Information Systems Engineering
Information Systems Engineering provides foundational and advanced techniques, algorithms, design and engineering approaches to model complete lifecycles of data-intensive and distributed information systems.

Contact
- Schahram Dustdar, Coordinator
Research Topics
- Compilers, Languages, and Middleware Engineering
- Programming Systems and Tools
- Distributed Systems
- High Performance Computing
- Data Analytics and Machine Learning
- Business Informatics
- E-commerce
- Informatics Didactics
About
Information Systems Engineering provides foundational and advanced techniques, algorithms, design and engineering approaches to model complete lifecycles of data-intensive and distributed information systems.
Information systems play a crucial role in many forms of organizations, and act as a facilitator and enabler for the digitalization of personal and social spaces. As such, information systems became the underlying “operating system” of our society.
Typical activities in the lifecycle of information systems are fundamental requirements elicitation as well as analysis and design of systems, their implementation, as well as subsequent execution and maintenance activities. Importantly, information systems engineering is not limited to technologies and methodological approaches, but comprises technical solutions as well as social and business-related implications of information systems. Therefore, information systems engineering can also act as an interface between computer science and other research disciplines (technical and non-technical) as well as business related activities.
Research Units
Six of the faculty’s twenty-three research units are primarily focused on topics related to Information Systems Engineering. Visit their pages to learn about current projects, publications, courses, and the people involved.
Below is a small selection of recent research activities related to Information Systems Engineering. To learn more, visit the pages of the research units listed above.
Recent Projects
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Cloud Open Source Research Mobility Network
2023 – 2026 / European Commission -
Trustworthy, Energy-Aware federated DAta Lakes along the Computing Continuum
2022 – 2025 / European Commission -
fAIr by design – solutions for discrimination reduction in AI de-velopment
2021 – 2024 / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) -
EGI Advanced Computing for EOSC
2021 – 2023 / European Commission -
Blockchain Technologies for the Internet of Things
2020 – 2022 / Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (bm:wfw) / Publications: 145308, 145309, 62234, 62235, 62338, 62584 -
What Can You Trust in the Large and Noisy Web?
2020 – 2022 / No funding agency -
Protecting Sensitive Data in the Computing Continuum
2020 – 2022 / European Commission / Publications: 140817, 143376, 145449, 62242, 62282, 62336, 62343, 62368, 62596, 82057, 82197 -
An open, trusted fog computing platform facilitating the deployment, orchestration and management of scalable, heterogeneous and secure IOT services and cross-cloud apps
2020 – 2022 / European Commission / Publications: 62330, 92000 -
STARCloud
2019 – 2021 / European Commission -
WellFort
2019 – 2022 / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) -
Visual History of the Holocaust: Rethinking Curation in the Digital Age
2019 – 2023 / European Commission / Publications: 144100, 144102, 144103, 149436 -
Vienna Informatics Living Lab
2018 – 2019 / Vienna Business Agency (WAW) -
Semantic Processing of Security Event Streams
2018 – 2021 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF) -
Fog Computing for Robotics and Industrial Automation
2017 – 2021 / European Commission / Publications: 140827, 144157, 144966, 144989, 145308, 145470, 153131, 176469, 23759, 33665, 59396, 61583, 61585, 61587, 61592, 61595, 61602, 61603, 61604, 61629, 61740, 61984, 61985, 61992, 61995, 62015, 62043, 62140, 62243, 62296, 62297, 62299, 62300, 62301, 62443, 81877, 81879 -
openEO - a common, open source interface between Earth Observation data infrastructures and front-end applications
2017 – 2020 / European Commission -
ICT for Decision Making in Farming
2017 – 2021 / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) -
Interoperability of Heterogeneous IoT Platforms - INTER-IoT
2017 – 2018 / European Commission / Publications: 61254, 61256, 61575, 61578 -
Automatic recommendation of music tracks and musicians for collaboration in an online jam community
2017 – 2019 / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) / Publications: 152403, 60509, 60821, 60823, 60825, 60829, 60833, 60981, 60982, 61245, 61246, 61247, 61412, 61416, 61443, 91410, 91584 -
Towards Systematic and Efficient Language Engineering for xDSMLs
2017 – 2018 / Austrian Exchange Service (OeAD) -
Runtime Control on Multi Clouds
2016 – 2023 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF) / Publications: 149517, 149530, 149537
Recent Publications
Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.
