Prof. Dr. Thomas Moser | Data Integration | Best Researcher Award 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Moser, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Thomas Moser is a Professor (FH-Prof. Dr.) and the Head of the Institute of Creative\Media/Technology at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Austria. With a Ph.D. in Social and Business Sciences from the Vienna University of Technology, his career spans academia, research, and industry, focusing on digitalization, Industry 4.0, data integration, and immersive media. He has led numerous large-scale research projects, including XR-based collaboration and semantic health data integration, with funding exceeding EUR 2 million. Formerly the Director of Technology & Innovation at STINA GmbH, Dr. Moser also held research positions at the Vienna University of Technology and has served as a visiting researcher at institutions in Germany, Belgium, and Spain. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed works (h-index: 24), chaired multiple international workshops, and regularly contributes to prestigious journals and conferences in software engineering and digital technologies.

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Summary of Suitability for the Best Researcher Award:

FH-Prof. Dr. Thomas Moser is an exemplary candidate for the Best Researcher Award, with an extensive and impactful career spanning digital technologies, software engineering, and Industry 4.0. As Head of the Institute of Creative\Media/Technology at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, he has led cutting-edge interdisciplinary research at the intersection of immersive media, data integration, and smart production systems.

🎓 Education

• 2018: FH-Prof., St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

• 2010: Ph.D. in Social and Business Sciences, Vienna University of Technology
  Dissertation: “Semantic Integration of Engineering Environments Using an Engineering Knowledge Base”

• 2006: M.Sc. in Business Informatics, Vienna University of Technology
  Thesis: “Question Answering using the Wikipedia-Oracle”

• 2005: B.Sc. in Business Informatics, University of Vienna / Vienna University of Technology

💼 Work Experience

• Since Mar 2022: Head, Institute of Creative\Media/Technology, FH St. Pölten 🎬📡

• 2015–2022: Head, Digital Technologies Group & Senior Researcher, FH St. Pölten 🤖

• 2013–2015: Director of Technology & Innovation, STINA GmbH, Vienna 💼

• 2010–2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Christian Doppler Lab, TU Vienna 🧪

• 2008–2010: Research Associate, CSDE Lab, TU Vienna 🔬

• 2007–2008: Project Researcher (FISN Project), TU Vienna ✈️

• 2006: Project Manager, Gentics Software GmbH 💻

• 2004: Java Programming Trainer, Albertinaplatz Consulting 👨‍🏫

• 2000–2001: Civilian Service (Elderly Care), Caritas Vienna ❤️

🏆 Achievements & Contributions

• 📘 100+ peer-reviewed publications (h-index: 24)
  

• 👨‍🏫 Supervised 80+ bachelor, 50+ master, and 10+ PhD theses

• 🗣️ Delivered 40+ talks at international conferences

• 🧑‍🔬 Led major funded projects:

  • IMPACT-sXR (€990K)

  • MRBC4I (€970K)

  • WiKant (€230K)

  • SemTreat, Enterprise 4.0, AEIQU and more

• 🪑 Chair of various international workshops: XR-SPro, ANIVAE, LIDARI, INBAST

• 📋 Program committee member of top-tier conferences (SEMANTiCS, IConCMT, ETFA, SEKE, etc.)

• 📝 Regular reviewer for IEEE TKDE, TII, KBS, IST, DKE, and more

🥇 Awards & Honors

• 🎖️ Title of FH-Prof. (2022), recognizing academic excellence in applied sciences

• 🌍 Visiting Researcher at:

  • Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany 🇩🇪

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 🇧🇪

  • Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸

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