Harald Piringer

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Harald Piringer

Dr. Harald Piringer studied Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology specializing in computer graphics. After finishing the master degree in 2003, he has been working at the VRVis research center in Vienna, where he has become the head of the research area Visual Analysis in 2010. His research focuses on designing and building interactive visual systems to support tasks like data quality assessment, decision making, and predictive modelling. His research group has been collaborating with partner companies from multiple industries, including automotive, manufacturing, energy, finance, aviation, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, and facility management. Dr. Piringer got his PhD sub auspiciis praesidentis from the Vienna University of Technology in 2012, and has (co-)authored more than 25 publications so far, including the high-impact journals IEEE TVCG and Computer Graphics Forum. He won the best paper awards at EuroVis 2011 and IEEE VAST 2013. He regularely speaks at conferences, recently he held a lecture on the topic of Process Analysis.

Research (main areas)

Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Visualization for Energy Applications
Analytical Software Infrastructures

Projects

2014 – 2018: Project Manager of DEXHELPP (“Decision Support for Health Policy and Planning”), funded as K-Project of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
2014 – 2016: Project Manager of TOHIVA (“Task-Oriented Visual Analysis of High-Dimensional Data”). Funded by COMET K1 Project.
2014 – 2016: Project Manager of VICEWORK (“Visualization-Centred Workflow for Interactive Data Analysis”). Funded by COMET K1 Project.
2012 – 2016: Senior Researcher in VISAR (“VISual Analytics And Rendering”), funded by Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
2013 – 2015: Project Manager of SLOT (“Slot Management Support Tools”), funded by the Vienna Business Agency.
05/2012 – 12/2013: Project Leader of ENERVIS in scope of the COMET K1 program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
10/2010 – 09/2012: In charge of the participation of VRVis in IFEDH, funded by the program COIN of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
07/2010 – 12/2013: Project Leader of VICEWORK in scope of the COMET K1 program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
07/2010 – 12/2013: Project Leader of INFOSAW in scope of the COMET K1 program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
04/2010 – 12/2013: Project Leader of IVAN in scope of the COMET K1 program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
09/2008 – 08/2010: Project Leader of AVISOM, funded by the Bridge-program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
09/2007 – 08/2008: Project Leader of PROVIA, funded by the Bridge-program of the Austrian Funding Agency FFG.
02/2004 – 12/2007: Researcher in MUMOVI.
08/2003 – 01/2004: Researcher in the basic research project “Interactive Visualization”, VRVis Research Center.

Honours and awards

Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae (Ph.D. with highest distinction), June 2012
Würdigungspreis des Bundesministers für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Novemeber 2012
Best paper award at VAST 2013
Best paper award at EuroVis 2011
Best proposal award (call “IKT Wien 2013”)