- Secured Wireless Energy Transfer for the Internet of Everything in Ambient Intelligent Environments / Sah, D. K., Poongodi, M., Donta, P. K., Hamdi, M., Cengiz, K., Kamruzzaman, M. M., & Rauf, H. T. (2022). Secured Wireless Energy Transfer for the Internet of Everything in Ambient Intelligent Environments (Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 62–66). https://doi.org/10.1109/iotm.001.2100116
- Secure and Efficient Decentralized Federated Learning with Data Representation Protection / Qin, Z., Deng, S., Yan, X., Dustdar, S., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2022). Secure and Efficient Decentralized Federated Learning with Data Representation Protection. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.10568
- Autonomy and Intelligence in the Computing Continuum: Challenges, Enablers, and Future Directions for Orchestration / Kokkonen, H., Loven, L., Hossein Motlagh, N., Partala, J., Gonzalez-Gil, A., Sola, E., Angulo, I., Liyanage, M., Leppänen, T., Nguyen, T., Kostakos, P., Bennis, M., Tarkoma, S., Dustdar, S., Pirttikangas, S., & Riekki, J. (2022). Autonomy and Intelligence in the Computing Continuum: Challenges, Enablers, and Future Directions for Orchestration. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.01423
- Learning to Dispatch Multi-Server Jobs in Bipartite Graphs with Unknown Service Rates / Zhao, H., Deng, S., Chen, F., Yin, J., Dustdar, S., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2022). Learning to Dispatch Multi-Server Jobs in Bipartite Graphs with Unknown Service Rates. arXiv. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/153531
- Multi-Component Optimization and Efficient Deployment of Neural-Networks on Resource-Constrained IoT Hardware / Sudharsan, B., Sundaram, D., Patel, P., Breslin, J. G., Ali, M. I., Dustdar, S., Zomaya, A., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Multi-Component Optimization and Efficient Deployment of Neural-Networks on Resource-Constrained IoT Hardware. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2204.10183
- AI for Next Generation Computing: Emerging Trends and Future Directions / Gill, S. S., Xu, M., Ottaviani, C., Patros, P., Bahsoon, R., Shaghaghi, A., Golec, M., Stankovski, V., Wu, H., Abraham, A., Singh, M., Mehta, H., Ghosh, S. K., Baker, T., Parlikad, A. K., Lutfiyya, H., Kanhere, S. S., Sakellariou, R., Dustdar, S., … Uhlig, S. (2022). AI for Next Generation Computing: Emerging Trends and Future Directions. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2203.04159
- Data classification based on attribute vectorization and evidence fusion / Xu, X., Xu, X., Shi, P., Ye, Z., Bai, Y., Zhang, S., Dustdar, S., & Wang, G. (2022). Data classification based on attribute vectorization and evidence fusion. Applied Soft Computing, 121(108712), 108712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2022.108712
- Darwin-S: A Reference Software Architecture for Brain-Inspired Computers / Deng, S., Lv, P., Jin, O., Dustdar, S., Li, Y., Ma, D., Wu, Z., & Pan, G. (2022). Darwin-S: A Reference Software Architecture for Brain-Inspired Computers. Computer, 55(5), 51–63. https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2022.3144397
- Explainable lexical entailment with semantic graphs / Kovacs, A., Gemes, K., Kornai, A., & Recski, G. (2022). Explainable lexical entailment with semantic graphs. Natural Language Engineering, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1351324922000092
- Dealing with Security Alert Flooding: Using Machine Learning for Domain-independent Alert Aggregation / Landauer, M., Skopik, F., Wurzenberger, M., & Rauber, A. (2022). Dealing with Security Alert Flooding: Using Machine Learning for Domain-independent Alert Aggregation. ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, 25(3), 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1145/3510581
- Roadmap for Edge AI: A Dagstuhl Perspective / Ding, A. Y., Peltonen, E., Meuser, T., Aral, A., Becker, C., Dustdar, S., Hiessl, T., Kranzlmüller, D., Liyanage, M., Maghsudi, S., Mohan, N., Ott, J., Rellermeyer, J. S., Schulte, S., Schulzrinne, H., Solmaz, G., Tarkoma, S., Varghese, B., & Wolf, L. (2022). Roadmap for Edge AI: A Dagstuhl Perspective. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 52(1), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1145/3523230.3523235
- Distributed Redundant Placement for Microservice-based Applications at the Edge / Zhao, H., Deng, S., Liu, Z., Yin, J., & Dustdar, S. (2022). Distributed Redundant Placement for Microservice-based Applications at the Edge. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 15(3), 1732–1745. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2020.3013600
- Dependent Function Embedding for Distributed Serverless Edge Computing / Deng, S., Zhao, H., Xiang, Z., Zhang, C., Jiang, R., Li, Y., Yin, J., Dustdar, S., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2022). Dependent Function Embedding for Distributed Serverless Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 33(10), 2346–2357. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2021.3137380
- Mobility-Aware Offloading and Resource Allocation for Distributed Services Collaboration / Chen, H., Deng, S., Zhu, H., Zhao, H., Jiang, R., Dustdar, S., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2022). Mobility-Aware Offloading and Resource Allocation for Distributed Services Collaboration. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 33(10), 2428–2443. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2022.3142314
