About me

I am deputy head of the Educational Technology service department at Graz University of Technology, where I lead the FLAAIT group (Future Learning, Analytics & AI for Teaching). My work connects learning analytics, the responsible use of AI in higher education teaching, and the technical development of related tools — including the TU Graz student dashboard.

Career

1. since 2022

   Deputy head · Lehr- und Lerntechnologien, TU Graz

   Leads the FLAAIT group (Future Learning, Analytics & AI for Teaching) since March 2025, previously the Learning Analytics group – including supervision and technical lead of various projects and development of corresponding dashboards.

   Research, conception, setup and introduction of technologies and tools in teaching and learning settings, as well as (backend) development in the field of educational technology.

   Responsible for data protection matters, point of contact for the Quality Management, Evaluation and Reporting unit (data protection coordination).

2. 2018–2024

   Founder and managing director · IFDT GmbH

   Supported companies in digitalising their processes in administration, marketing and sales.

3. 2018–2021

   Non-scientific project staff member · Lehr- und Lerntechnologien, TU Graz

   Head of the Learning and Academic Analytics group, including supervision and technical lead of various projects and development of corresponding dashboards.

   Research, conception, setup and introduction of technologies and tools in teaching and learning settings, as well as (backend) development in the field of educational technology.

4. 2016–2018

   University project assistant · Lehr- und Lerntechnologien und Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, TU Graz

   Technical implementation of the TeachCenter 2.0 project (introduction of the university-wide virtual learning platform).

   Scientific project assistant in the Erasmus+ project STELA (learning analytics at higher-education level).

   Technical implementation of the iMooX 2.0 project (Austria's first and so far only MOOC platform).

   Technical lead of the Learning Analytics project for the campus management system CAMPUSonline.

5. 2015–2018

   Founder and technical lead · lplusL.at

   Implementation of web projects using media support in the field of educational informatics.

Education

1. 2016–2025

   Doctoral programme in computer science, TU Graz

   Thesis: Learning Analytics in Higher Education – Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Open, Ethical, and Organizationally-Aware Solutions

   Supervisor: Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Martin Ebner

   With distinction

2. 2012–2014

   Master's programme in computer science, TU Graz

   Thesis: Group Decision Support with Mobile Devices

   Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Alexander Felfernig

   With distinction

3. 2007–2012

   Bachelor's programme in computer science, TU Graz

   Thesis: Android Applikation für Open Journal Systems

   Supervisor: Univ.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Martin Ebner

Further training

• Juni 2025

  Foundations of LLM Mastery: Fine-tuning on multi GPUs

• Juni 2025

  Foundations of LLM Mastery: Fine-tuning on one GPU

• January 2025

  Expert Leadership Programm (ELP) · TU Graz

• August 2023

  Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I) · Scrum.org

• June 2023

  Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) · Scrum.org

• April/May 2022

  Data & IT security – IT security and data protection, compact · incite

• January 2018

  Rhetoric for conversations and meetings: argumentation, conversation techniques, moderation

• May/June 2017

  Project management: managing (research) projects

• January 2017

  Applying for and running EU projects

• March 2016

  Effective Scientific Writing in English

• February 2016

  Research funding: regional, national and international programmes and successful applications

• September 2014 – April 2015

  SAP Certified Application Associate – Business Foundation & Integration · Universität Duisburg/Essen & SAP