2017) and visiting appointments at 27 universities worldwide. Education PhD, University of Sheffield, 1982 MA, BA, FCIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Research Interests Professor Moutinho’s work sits at the intersection of marketing, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. His current research clusters around: Futures research & marketing foresight : scenario planning, evolutionary algorithms, algorithmic self Neuro & biometric marketing : wearable emotion-detection devices, fMRI/EEG studies, eye-tracking AI & decision modelling : artificial neural networks, machine learning for consumer choice Tourism & services marketing : destination choice modelling, luxury hospitality pricing He has authored 155+ refereed journal articles and 34 books, generating 14,050+ Google Scholar citations (h-index 55, i10-index 196 as of January 2020). Scientific Awards & Recognition 2017 Professor Honoris Causa, University of Tourism and Management Skopje 2018, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1997, 1996 Emerald Literati / ANBAR Highly Commended / Outstanding Paper Awards 1998 Martin Oppermann Memorial Best Article of the Year Award 1998 Best in Research Award, Portuguese Marketing Management Institute 2015 External Member, Hellenic Open University International Research Fellowships at Neurolab (Finland) and DACC Lab (Macau) Doctoral Programmes & Editorial Leadership Professor Moutinho directed doctoral programmes at: Confederation of Scottish Business Schools (1987–1989) Cardiff Business School (1993–1996) University of Glasgow Doctoral Programme in Management (1996–2004) He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Modelling in Management (JM2) , co-editor-in-chief of the Innovative Marketing Journal , associate editor for five additional journals and serves on the editorial boards of 50 international academic journals.
Jaakko Tapio Astola is a Professor of Signal Processing at Tampere University of Technology since 1993. He has held prominent roles including Academy Professor (2001–2006) and Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics (1988–1993). His academic journey includes positions at Lappeenranta and Eindhoven Universities of Technology. Astola is a member of the Finnish Academies of Science and Technology, and has received prestigious awards like the EURASIP Fellowship (2012), SPIE Fellowship (2007), and IEEE Fellowship (2000). His research spans signal processing, nonlinear filtering, bioinformatics, and algebraic coding theory. Notable contributions include foundational work on vector median filters and influential textbooks on nonlinear digital filtering. His interdisciplinary work bridges signal processing with systems biology and genetic network modeling. Education Highlights: 1984–1985: Research at Eindhoven University of Technology with Prof. J.H. van Lint's Discrete Mathematics Group 1976–1977: Studies at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Research Interests: Astola's work emphasizes robust filtering techniques, spectral methods, and applications in biomedical signal analysis. His contributions to algebraic signal processing and bioinformatics include advancing Boolean network models for genetic systems and developing systematic bioinformatic analysis frameworks for large-scale genomic data. Awards: EURASIP Fellow (2012) Recipient of 2010 Nokia Award IEEE Fellow (2000) Grants & Advising: While specific grants are not detailed, his extensive academic roles and publications indicate sustained research funding. No student advisees are listed in available texts.
