FH-Prof. DI Dr. Stefan Wagner
Head of JRC adaptOp

Professor for Complex Software Systems
HeuristicLab Head Architect
Department of Software Engineering
School of Informatics, Communications and Media
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Softwarepark 11, 4232 Hagenberg, Austria
Phone: +43 5 0804 22030
E-Mail: stefan.wagner@fh-ooe.at
ORCID: 0000-0002-0323-9274
Short Biography
1997 - 1998: | Studies in Industrial Mathematics (Mathematical Computer Science) at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria | |
1998 - 1999: | Civilian Service at the Fire Brigade Head Quarters Linz, Austria | |
1999 - 2004: | Studies in Computer Science at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria | |
since 2002: | Member of Michael Affenzeller's research group "Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)" | |
since 2002: | Project manager and chief architect of HeuristicLab | |
2003 - 2004: | Graduand at the Institute of Systems Theory and Simulation of Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria | |
10/2004: | MSc in Computer Science (with distinction) | |
2004 - 2009: | PhD student at the Institute for Formal Models and Verification of Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria | |
2005 - 2009: | Assistant professor for Software Project Engineering at the Department of Software Engineering of the School of Informatics, Communications and Media - Hagenberg, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria | |
05/2009: | PhD in Technical Sciences (with distinction) | |
2011 - 2018: | CEO, FH OÖ IT GmbH, Austria | |
since 2009: | Professor for Complex Software Systems at the Department of Software Engineering of the School of Informatics, Communications and Media - Hagenberg, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria | |
since 2019: | Head of the Josef Ressel Center for Adaptive Optimization in Dynamic Environments (JRC adaptOp) | |
since 09/2022: |
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Head of the Master Degree Program for Software Engineering
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since 09/2022: |
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Vice dean for R&D
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Research Interests
- Applications and Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms
- Combinatorial Optimization and Operations Research
- Software Engineering
- Parallel & Distributed Computing
- Genetic Programming
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
Workshop Organizations
Invited Talks
August 2008: | Guest lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. |
Awards
2019: | Researcher Award 2019 of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria | |
2013: | Second place of the EvoRobocode competition at GECCO 2013 | |
2011: | Second place of the Best Poster Award of the 5th Research Forum of Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences (FFH 2011) for the contribution "HeuristicLab 3.3: An Extensible and Flexible Software System for Heuristic Optimization" | |
2009: | Junior Researcher Award 2009 of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria | |
2009: | Second place of the Microsoft Innovation Award 2009 for HeuristicLab | |
2007: | Third place of the "Teacher of the Year Award" of the Department of Software Engineering, School of Informatics, Communications and Media, Campus Hagenberg, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria | |
2005: | Best Paper Award of the session "Artificial Intelligence / Expert Systems" at WMSCI 2005 for the paper "SexualGA: Gender-Specific Selection for Genetic Algorithms" | |
2005: | Best Paper Award of the session "Management Information Systems" at WMSCI 2005 for the paper "Solving Multiclass Classification Problems by Genetic Programming" | |
2004: | Best Paper Award at EMCSR 2004 for the paper "Identifying Nonlinear Model Structures Using Genetic Programming Techniques" |
Publications
Stefan Wagner's publications can be found on his Research Documentation page (external link).
Other profiles: Google Scholar, ORCID