DoCS Doctoral Students

The UniVie Doctoral School Computer Science (DoCS) provides the student with various benefits: amazing supervisors and expertise, networking events, useful experiences, funding for conferences and international mobility, research seminars, retreats, and more.

The DoCS consists of nearly 90 doctoral students enrolled in one of the four research clusters: Algorithms and Computing, Data and Knowledge, Human-Computer Interaction and Education, and Models and Systems. We proudly present our students according to their research clusters, with the names of their working titles, supervisors, as well as the links to their u:cris accounts. The students also have two Student Representatives that advocate for their rights, aims and aspirations.

  • Sricharan Arunapuram Rangaramanujam
    Working title: "Interplay of Differential Privacy and Dynamic Algorithms"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
  • Antoine El-Hayek
    Working title: "Algorithms For Communication Networks"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
  • João Nuno Estevão Fidalgo Ferreira Alves
    Working title: "Portable Software Optimizations for Current and Future Memory-Hierarchies Architectures"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Siegfried Benkner
  • Viktoria Mayer
    Working title: "Improving Scalability and Resilience in Krylov subspace methods"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wilfried Gansterer, M.Sc.
  • Samir Moustafa Soliman Mahmoud Mohamed
    Working title: "Towards More Efficient Graph Neural Networks"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wilfried Gansterer, M.Sc.
  • Andrey Nagiyev
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Siegfried Benkner
  • Lara Ost
    Working title: "Private Data Analysis and Dynamic Graph Algorithms"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
  • Carolina Atria
    Working title: "Developing a deep learning approach to predict cis-regulatory interactions from single-cell multiomics data"
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Claudia Plant, Dr. Roger Revilla Domingo

 

 

 

