modified: April, 22nd 2008

Contact Information of Stephan Winkler

Address & Affiliation

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stephan M. Winkler
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Translational Research Program L284 "GP-Based Techniques for the Design of Virtual Sensors" funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF

Research Center Hagenberg
Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences
Softwarepark 11
A-4232 Hagenberg
AUSTRIA

Phone:   +43 7236 3888 7143
E-Mail:   stephan.winkler@heuristiclab.com
Private website:   http://stephan.heuristiclab.com

 

Short Biography

1980:   born in Linz, Austria
1990 - 1998:   High School: Bischöfliches Gymnasium Kollegium Petrinum, Linz, Austria
1998 - 1999:   Military Service at the Kopalkaserne St. Pölten - Spratzern, Austria
1999 - 2004:   Studies in Computer Science at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
since 2003:   Member of Michael Affenzeller's Genetic Algorithms Research Group
since 2003:   Plug-In developer for HeuristicLab
2003 - 2004:   Graduand at the Institute of Systems Theory and Simulation at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
September 2004:   MSc in Computer Science (with distinction)
2004 - 2008:   PhD student at the Institute for Formal Models and Verification at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
October 2004 - January 2006:   Research Assistant at the Institute for Design and Control of Mechatronical Systems at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria;
Research Assistant at the Linz Center of Competence in Mechatronics (LCM)
since February 2006:   Research Assistant within the Translational Research Program L284 "GP-Based Techniques for the Design of Virtual Sensors" funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF
Research Assistant at the Research Center Hagenberg of the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences
April 2008:   PhD in Technical Sciences (with distinction)

 

Research Interests

  • Theory and Application of Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming
  • Machine Learning and Data Mining
  • Grey Box Identification of Nonlinear Systems (especially in the context of mechatronic applications)
  • Software Development

 

Invited Talks

October 2007:   "Evolutionäres Design von virtuellen Sensoren" ("Evolutionary Design of Virtual Sensors") at the Mechatronik Cluster Forum „Industrielles Symposium Mechatronik“ in Linz, Austria, on October 4, 2007.
November 2005:   "Fehlerfrüherkennung und Virtuelle Sensorik im Praxiseinsatz" ("Early Fault Detection and Virtual Sensors in Practice"), held at the Mechatronik Cluster Forum "Flexibilität trotz Automatisierung" ("Flexibility in Spite of Automation") in Steyrermühl, Austria, on November 9th, 2005.

 

Awards

December 2008:   Junior Researcher Award 2008 of the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences
July 2005:   Best Paper Award of the session "Management Information Systems" at WMSCI 2005 for the paper "Solving Multiclass Classification Problems by Genetic Programming"
April 2004:   Best Paper Award of the session "Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence" at EMCSR 2004 for the paper "Identifying Nonlinear Model Structures Using Genetic Programming Techniques" (pdf, ps, ps.gz)
2002 - 2003:   Scholarships of the Technical Faculty at the Johannes Kepler University for excellent merits in studies in the years 2002 and 2003

 

Publications

Stephan Winkler's list of publications can be found here.