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More about me:

I am currently working as chief scientific officer that the Research Studios Austria (RSA FG) where we focus on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Competence Based Training, XR, Smart Agent Technologies, Training and Learning Platforms and more.

Until recently I have been working as FH-Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, where I was responsible for coordinating the Master's Program "Cloud Computing Engineering". In a second role I have been leading the related research area Cloud & CPS Security in the University and in its subsidary Forschung Burgenland.

Until 2015 I have been responsible for the research topic High Assurance Cloud of the ICT-Security program at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). This research topic includes projects in which, e.g. critical data from embedded devices is being processed in the cloud. Applications include smart-* or building automation cases, but are not limited by that. I am responsible for acquiring research grants (e.g. H2020, FP7, KIRAS, ARTEMIS) and also for acquiring commercial projects with industry partners. My duties include managing projects and teams, as well as, mentoring PhD and Master Students. An example of my activities is the coordination of the FP7 project SECCRIT (www.seccrit.eu).

Until 2012 I was a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in the group of Prof. Saleem Bhatti. I have been working on QoS in converged networks (next generation networks) and cross-layer energy aware network management (IU-ATC project themes 5 and 6). We investigated whether application adaptability can compensate for QoS changes in wireless edge networks (more). We have identified application specific energy-efficiency patterns and evaluated their dynamics with respect to various WLAN parameters and usage patterns. Results of which have been published and can be obtained from my publications section.

Before that I have been working with Graham Kirby, Alan Dearle and Stuart Norcross on the Autonomic Storage Architecture (ASA) project, as part of my PhD. The focus of my work within this project was to investigate whether aspects of distributed file systems can be improved by autonomically adapting parameters in the presence of a changing environment. As part of this work I have developed a Generic Autonomic Management Framework (GAMF) which is available here. Some GAMF-demo slides (used at a IU-ATC project meeting in June 2010) can be downloaded from here. I have investigated whether Autonomic Management can be used to improve performance and resource consumption in a P2P Routing Overlay as it is used often as a fundamental building block within distributed file systems. Another part of that research was the evaluation of autonomic management in the degree of concurrency of data retrieval operations in a distributed storage system on performance and resource consumption. Published work within that area can be obtained from my publications section.

Prior to my PhD, I have worked for an Austrian ISP on the topic Internet Access via Wireless Networks. Amongst other things I was responsible for all technical aspects, including network design and overseeing the implementation, of a Burgenland-wide wireless infrastructure in order to provide Internet access in rural areas with insufficient infrastructure. Doing this work was a result of the research I have carried out as part of my master thesis on bespoken topic, working with Wilfried Woeber.



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