- On System Stability in Multitier Roadside Computing Toward an Intelligent Transportation / Dao, N.-N., Vu, D.-N., Tran, A.-T., V. Phan, T., Dustdar, S., & Cho, S. (2022). On System Stability in Multitier Roadside Computing Toward an Intelligent Transportation. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 9(3), 1128–1138. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2021.3133283
- A Lightweight Collaborative Deep Neural Network for the Mobile Web in Edge Cloud / Huang, Y., Qiao, X., Ren, P., Liu, L., Pu, C., Dustdar, S., & Chen, J. (2022). A Lightweight Collaborative Deep Neural Network for the Mobile Web in Edge Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 21(7), 2289–2305. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2020.3043051
- A Metric for Assessing, Comparing, and Predicting the Performance of Autonomous RFID-Based Inventory Robots for Retail / Gaston, B., Casamayor Pujol, V., Lopez-Soriano, S., & Pous, R. (2022). A Metric for Assessing, Comparing, and Predicting the Performance of Autonomous RFID-Based Inventory Robots for Retail. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(10), 10354–10362. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2021.3128917
- A Simple Solution to Locate Groups of Items in Large Retail Stores Using an RFID Robot / Casamayor Pujol, V., Gaston, B., Lopez-Soriano, S., Alajami, A. A. A., & Pous, R. (2022). A Simple Solution to Locate Groups of Items in Large Retail Stores Using an RFID Robot. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 18(2), 767–775. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2021.3080670
- Toward Decentralized and Collaborative Deep Learning Inference for Intelligent IoT Devices / Huang, Y., Qiao, X., Dustdar, S., Zhang, J., & Li, J. (2022). Toward Decentralized and Collaborative Deep Learning Inference for Intelligent IoT Devices. IEEE Network, 36(1), 59–68. https://doi.org/10.1109/mnet.011.2000639
- Remote Sensing Image Interpretation With Semantic Graph-Based Methods: A Survey / Sun, S., Dustdar, S., Ranjan, R., Morgan, G., Dong, Y., & Wang, L. (2022). Remote Sensing Image Interpretation With Semantic Graph-Based Methods: A Survey. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 15, 4544–4558. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2022.3176612
Recent Theses
Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once the migration is complete, everything will be up to date again.
- Robotics and Edge Computing in 5G: A Prototype for the OpenAirInterface 5G System. / Spettel, S. (2023). Robotics and Edge Computing in 5G: A Prototype for the OpenAirInterface 5G System. [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.109701
- From local to global explanations and communication of decision differences between two black-box classifiers / Jiricka, L. (2023). From local to global explanations and communication of decision differences between two black-box classifiers [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.98693
- Analysis, Design and Prototypical Implementation for Matchmaking of Multiplayer Serious Games in Stroke Rehabilitation / Brunner, S. (2023). Analysis, Design and Prototypical Implementation for Matchmaking of Multiplayer Serious Games in Stroke Rehabilitation [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.94802
- Ethereum Attack Simulator. A Discrete Event Simulation Engine for Attacks against the Ethereum Blockchain / Maitz, A. (2023). Ethereum Attack Simulator. A Discrete Event Simulation Engine for Attacks against the Ethereum Blockchain [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.102026
- Impact of sudden increase in remote work on agile software engineering processes and productivity / Balan, V.-I. (2023). Impact of sudden increase in remote work on agile software engineering processes and productivity [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.107120
- Latency-Aware Stream Operator Placement Optimization in Fog Computing Environments / Ecker, R. (2023). Latency-Aware Stream Operator Placement Optimization in Fog Computing Environments [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.77541
- Flexible Generation of Low-Level Developer Tools with VADL / Schwarzinger, T. (2023). Flexible Generation of Low-Level Developer Tools with VADL [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.103246
- Model Difference Analysis for CPPS Engineering Models with Variability / Burger, C. (2023). Model Difference Analysis for CPPS Engineering Models with Variability [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.92202
- Integration von Case-Based Reasoning und Content-Management / Kiss, C. (2023). Integration von Case-Based Reasoning und Content-Management [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.107140
- ML-based Power Consumption Prediction Models for Edge Devices / Müller, T. C. (2023). ML-based Power Consumption Prediction Models for Edge Devices [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.104122
- Analysis of Tweets in relation to climate change based on the geographical origin of the sender / Kirchknopf, M. (2023). Analysis of Tweets in relation to climate change based on the geographical origin of the sender [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.103100
