Current Team
Ivona Brandić
Head of the HPC GroupIvona Brandić is a Professor at TU Wien. In 2015 she was awarded FWF START prize, the highest Austrian award for young researchers. She received her PhD degree in 2007 from TU Wien. In 2011 she received the Distinguished Young Scientist Award from TU Wien for her project on the Holistic Energy Efficient Hybrid Clouds. Her main research interests are cloud computing, large scale distributed systems, energy efficiency, QoS and autonomic computing.
Vincenzo De Maio
Project assistantVincenzo De Maio received his PhD in 2016 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research in the area of parallel and distributed systems comprises energy-aware Cloud computing and scheduling. Since 2017, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Computer Engineering of the TU Wien. He authored different conference and journal publications on the topic of energy efficiency and modeling for Cloud and Edge computing.
Meerzhan Kanatbekova
PhD studentMeerzhan Kanatbekova is a PhD student at the HPC Group at TU Wien, Austria. She received her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 2018 from Pamukkale University, Turkey and her Master's degree in 2022 from TU Wien. Her research interests include Mathematical Modelling, Quantum Computing for Scientific Applications, and Machine Learning.
Sabrina Herbst
PhD StudentSabrina Herbst is a PhD student at TU Wien, and a Project Assistant (Prae-Doc, FWF) at the HPC Research Group. She received her master's degree in Data Science in 2023, and her bachelor's degree in Business Informatics in 2021 from TU Wien as well. Her main research interest is Quantum Computing, specifically, Machine Learning, Algorithms and HPC integration.
Felix Zilk
PhD StudentFelix Zilk is a PhD student and External Lecturer at TU Wien. He received his master's degree in Physics in 2023 from the University of Vienna. His research interests include Quantum Computing and Hybrid Classical-Quantum Systems.
Paul Joe Maliakel
PhD StudentPaul Joe Maliakel is a PhD student at TU Wien, Austria, and a collaborator in the HPC Research Group. He received his bachelor's degree (B.Tech) in Computer Science & engineering in 2018 from the Cochin university of science & Technology, India. His main research interests include Machine learning, and Federated learning in edge devices.
Daniel May
PhD StudentDaniel May is a PhD student at TU Wien. He received his Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering in 2021 and was awarded the Bachelor with Honors in 2022. He completed his Master's degree in Business Informatics in 2025 also at TU Wien. His research interests include sustainable AI and energy-efficient computing.
Daniel Hofstätter
Research AssistantDaniel Hofstätter is a M.Sc. student at TU Wien, Austria, and a collaborator in the HPC Research Group. He received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2021 from TU Wien, Austria. His main research interests include evidential deep learning, analysis of energy signature curves and energy efficiency of edge nodes.
Jakob Fahringer
PhD StudentJakob Fahringer is a Medical Informatics PhD student at TU Wien, Austria, and a collaborator in the HPC Research Group. His research specializes in decentralized monitoring tools for IoT and Edge devices. His newest project deals with health monitoring, using medical smart sensors in an IoT-Edge environment.
Ahmed Šabanović
PhD StudentAhmed Šabanović is a PhD student at TU Wien, Austria. He received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 2023 from the International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He completed his Master’s degree in Data Science in 2026 at TU Wien, Austria. His main research interests include machine learning and sustainable AI.
Mario Morales Gonzalez
PhD StudentMario Morales Gonzalez is a PhD student at TU Wien, Austria. He received his Master's degree in physics at ETH Zürich in January 2026. His previous work focused on the quantum simulation of non-Hermitian dynamics in Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. His research interests include quantum simulation, quantum computing and unconventional quantum frameworks.
Matthias Gruber
M.Sc. StudentMatthias Gruber is a M.Sc. student at TU Wien, Austria, and a collaborator in the Computational Sustainability Research Group. He received his bachelor’s degree in Technical Physics in 2024 from TU Wien, Austria. His main research interests include HPC, Applied Mathematics, and Quantum Computing.
Matthias Weiss
TechnicianMatthias Weiss is the technician in our research unit. He has a bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy. His responsibilities include operating all technical equipment, especially the server and network infrastructure.
Former Members
PhD Students and Postdocs
- Dr. Alessandro Tundo - Postdoc (2024-2025) -> Senior software engineer @TourRadar, Vienna
- Sabtain Ahmad - PhD Student (2021-2024) -> CTO & Co-Founder @ ManaMind, London
- Josip Žilić - PhD Student (2022-2025) -> Embedded & Full-Stack Developer @ IKARUS, Vienna
- Dr. Shashikant Ilager - Postdoc (2021-2024) -> Assistant Professor @ University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands
- Dr. Atakan Aral - Postdoc (2017-2021) -> Assistant Professor @ Umeå University, Sweden
- Dr. Ivan Lujić - PhD Student (2017-2021) -> Solution Architect - Data & Analytics @ Ericsson, Croatia
Research Staff
Visiting Researchers
- Alessandro Viviani is a M.Sc. student @ University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (2024)
- Marco Mobilio - PostDoc Researcher @ University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (2023)
- Alessio Catalfamo - PhD Student @ University of Messina, Italy (2023)
- Onat Kaya - B.SC. Student @ Sabancı Üniversitesi, Turkey (2019)
- Vincenzo Scoca - PhD Student @ IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy (2017)
Master Students
- Julia Oberauner - Master Thesis (2024-2025)
- Thomas Ziller - Master Thesis (2024-2025)
- Alexander Falzberger - Master Thesis (2022-2023)
Bachelor Students
HPC Group over the years
