Academic Professional Activities

Development of Curricula

1980–1993: Co-development, implementation, and supervision of a curriculum "Medical Informatics" for students of Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology/Austria and the University of Vienna/Austria
1980–1993: Co-development, implementation, and supervision of a curriculum "Medical Data Processing" for students of Data Processing at the Vienna University of Technology/Austria
1983–1993: Co-development, implementation, and supervision of a curriculum "Medical Informatics" for students of Medicine at the University of Vienna/Austria
1991–1993: Elected for coordination of the curriculum for Medical Informatics for the studies in Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology/Austria
10/1/2010–9/30/2015: Member of the curriculum committee of the PhD program (N094) "Medical Informatics, Biostatistics & Complex Systems" of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Editorships

1988–1992: Associate Editor of the International Journal "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine", Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
1991–1999: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal "Methods of Information in Medicine", F.K. Schattauer Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
1993–2001: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine", Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
1995–2001: Member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Press Book Series "Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Engineering"
since 2001: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal "Journal of Applied Computer Science", Technical University Press, Lodz/Poland
2002–2016: Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine", Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.

Representative and Committee Memberships

1989–1994: Austrian Representative in the Working Group 1 (Education) of I.M.I.A. (International Medical Informatics Association)
1991–1996: Chairman of MEDWIS research initiative "Knowledge Bases for Medicine" of the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie/Germany
1991–2000: Representative of the University of Vienna Medical School for the utilization of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) for research and teaching
1998–2000: Project leader of "Telemedicine, Knowledge-Based Diagnostics and Therapy" of the strategy group "Computer-Assisted Telemedicine and Therapy" at the University of Vienna Medical School
1999–2000: Active Node of ERUDIT: European Network for Fuzzy Logic and Uncertainty Modeling in Information Technology supported by the European Commission DG III Industry—Esprit Programme as a Network of Excellence
2001–2002: Vice-Chairman of the Committee "Human, Medical and Healthcare" of EUNITE—The European Network on Intelligent Technologies for Smart Adaptive Systems (a project funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies Arm of the IST Programme FET K. A. Line 8.12 Networks of Excellence and Working Groups)
3/22/2002–3/8/2005: Member of the scientific-industrial advisory committee for biomedical engineering, Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf, Biomedical Engineering
10/11/2002–12/6/2004: Member of the Austrian Commission of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg/Austria, situated at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
12/1/2002–12/31/2006: Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Working Group “Medical Informatics” of the Austria Computer Society (OCG) and the Austrian Society for Biomedical Technology (ÖGBMT)
9/1/2004–12/31/2013: Member of the Co-Ordination Team of the Austrian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Network as part of the European HELICS-Associated Network (Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance)
since 9/22/2009: Member of the Health Level Seven (HL7) Arden Syntax Working Group
since 9/23/2009: Member of the Health Level Seven (HL7) Clinical Decision Support Working Group
2/1/2012–6/7/2013: Member of the "National Initiative for the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Medicine", Federal Ministry of Health/Austria

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