Supervised Students

Supervised PhD Students

1. Damian Drexel, PhD thesis "Automatically Linking Concepts in Distributed, Cloud-Based Manufacturing Environments", 2020 - ongoing, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

2. Sareh Aghaei, PhD thesis "Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs", 2020 - ongoing, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

3. Tek Raj Chhetri, PhD thesis "Semantic Representation and Execution for Improving Decision Making", 2020 - ongoing, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   1. Anelia Kurteva, PhD thesis "Representing and Managing Informed User Consent with Knowledge Graphs for Sensor Data Sharing", 2019 - ongoing, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   2. Dominik Filipiak, PhD thesis “Improving the Quality of Art Market Data with Machine Learning and Linked Open Data”, 2018 - ongoing, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   3. Sabrina Neururer, PhD thesis “A Way out of the Dark Ages of Service Documentation - Conceptual Design of an Enhanced Medical Procedure Catalogue for Austria”, completed in September 2019, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   4. Zaenal Akbar, PhD thesis "Automated Online Communication: How to Interact in the 21st Century", April 2013 - November 2018, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   5. Ioannis Stavrakantonakis, PhD thesis “An Approach to Discover and Apply Linked Open Vocabularies in Semantic Annotations”, February 2012 – December 2017, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   6. Elmar Wach, PhD thesis “Feedback-Driven Ontology Evolution”, January 2010 – April 2013, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

   7. Vikash Kumar, PhD thesis "PATNA: Policy Adaptation Technique for Native Applications", December 2009 - December 2013, University of Linz, Austria.

Member of PhD Thesis Committees

• 1. Roland Mathà, "Towards a Realistic Cloud Simulation", June 2021, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  2. Hassan Nemati, PhD thesis “Data Analytics for Weak Spot Detection in Smart Distribution Grids”, spring 2019, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.

  3. Ling Shi, PhD thesis “Enabling Semantic Interoperability for State-owned Real Property Data”, spring 2019, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

  4. Mahsa Mehrpoor, PhD thesis “Evaluation of a Knowledge Access System for Engineering Workspaces Based on Recommendation and Filtering”, spring 2018, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

  5. Maxim Kolchin, "Methods, algorithms and software architecture of a system processing heterogeneous data of electronic devices based on ontological approach", autumn 2016, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  6. Jorge Martínez Gil, "On Discovering Semantic Correspondences between Ontologies", December 2010, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.

Supervised Master Students

• 1. Franz Bewaller, Master thesis "Search Engine Optimization: An Enterprise Use Case", May 2012 – December 2012, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  2. Christina Eberharter, Master thesis "Improving the Usability of Social Media Management Applications", December 2017 – April 2019, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  3. Michael Fried, Master thesis "An Extensible Sensor-Based System for Enhancement of Social Experience at Conferences", June 2010 - February 2012, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  4. Christoph Fuchs, Master thesis “Impact Analysis of Online Social Networks”, April 2013 – January 2014, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  5. Fabian Gasser, Master thesis "Social Media Monitoring Tools enhanced by Semantic Web Technologies", February 2014 – July 2015, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  6. Omar Holzknecht, Master thesis “Enabling Domain-specific Validation of Schema.org Annotations”, November 2017 – January 2019, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  7. Martin Kammerlander, Master thesis "Semantic Information Management Infrastructure for Online Recommendation Process", October 2011 – April 2014, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  8. Elias Kärle, Master thesis “An approach and implementation for supporting multi-platform mobile service creation for businesses”, October 2011 - January 2014, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  9. Simon Knoll, Master thesis “Clustering WSDL-based Web Services”, October 2011 – January 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  10. Daniel Laimer, Master thesis “Linked Open Hotel”, December 2012 – February 2018, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  11. Lukas Ott, Master thesis "Interlinking social media feedback with product development", February 2014 – June 2015, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  12. Simeona Pellkvist, Master thesis "Semantic Mobile Service Generator", January 2009 - April 2010, The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria.

  13. Angela Popa, Master thesis "Data -driven energy performance prediction for approaching the near-zero energy building vision in construction", June 2019 – June 2021, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  14. Michael Schwanzer, Master thesis "End-user Interfaces for Energy Efficiency Information Services", August 2009 - April 2010, The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria.

  15. Josef Wolf, Master thesis “Social Channel Recommendation for Tyrolean Accommodations”, May 2012 - August 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  16. Mohammed Sabir Yaqubali, Master thesis "Knowledge-based Support for Adaptive Mobile Services", November 2006 - August 2007, University of Surrey, UK.

  17. Egon Zemmer, Master thesis "Collection and Processing of Linked Data for Augmented Reality Real-time Mobile Services", March 2012 – June 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Member of Master Thesis Committees

• 1. Benjamin Floriani, "Integration of Cyber Threat Intelligence into Enterprise Architecture", July 2020, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  2. Lorenz Hasler, "Towards a framework for the quality assessment of shared cyber threat intelligence", January 2021, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  3. Benjamin Hiltpolt, "Management of Services and Virtualized Assets in Manufacturing", June 2015, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  4. Maximilian Hirn, "Application of Aircraft Derived Data in the 4D-CARMA Trajectory Predictor", June 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

1. Philipp Häusle, "IT Asset Documentation in the Context of Cloud Transformation", February 2021, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   1. Norbert Lanzanasto, "Streaming IRIS - stream reasoning based on time-windowed continuous query answering", November 2012, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   2. Michael Luger, "A Candidate Dataset Discovery and Linkage Recommendation System for Linked Data", April 2012, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   3. Elisabeth Marini, "The Impact of Automated Layout Support on the Process of Process Modeling", October 2016, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   4. Paul Opitz, Diplomarbeit "Eine sprachtechnologische semantisch-kognitive Modellierung am Beispiel des Wortschatzes Tiroler Tourismus Sprachdidaktische Implikationen semantischer Technologien", January 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   5. Michael Rogger, "SeReCo: A Semantic Recommender for Conferences based on Taxonomy Similarity Matcher, Event Check-ins and Linked Open Data", November 2012, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   6. Nathalie Steinmetz, "Web Service Location", September 2010, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   7. Stefan Thaler, "Game-based Multimedia Interlinking", October 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

2. Hannes Vieider, "Stateful Collaborative Web-Editor", May 2018, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Supervised Bachelor Students

• 1. Wolfgang Eckbauer, Bachelor thesis "STI Emporium - A Central Marketplace for Semantic Technology Community", September 2010 - November 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

  2. Christoph Farbmacher, Bachelor thesis "Influencer Marketing: Einflussfaktoren der Influencer auf die Kaufentscheidung ihrer Community", December 2018 - October 2019, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

1. David Gatta, Bachelor thesis "Creation of national semantic licenses and their attachment to data and content", April 2019 - April 2020, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

2. Kilian Hinteregger, Bachelor thesis "Creation of national semantic licenses and their attachment to data and content", April 2019 - April 2020, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   1. Patrick Lanzinger, Bachelor thesis "Unification of Social Media APIs", June 2017 - May 2018, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   2. Alex Oberhauser, Bachelor thesis "Extraction of Synonyms in User-Generated Content", February 2010 - January 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   3. Florine Ohlhauser, Bachelor thesis "Facebook Messenger Marketing", November 2018 - April 2020, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   4. Marco Plattner, Bachelor thesis "An approach to energy efficiency policies modelling and recommendation to the end users", May 2011 - June 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   5. Wolfgang Ramoser, Bachelor thesis "Unification of Social Media APIs", June 2017 - May 2018, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   6. Clemens Sauerwein, Bachelor thesis "STI Kudos – An Infrastructure for Management of Semantic Community Challenges", September 2010 - January 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   7. Andreas Schmid, Bachelor thesis "Improving the Design of Smart Meters User Interface", September 2011 - November 2012 , University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   8. Corneliu Valentin Stanciu, Bachelor thesis "Identifying Popularity of Tags and Concepts in User-Generated Content", February 2010 - February 2011, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   9. Veronika Wenger, Bachelor thesis “Search Engine Optimization: A Hotel Use Case”, June 2012 – June 2013, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

   10. Egon Zemmer, Bachelor thesis "Web 2.0 collaborative website: TourInfo", March - July 2010, University of Innsbruck, Austria.