Doctoral Theses

Patrick Plum:
• Bayesian credible interval estimation for serial reliability systems – An application for semiconductor FIT rates

Tanja Maier:
• Modeling of Person Behavior and the Detection of Exceptions using Machine Learning and Markov Chains

Maximilian Arbeiter:
• Simulation of Human Behavior in a Virtual Living Environment

Konstantin Posch:
• Regularization of Statistical Models with a Focus on Bayesian Methods

Firdos Khan:
•  Improved Hydrological Projections and Statistical Downscaling of Process-Based Climate Models for the Upper Indus Basin
•  Higher Education Commission HEC, Pakistan

Anja Zernig:
•  Device Level Maverick Screening
•  Cooperation with KAI Villach

Daniel Kurz:
•  Advanced Statistical Models for Semiconductor Burn-in Studies
•  ENIAC-JU-FP7-Project „EPT300 – Enabling Power Technologies for 300mm Wafers”

Kathrin Plankensteiner:
•  Application of Bayesian Networks Bayesian and Stochastic Models to Predict Smart Power Switch Lifetime
•  Cooperation with KAI Villach

Thomas Arnold:
•  Multivariate Analysis of Hyperspectral Image Data from Human Soft Tissue Tumours
•  Cooperation with CTR Villach

Ingo Engert-Oostingh:
•  Ein genetisch orientierter Lehrgang zur Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
•  Co-supervised with Prof. K. Fuchs, Univ. Salzburg

Sandra König:
•  Stochastic Analysis of Security and Capacity of a Quantum Network

Muhammad Mohsin:
•  A New Class of Distributions Generated from Functional Scale Parameters
•  Higher Education Commission HEC, Pakistan

Dominik Griedl:
•  Portfoliooptimierung mit alternativen Anlageklassen
•  Project with Griedl GmbH & Co KG

Fadi Al Machot:
•  A Robust Event Detection under Uncertainty in Video/Audio Surveillance Systems
•  Co-supervised with Prof. K. Kyamakya, AAU Klagenfurt

Olivia Bluder:
•  Prediction of Smart Power Device Lifetime Based on Bayesian Modeling
•  Cooperation with KAI Villach, Competence Center for Industrial and Automotive Applications

Michael Mulyk:
•  Application of Unsupervised Spectral Unmixing Techniques
•  Cooperation with CTR Villach, Carinthian Tech Research, COMET I Programme, “Snapshot Imaging” Project

Laura Poetsch:
•  Early Failure Detection by Robust Statistics and Spatial Point Processes
•  Cooperation with Infineon Villach

Ijaz Hussain:
•  Spatio-Temporal Interpolation and Spatial Sampling Design for Precipitation in Pakistan during Monsoon
•  Higher Education Commission HEC, Pakistan

Hermenegilde Nkurunziza:
•  Spatio-Temporal Association between Malaria and Climate in Burundi
•  North-South Dialogue Programme, Austrian Academic Exchange Service, OEAD

Hannes Kazianka:
•  Spatial Modeling and Interpolation Using Copulas
•  Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis in March 2010
•  EU-FP6-IST Project “INTAMAP – Interoperability and Automated Mapping”

Stefan Rass:
•  On Information-Theoretic Security: Contemporary Problems and Solutions
•  Co-supervised with Prof. Dr. P. Horster, AAU Klagenfurt

Horst Lewitschnig:
•  Stress Interaction Models
•  Cooperation with Infineon Villach

Samo Wakounig:
•  On weighted Estimation and Inference by Semiparametric Methods of Survival Analysis
•  Co-supervised with Prof. M. Schemper, Med. Univ. Wien

Vera Hofer:
•  Statistical Process Management in the Aggregates Industry
•  Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis in May 2008
•  Part of the EUREKA-Project E!2536 PETROSCOPE

Sonja Muringer:
•  Advanced Process Control Based on Multivariate Control Charts and Dynamic Linear Models
•  Cooperation with Infineon Villach

Björn Kraiger:
•  Value at Risk – Bayesscher Zugang und Verifikation konkreter Probleme anhand von ausgewählten Monte Carlo Methoden
•  Cooperation with Pioneer Investment Vienna

Philipp Pluch:
•  Theory for Quantum Probability: A Reformulation and an Application of Classical Stochastic Theory for Quantum Probability and Quantum Statistical Inference
•  EU-FP6-IST Project “SECOQC – Secure Communication in Quantum Cryptography”

Petra Rodiga-Lassnig:
•  Die Anwendung von Cox Modellen und Gibbs Sampling zur Einschätzung des unternehmerischen Risikos von Gewährleistungspflichten in der industriellen Produktinnovation
•  Cooperation with Philipps HGW Klagenfurt

Gunter Spöck:
•  Bayesian Spatial Prediction and Sampling Design
•  Funded by FWF-Project “Spatial Sampling Design for Correlated Observations”
•  Joint project with Prof. W.G. Mueller, JKU Linz

Tilo Wendler:
•  Determinanten von Benutzerzufriedenheit und Kosten von IT-Systemen am Beispiel des Server-based Computings
•  Cooperation with Deutscher Sparkassenverband Berlin

Cristina De Luca:
•  Statistical Concepts and Methods for Run-to-Run Control in Semiconductor Lithography
•  Cooperation with Infineon Villach, Advanced Process Control Unit

Claudia Gebhardt:
•  Bayessche Methoden in der geostatistischen Versuchsplanung

Gerhard Mlekusch:
•  Bewältigungsstrategien von Dialyse- und Nierentransplantationspatienten – ein empirischer Vergleich
•  Cooperation with Primar Prof. Dr. O. Wieser, LKH Klagenfurt

Sven Grube:
•  Die Anwendung Generalisierter Linearer Modelle zur Bestimmung kleinräumlicher Disparitäten der Pathogenese. Eine Darstellung von Atemwegsproblemen und Lungenerkrankungen in Klagenfurt und Umland
•  Cooperation with Magistrat Klagenfurt

Albrecht Gebhardt:
•  Neuronale Netze – Eine Alternative in der Räumlichen Statistik?

Rose-Gerd Koboltschnig:
•  Anwendung Bayesscher Modelle in der räumlichen Epidemiologie am Beispiel von Lungen-Karzinomdaten in Westösterreich

Habilitations

Vera Hofer:
•  Predictive Analytics with Applications in Business and Industry

Johannes Kazianka:
•  Bayesian Methods for Analyzing Spatial, Environmental and Image Data

Gunter Spöck:
•  The Application of Bayesian Statistics and Convex Design Methodologies to Geo-Statistical Prediction and Sampling Design