- Development of A Vision-Based Foot Massage Robot / Ammer, D. (2023). Development of A Vision-Based Foot Massage Robot [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.97160
- Aligning ontologies describing computer science for patents and scientific papers / Marcher, H. (2023). Aligning ontologies describing computer science for patents and scientific papers [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.102208
- Continuous Analysis, Monitoring, and Comparison of Student Project Portfolios in Software Engineering Courses / Stöger, M. (2023). Continuous Analysis, Monitoring, and Comparison of Student Project Portfolios in Software Engineering Courses [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.109702
- Causality Prediction in a Cyber-Physical Energy System using Knowledge Graph Embeddings / Schreiberhuber, K. (2023). Causality Prediction in a Cyber-Physical Energy System using Knowledge Graph Embeddings [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.102827
- Procedural Shape Contraction: Integration of Architectural Details into 3d Conceptual Models / Paskaleva, G. (2023). Procedural Shape Contraction: Integration of Architectural Details into 3d Conceptual Models [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.106926
- Mental Models of Cryptographic Protocols from Different Stakeholder Perspectives / Mai, A. (2023). Mental Models of Cryptographic Protocols from Different Stakeholder Perspectives [Dissertation, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.110704
- Optimised Processor Simulation with VADL / Mihaylov, H. (2023). Optimised Processor Simulation with VADL [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.102629
- Energy-efficient IoT by Continual Learning for Data Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks / Falzberger, A. (2023). Energy-efficient IoT by Continual Learning for Data Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.99320
- A Systematic Evaluation of Federated Learning Algorithms in the Context of Industrial Applications / Pruckovskaja, V. (2023). A Systematic Evaluation of Federated Learning Algorithms in the Context of Industrial Applications [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.96643
Recent Awards
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Schahram Dustdar:
EAI Fellow
2021 / EAI / Belgium / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
IEEE TCI 2021 Distinguished Service Award
2021 / IEEE Technical Committee on the Internet / USA / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
I2CICC Fellow for Contributions to Cognitive Informatics, Cognitive Computing, and General AI
2021 / I2CICC, University of Calgary, Canada / Canada / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
Francqui Chair Professor at University of Namur
2021 / Belgium / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) President
2021 / China / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) Fellow
2021 / China / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
Research Excellence Award for delivering a keynote at the 21st IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing, CCGrid 2021
2021 / CCGrid 2021 General Chair Prof. Rajkumar Buyya / Australia -
Schahram Dustdar:
Best Paper Award: Aslanpour M. S., Toosi A. N., Cicconetti C., Javadi B., Sbarski P., Taibi D., Assuncao M., Gill S. S., Gaire R., Dustdar S. (2021). Serverless Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges. 19th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2021), February 1-5, 2021, (Dunedin, New Zealand) online because of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
2021 / Australia -
Schahram Dustdar:
ACM Distinguished Speaker
2020 / USA / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
PeerJ Computer Science - Top 5 most viewed Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems article, as of October 8, 2020: Schleicher J. M., Vögler M., Inzinger C., Dustdar S. (2016). Smart Brix - a continuous evolution framework for container application deployments
2020 / USA -
Gerald Futschek:
Fachdidaktik Informatik
2020 / Ehrenmedaille des ABZ der ETH Zürich für Verdienste um den Informatikunterricht / Switzerland -
Schahram Dustdar:
IEEE TCSC Award 2019 for Excellence in Scalable Computing
2019 / USA -
Gerti Kappel:
Sonderpreis "Digital Woman Leader"
2019 / Austria / Website -
Gerald Futschek:
OCG
2018 / Ehrenmitglied der Österreichischen Computer Gesellschaft / Austria -
Schahram Dustdar:
Best Paper Award: Riveni M., Dustdar S. (2018). Trust and Interaction-type considerations in Multi-objective Team Compositions for Human-computation. 17th IEEE International Conference Series on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC 2018), July 16-18, 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA
2018 / USA -
Schahram Dustdar:
IEEE TCSVC Outstanding Leadership Award
2018 / USA / Website -
Schahram Dustdar:
Innovation Radar: Innovation Title: Elasticity Provisioning Platform; Innovation Category: Creation; FP7 project CELAR
2018 / Website / Project -
Schahram Dustdar:
Innovation Radar: Innovation Title: SIMPLI-CITY mobility related services framework; Innovation Category: Creation; FP7 project SIMPLI-CITY
2018 / Website / Project -
Schahram Dustdar:
Innovation Radar: Innovation Title: The Cloud Application Management Framework; Innovation Category: Exploration; FP7 project CELAR
2018 / Website / Project -
Gerald Futschek:
Biber der Informatik
2018 / eAward 2018, Sieger Kategorie Bildung / Austria / Website