Daniel Watzenig

Daniel Watzenig was born in Austria. He received his Master's degree in electrical engineering and the doctoral degree in technical science from Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. In 2009 he received the venia docendi (habilitation) for Electrical Measurement and Signal Processing.

Since 2017 he is a Full Professor of Automated Driving at the Institute of Automation and Control, Graz University of Technology, Austria.

In addition, he is Divisional Director and Scientific Head of the Automotive Electronics and Software Department of the Virtual Vehicle Research Center in Graz. Since 2015, he is Vice President of the ARTEMIS Industry Association (Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligent Systems in Europe).

His research interests focus on sense & control of automated vehicles, signal processing, sensor fusion, uncertainty estimation and quantification, robust optimization, non-invasive measurement techniques, and sampling methods. In 2005 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, working on multi-sensor arrays and statistical signal processing. In 2011 he was visiting researcher and guest lecturer at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is IEEE Senior Member of the IEEE Control Systems, Signal Processing and Instrumentation & Measurement Societies.

He is author or co-author of over 140 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, patents, and articles. He is the Austrian representative (appointed by the Austrian Federal Ministry BMVIT) of Electrified, Connected, and Automated Vehicles within the International Energy Agency (IEA). Since 2016 he is the Chair of the Task Force on “Methods and Tools for Virtual Development and Validation” of the European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA).