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Awards and Honors.

2022 Best Technical Paper Award, opens an external URL in a new window, PETRA 2022 Anzengruber-Tanase B., Haslgrübler-Huemer M., Sopidis G., Ferscha A.: Determining Best Hardware, Software and Data Structures for Worker Guidance during a Complex Assembly Task.
2021 Best Poster Award - 3rd Place, IoT 2021 Sopidis G., Ahmad A., Haslgrübler-Huemer M., Ferscha A., Baresch M.: Micro Activities Recognition and Macro Worksteps Classification for Industrial IoT Processes. DOI: 10.1145/3494322.3494356
2020 Nomination Best Paper Award, PADS 2020 Zia, K., Ferscha, A.: An Agent-Based Model of Crowd Evacuation: Combining Individual, Social and Technological Aspects
2019 Best Paper Award, opens an external URL in a new window, Cognitive 2019 Zia, K., Ferscha, A., Trendafilov, D.: Importance of Coordination and Cultural Diversity for an Efficient and Flexible Manufacturing System. (pdf via thinkmind.org, opens an external URL in a new window)
2018 Ö-WGP Zukunftspreis 2018, opens an external URL in a new window Projekt: Attentive Machines, FFG, Projektnummer 849976
  Best Paper Award, PhyCS 2018 Gollan, B., Haslgruebler, M., Ferscha, A., Heftberger, J.: Making Sense: Experiences with Multi-Sensor Fusion in Industrial Assistance Systems. (pdf via thinkmind.org, opens an external URL in a new window)
  Best Student Paper Award, opens an external URL in a new window, PETRA 2018 Amrouche, S., Gollan, B., Ferscha, A., Heftberger, J.: Activity Segmentation and Identification based on Eye Gaze Features. DOI: 10.1145/3197768.3197775
  Adolf-Adam-Informatikpreis, opens an external URL in a new window 2018 Jungwirth, F.: EyeMazing - Das Auge als Interaktionsmöglichkeit der Zukunft (Masterarbeit).
2016 Best Paper Award, FUTURE COMPUTING 2016 Gollan, B., Ferscha, A.: SEEV-Effort - Is it Enough to Model Human Attentional Behavior in Public Display Settings. (pdf via researchgate.net, opens an external URL in a new window)
  Nomination VERENA Award Project: PowerIT mit EnergieAG
  Nomination Dissertationspreis der Gesellschaft für Informatik Hölzl, G.: Zielorientierte Aktivitäts- und Kontexterkennung mit dynamisch variierenden Sensorensembles (Dissertation).
2013 Best Paper Award, AutomotiveUI 2013 Riener, A., Ferscha, A., Bachmair, F., Hagmueller, P., Lemme, A., Muttenthaler, D., Puehringer, D., Rogner, H., Tappe, A., Weger, F.: Standardization of the In-Car Gesture Interaction Space. DOI: 10.1145/2516540.2516544
  Best Paper Award, ADAPTIVE 2013 M. Kurz, G. Hoelzl, Ferscha A.: On the Utilization of Heterogeneous Sensors and System Adaptability for Opportunistic Activity and Context Recognition. (pdf via researchgate.net, opens an external URL in a new window)
  Best Paper Award, ICAS 2013 G. Hoelzl, M. Kurz, Ferscha A.: Goal Processing and Semantic Matchmaking in Opportunistic Activity and Context Recognition Systems. (pdf via researchgate.net, opens an external URL in a new window)
2012 Nomination Mercur Award (Innovation Award, WKO Vienna) Project: Vienna City Marathon Sport Community Token mit Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH
  Best Paper Award, ADAPTIVE 2012 M. Kurz, G. Hoelzl and Ferscha A.: Dynamic Adaptation of Opportunistic Sensor Configurations for Continuous and Accurate Activity Recognition. (pdf via researchgate.net, opens an external URL in a new window)
  Adolf-Adam-Informatikpreis, opens an external URL in a new window 2012 Sippl, A.: May I Have Your Attention – wie intelligente Displays Aufmerksamkeit gewinnen (Masterarbeit).
  Nomination Best Paper Award, ISWC 2012 Farrahi, K., Gatica-Perez, D.: Extracting Mobile Behavioral Patterns with the Distant N-Gram Topic Model. DOI: 10.1109/ISWC.2012.20
2011 Nomination World Summit Award  
  Wiener Zukunftspreis Project: Vienna City Marathon Sport Community Token mit Enterprise Sport Promotion GmbH
  Innovationspreis des Staatspreises für Multimedia und e-Business Projekt: Displays, FFG
2010 Best Paper Award, ACHI 2010

Riener, A.: Simulating On-the-road Behavior Using Driving Simulators, DOI: 10.1109/ACHI.2010.10

2009 OÖ Landespreis für Innovation Projekt: Spectacles, FFG, Projektnummer: 809450
  Cross Border Award, opens an external URL in a new window der Grenzüberschreitenden Technologieplattform Oberösterreich-Niederbayern-Südböhmen