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Stefan Szeider's  Biography

Bio English (short)

Stefan Szeider is an Austrian computer scientist and full professor at the Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), where he chairs the Algorithms and Complexity Group. He is also a visiting scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley. Specializing in algorithms, logic, computational complexity, and theoretical computer science, Szeider focuses on designing efficient algorithms for challenging problems in Artificial Intelligence and Logic. With a doctorate from the University of Vienna, he has held positions at universities in the UK and Canada. Szeider co-founded the Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms, was the first Austrian computer scientist to receive an ERC Starting Grant, and has published over 200 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Bio English (long)

Stefan Szeider is an Austrian computer scientist specializing in algorithms, logic, computational complexity, and theoretical computer science. His research focuses on designing and analyzing efficient algorithms for hard problems in Artificial Intelligence and Logic. Szeider is a full professor at the Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, where he heads the Algorithms and Complexity Group. He is also a visiting scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley.

Szeider's academic career includes positions as Reader at the University of Durham, UK (2004-2009) and a postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Stephen Cook's Group at the University of Toronto (2002-2004). He earned his doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Vienna in 2001.

In 2012, Szeider co-founded the Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms and serves as its co-chair. Hi is an associate editor of  the Journal of Computer and System Sciences and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.

Szeider holds the distinction of being the first Austrian Computer Scientist to receive a grant from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 2009). He has led numerous research projects, securing funding from organizations such as EPSRC (UK), the Nuffield Foundation (UK), and FWF (Austria).

With an Erdős Number of 2, Szeider has made significant contributions to his field, authoring over 200 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings. His work continues to advance the frontiers of computer science and artificial intelligence.

Bio Deutsch (kurz)

Stefan Szeider lehrt und forscht an der Fakultät für Informatik an der TU Wien. Er leitet die Algorithms and Complexity Group und das Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms. Davor war er mehrere Jahre in Kanada und Großbritannien tätig. Szeider erhielt als erster österreichischer Informatiker einen Förderpreis vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (ERC Starting Grant 2009). Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte beinhalten die Entwicklung und Analyse effizienter Algorithmen für Probleme der künstlichen Intelligenz.

Bio Deutsch (lang)

Stefan Szeider ist Informatikprofessor an der Technischen Universität Wien (TU Wien), wo er der Forschungsgruppe Algorithms and Complexity vorsteht. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich besonders mir der Entwicklung und Analyse von effizienten Algorithmen für die künstliche Intelligenz und Logik und der Komplexitätsanalyse. Vor seiner Berufung an die TU Wien war der promovierte Mathematiker mehrere Jahre als Forscher in Kanada und in Grossbritannien tätig.

Seit 2013 leitet Prof. Szeider auch das Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms (VCLA), ein Kompetenzzentrum an der Fakultät für Informatik der TU Wien, und moderiert die jährlich stattfindenden Vienna Gödel Lectures. Weiters ist er Juryvorsitzender des Heinz Zemanek Preises für hervorragende Informatikdissertationen. Prof. Szeider war Hauptorganisator der ALGO 2017, dem grössten europäischen Kongress der Algorithmenforschung.

Prof. Szeider hat über 200 wissenschaftliche Arbeiten publiziert und war wissenschaftlicher Leiter mehrere grosser Forschungsprojekte in Großbritannien und Österreich. Er erhielt als erster österreichischer Informatiker einen Förderpreis vom Europäischen Forschungsrat (ERC Starting Grant 2009).

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News

  • Best Paper Award at SOFSEM 2025

    Best Paper Award at SOFSEM 2025

    2025-01-23
    Thomas Depian, Simon D. Fink, Alexander Firbas, Robert Ganian, and Martin Nöllenburg received the Best Paper Award for their paper …Read More »
  • Markus Wallinger receives Award of Excellence for his PhD Thesis

    Markus Wallinger receives Award of Excellence for his PhD Thesis

    2024-12-05
    Our former group member Markus Wallinger won the Award of Excellence by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research. …Read More »
  • Thomas Depian receives State Prize for his Master’s Thesis

    Thomas Depian receives State Prize for his Master’s Thesis

    2024-11-21
    Our group member Thomas Depian won the Appreciation Award given by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research. This …Read More »
  • Best Paper Award at GECCO 2024 for M. Bresich, G. Raidl, and S. Limmer

    Best Paper Award at GECCO 2024 for M. Bresich, G. Raidl, and S. Limmer

    2024-07-24
    Maria Bresich, Günther Raidl, and Steffen Limmer received the best paper award at the 2024 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference …Read More »
  • Welcome to our Feodor Lynen Fellow Dr. Frank Sommer

    Welcome to our Feodor Lynen Fellow Dr. Frank Sommer

    2024-06-14
    On June 1, 2024, Dr. Frank Sommer has joined the Algorithms and Complexity group with a prestigious Feodor Lynen postdoc …Read More »

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