Profile
My research profile combines foundational work on distribution shift (quantification and correction) with sustained applied research in industrial machine learning. I have taken scientific leadership roles in applied projects, supervised PhD and MSc students, and contributed to the acquisition and coordination of competitive third-party funding at the interface of theory and engineering practice.
Research Metrics
~1900 citations, h-index 16
36 peer-reviewed publications (19 first/last author)
Top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, JMLR)
Single-author ICLR paper; ICLR Iast-author oral (top <2% of submissions)
Employment
Since 2024 Research Lead (Robust AI), LIT AI Lab & Institute for Machine Learning, JKU Linz
Principal investigator on collaborative research projects (e.g., submitted CD Laboratory proposal, ~4M€)
Supervision of PhD and MSc students (publications in ICLR, ICML and NeurIPS)
Scientific coordination of third-party funded projects (e.g., FFG AI4Green, TÜV Austria)
Teaching (basic ML course with ~500 students, habilitation thesis submitted)
2022-2024 PostDoc, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Basic research on machine learning and learning theory, with results published at ICLR and JMLR
2019-2022 Senior Researcher / Research Team Lead, Data Science Area, SCCH GmbH
Research Team Lead for applied machine-learning research in industrial projects
Technical supervision and mentoring of junior researchers
Scientific co-coordination of multi-partner projects (e.g. S3AI)
2016-2019 PhD Student, M3DA, JKU Linz
PhD thesis on domain adaptation [link]
2012-2016 Industrial Researcher, Vision Systems Area, SCCH GmbH
Project management and industrial research in machine learning and optimization (e.g., Large transformer cutting stock optimization C++ software - still in use at Siemens energy)
2010-2011 Student Assistant, TU Graz
Research Projects & Grants
PI & proposed Lab Head
CD Laboratory (submitted) on AI Safety and Certification (4MIO€)
Co-Coordinator
COMET Module S3AI (industrial AI, multi-partner), 2020-2022 [link]
Collaborative Research Projects
Proposal Co-Author (FFG FlexSpect.AI)
Technical Lead (FFG AI4Green)
WP Manager (FFG Hyperion3D)
Contract Research Projects
Research Lead (TÜV Austria)
Industrial Researcher (Siemens Energy, TRUMPF)
Education
Habilitation in Artificial Intelligence (submitted), JKU Linz
PhD in Technical Sciences, JKU Linz
MSc in Computermathematics, JKU Linz
BSc in Technical Mathematics, TU Graz