  • Besim Abdulai
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
  • Sadiq Adewale Adedayo
    Working title: "Causal Discovery to Link Neuronal Circuits to Behavior and Plasticity"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
  • Franka Regina Bause
    Working title: "Scalable Methods for Graph Similarity"
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
  • Tinatini Buturishvili
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
  • Aleksandar Doknic
    Preliminary topic title: "Explainable Models in Machine Learning"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
  • Tryggvi Edwald
    Working title: "Using techniques of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to investigate human vision acquisition and processing"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
  • Bernard Wolfgang Fröhler
    Working title: "Visual analytics for exploring result and parameter space of multichannel image processing methods"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
  • Christian Knoll
    Working title:  "Designing Data Visualizations for People with and without Domain Expertise"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD, Laura Koesten, MSc Ph.D.
  • Vasiliki Kougia
    Working title: "Knowledge-infused Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Akshey Kumar
    Working title: "Algorithms for Learning Causally Sonsistent Transformations"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
  • Lorenz Kummer
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
  • Guojun Lai
    Preliminary topic title: "Transparent and Explainable Models (with a focus on data visualization and high-performance data mining)"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
  • Maximilian Leodolter
    Working title: "Machine Learning Methods for Time Series Mining with Applications to Trip Resonstruction in Mobility Research"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
  • Laura Christine Lotteraner
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
  • Christoph Luther
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
  • Pedro Henrique Luz de Araujo
    Working title: "Cross-validation analysis of structured learning"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Lukas Johannes Miklautz
    Working title: "Representation Learning for Clustering"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
  • Ghaith Mqawass
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
  • Pranava Mummoju
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Christian Böhm
  • Philipp Raggam
    Working title: "A Virtual Reality-based Brain-Computer Interface System for Post-Stroke Motor Rehabilitation for Home Training"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
  • Simon Sebastian Rittel
    Working title: "Causal Structure Learning Probabilistic Inference"
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Sebastian Tschiatschek, BSc
  • Timothée Schmude
    Working title: "Interpretability and Explainability as Drivers to Democracy"
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Sebastian Tschiatschek, BSc
  • Regina Maria Veronika Schuster
    Working title:  "Understanding data visualizations about climate change and Covid-19"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, Laura Koesten
  • Anastasiia Sedova
    Working title: "Generating and Utilizing Labels for Weakly Supervised Information Extraction"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Thomas Spicher
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Ivo Hofacker
  • Judith Staudner
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
  • Andreas Joseph Stephan
    Working title: "Representation Learning from Weak Labeling Signals"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Lukas Thoma
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Martin Teuffenbach
    Working title: "Representation Learning and Clustering of Text and Ordinal Data"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
  • Pascal Weber
    Working title: "Clustering for Representation Learning and Causal Feature Learning"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
  • Yuxi Xia
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
  • Timo Klein
    Working title: "Representation Uncertainty for Exploration in Deep Reinforcement Learning"
    Supervisor: Sebastian Tschiatschek
  • Roland Ambros
    Working title: "Von der Universität zur Schule: Prozess- und Lernenden-zentrierte Ansätze der Vermittlung digitaler Kompetenzen als Teil der '21st century skills"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Christoph Braun
    Working title: "Abbildung von Lehrräumen in Form von virtuellen Rundgängen Gestaltung, Umsetzung, Evaluierung - untersucht am Beispiel einer Industrie 4.0 Laborumgebung"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. techn. Fares Kayali
  • Paul Fuxjäger
    Working title: "Persistent Addressability in Alternative Social Networks"
    Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Math. Dr. Peter Reichl
  • Arash Issaee
    Working title: "The requirements, benefits and challenges of pair-programming when learning to code at schools"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Daniel Martinek
    Working title: "Parametric Full Body Scanning and Reconstruction for High-Quality Simulation-Ready Human Models"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Hlavacs
  • Mustafa Mohammed
    Working title: "Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries: On the Crossroads of Computer Science with Other Disciplines"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
  • Patrick Pazour
    Working title: "Self-Embodiment in Virtual Reality"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Hlavacs
  • Thomas Spielhofer
    Working title: "Patterns of Constructive Online Communication in Self-Organizing Teams"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Vanessa Tudor
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Heinrich Unger
    Working title: "Benefits and Challenges of Problem Structuring Approaches at the Front-End of IT Projects"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Florian Wörister
    Working title: "Semantical Reduced Programming Languages in the Context of Programming Education"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
  • Michael Jemetz
    Working title: "The potential and limitations of self-regulated learning for the development of digital competences in teacher training and implications for Basic Digital Education"
    Supervisor: Renate Motschnig
  • Martin Krieg
    Working title: "Development of a Tactical Decision Support System"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Hlavacs
  • Patrizia Sailer
    Working title: "Promoting the understanding and motivation of students in non-technical degree programmes through targeted support in technical subjects: An investigation of didactic methods and the use of a gamified learning platform"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Fares Kayali; Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
  • Mara Sophie Aichinger
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Klas
  • Nisreen Alam Aldeen
    Working title: "Enhancing Privacy Protection in Cloud Computing through Identification and Authentication-Based Secure Data-Level Access Control"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
  • Volodimir Begy
    Working title: "Heuristic Model for Selection of Data Access Profile in Computational Jobs on Data Grids"
    Supervisor: ao. Univ.-Prof. tit. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Erich Schikuta
  • Daniel Berger
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Klas
  • Guntur Budi Herwanto
    Working title: "An Intelligent Systems Approach for Supporting Privacy Awareness in Agile Software Development"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
  • Matthias Ehrendorfer
    Working title: "Process Enhancement through Sensor-Awareness and Outcome Prediction During Design and Run-Time"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Amine El Malki
    Working title: "Towards a Dynamically Adaptive Design of Microservices API"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
  • Manuel Gall
    Working title: "Gamified Implementation of a Compliance Rule Modeling Language and Compliance Monitoring for Multiple Instances and Processes"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Patric Genfer
    Working title: "Microservice API Analysis"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
  • Adrian Hofer
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Klas
  • Florian Holzbauer
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Edgar Weippl
  • Alexander Kinast
    Working title: "Combining Meta-Heuristics and Process Mining to Improve Manufacturing Processes"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Lukas König
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Edgar Weippl
  • Nicole Elisabeth Lueger
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
  • Marian Lux
    Working title: "Process Mining of Costomer Journey Processes in Information"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Amolkirat Singh Mangat
    Working title: "Explainable Predictive Monitoring in Collaborative Process-Aware Information Systems"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Barbaros Özdemir
    Working title: "Building Rule-Based Goal-Oriented Conversational Agents through Information Retrieval from Dialogue Corpora"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
  • Tobias Pfaller
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Maria Leitner, Bakk.
  • Michael Pucher
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Edgar Weippl
  • Pierre-Jean Maurice Khaled Quéval
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
  • Beate Wais
    Working title: "Advancing Decision Mining: Harnessing Context Data and
    Enabling Runtime Decision Mining in Process-Aware
    Information Systems"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Ferdinand Stich-Regner
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
  • Richard Thron
    Working title: "Increasing the Level of Digital Forensic Readiness in Industrial Automation and Control Systems through a Scenario Driven Preselection and Preparation of Relevant Data Sources"
    Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
  • Gabriel Karl Gegenhuber
    Working title: "Active Measurements in Cellular Networks"
    Supervisor: Edgar Weippl
  • Diana Strutzenberger
    Working title: "Towards the Digital Representation of Continuous Processes"
    Supervisor: Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
  • Wojciech Urbanczyk
    Working title: "Development of a Data Center Model for Flexible Adaptation to Future e-Government Tasks"
    Supervisor: Gerald Quirchmayr

Doctoral Student Activities

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The LinkedIn Group aims to connect current members and alumni of DoCS

 u:cris account activation

If you do not have a u:cris account yet, and would like for it to be featured with your name, you can go to the Servicedesk website or read the instructions provided on this website (in German only).

When clicking on the Servicedesk, you will be able to choose an option "u:cris Sichtbarkeit verwalten" (with the light bulb icon). This option will help you activate your u:cris account and after that, we will be able to connect your account to this website.