Grants and Contracts

University of Klagenfurt and Lakeside Labs

  • Drones in cellular networks
    Host and mentor. Research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 2022 – 2025
  • Condition and energy monitoring with ultra-reliable sensor networks (ConSens)
    Co-applicant. Research project funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), 2011 – 2023
  • Self-organizing synchronization with stochastic coupling
    Principal investigator. Research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 2018 – 2022
  • Self-powered UWB-based industrial sensor networks (UWB4Industry)
    Co-applicant. Funding from FFG/KWF, 2018 – 2019
  • Drone communications over cellular networks (DroneZ)
    Principal investigator. Collaboration with T-Mobile/Magenta and Deutsche Telekom, 2017 – 2021
  • Dependable, secure, and time-aware sensor networks (DeSSnet), Lakeside Labs
    Co-applicant. K project funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), 2017 – 2021
  • Networked autonomous aerial vehicles (NAV)
    Co-applicant. Karl Popper science Kolleg and doctoral school. Funding from University of Klagenfurt, 2017 – 2021
  • Research and training program in unmanned aerial vehicles, University of Toronto
    Collaborator. Funding from Research Council of Canada, 2016 –
  • Adaptive access management for cabin-based transport systems (AMACAT)
    Co-applicant. Collaboration with SKIDATA. Funding from KWF/BABEG, 2015 – 2018
  • Reliable wireless sensor networks for aircraft applications (REWISE)
    Principal investigator. Collaboration with Airbus. Funding from KWF/BABEG, 2015 – 2017
  • Self-organizing intelligent network of UAVs (SINUS)
    Co-applicant. Funding from EU/KWF/BABEG, 2013 – 2015
  • Dynamics of interference in wireless networks (INDY)
    Principal investigator. Research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 2012 – 2017
  • Pioneering research in mobile networked systems
    Principal investigator. Funding from KWF and EU, 2012 – 2015
  • Heterogeneity in self-organizing network synchronization (HiSONS)
    Principal investigator. Research project funded by EU/KWF/BABEG, 2012 – 2015
  • Decision-making systems with information errors: An interdisciplinary approach (SOSIE)
    Co-applicant with F. Wall. Research project funded by EU/KWF/BABEG, 2012 – 2015
  • Robust self-organizing slot synchronization in networked embedded systems (ROSSY)
    Principal applicant. Dissertation grant by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), 2010 – 2013
  • PhD School in Interactive and Cognitive Environments (ICE)
    Co-applicant with B. Rinner (coordinator), M. Huemer, M. Hitz. Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate school funded by the European Commission, 2010 – 2017
  • Collaborative Microdrones (cDrones)
    Co-applicant. Research project funded by EU/KWF/BABEG, 2009 – 2012
  • Self-organizing slot synchronization (Triple-S)
    Principal investigator. Research project funded by EU/KWF/BABEG, 2009 – 2010
  • Cooperative relaying in wireless networks (RELAY)
    Principal investigator. Research project funded by EU/KWF/BABEG, 2008 – 2013
  • Middleware for network eccentric and mobile applications (MiNEMA).
    Steering board member, 01/06 – 03/09. Research networking program funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF)
  • Network coding in dynamic networks
    Co-applicant. Doctoral grant from the Portuguese Science & Technology Fund (FCT), 2006–2012
  • Cooperative spatial diversity in ad hoc networks
    Principal Investigator. Research contract from Orange Labs, 2006 – 2009
  • Modeling spatial node distributions
    Principal Investigator. Research grant from Soongsil University, 2007 – 2008

DOCOMO Euro-Labs

  • Ad hoc networking with adaptive antennas (ADMIN)
    Senior researcher at DOCOMO Euro-Labs, 2004 – 2005, with TU Munich
  • WearIT@Work: Empowering the mobile worker by wearable computing
    Senior researcher at DOCOMO Euro-Labs, European project
  • Distributed medium access control with QoS support in multihop networks
    Senior researcher at DOCOMO Euro-Labs, 2003 – 2005, with TU Berlin
  • IP-based protocols for multihop radio access networks (MRAN)
    Senior researcher at DOCOMO Euro-Labs, 2003 – 2004

Technische Universität München

  • System architecture, mobility, and modeling of wireless ad hoc networks
    Researcher at TU Munich, funded by DFG, 2000 – 2003
  • IP-based communication protocols in a car environment (IPcar)
    Researcher at TU Munich, with and funded by BMW, 1999
  • Turbo decoding with tail-biting trellises
    Student at University of Notre Dame and TU Munich, supported by DAAD, 1998