Wolfgang Aigner
Professor, Research Area Representative
Contact:
- email: wolfgang.aigner@fhstp.ac.at
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
Department of Media and Digital Technologies, Institute of CreativeMedia/Technologies
Department of Media and Digital Technologies, Institute of CreativeMedia/Technologies
Highest degree:
Doctorate
Degree name:
Doctorate in technical sciences, Habilitation in practical computer science
Area of expertise:
Engineering and technology
Skills:
Wolfgang Aigner is a professor at the Institute of CreativeMedia/Technologies at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria where he is responsible for the research area 'Data Visualization' and coordinates the joint doctoral program 'Visual Analytics and Computer Vision Meet Cultural Heritage'. He is also an adjunct professor at TU Wien, Austria where he received his habilitation in computer science for his work on 'Interactive Visualization and Data Analysis: Visual Analytics with a Focus on Time' in 2013. Dr. Aigner is an expert in Information Visualization (InfoVis) and Visual Analytics (VA), particularly in the context of time-oriented data. He has authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is an author of the book 'Visualization of Time-Oriented Data' (Springer, 2011 & 2023) that is devoted to a systematic view of this topic. He has received national awards for his research work, was awarded a Top Cited Article 2005–2010 from Pergamon/Elsevier, and received a best paper honorable mention at the IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST). Since 2002, Wolfgang has been involved in the acquisition and execution of a number of funded basic and applied research projects at the national and international levels.