Priv.-Doz. DI Dr. Zsolt Saffer
Zsolt Saffer has been the director of the Institute for Information Technology and Business InformaticsatFerdinand Porsche FERNFH since 2024. He has published numerous academic articles and completed his habilitation as a Privatdozent in 2019 in the field of Applied Mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology. His primary areas of focus in teaching are artificial intelligence, data science, mathematical stochastics, and various subfields of mathematics and computer science.
Key Areas of Work & Research Interests
Career Path
Director, Institute for Information Technology and Business Informatics, FERNFH, Wiener Neustadt
Research Assistant, Institute for Information Technology and Business Informatics, FERNFH, Wiener Neustadt
Project Assistant, University Assistant, Adjunct Lecturer, Mathematical Stochastics Research Group, Institute of Stochastics and Mathematical Economics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
Full-time instructor, Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITTK) program, Department of Engineering, FH Campus Wien
Researchers, Research Collaboration – Institute of Telecommunications, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Technology Development Engineer, Philips Speech Recognition Systems GmbH, Vienna (known as Nuance Communications Austria GmbH since October 2008)
Software Development Engineer, Alcatel Austria AG, Vienna (until October 1992: Alcatel AHT Hiradástechnika Kft., Budapest)
Work experience as part of graduate studies, Institute of Telecommunications and Electronics (HEI), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Education
Habilitation (teaching qualification, “venia docendi”) in Applied Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Institute of Stochastics and Mathematical Economics
Doctoral Program in Computer Science (Distance Learning), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), Institute of Telecommunications, Prof. Dr. Miklós Telek
Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Computer Science (Distance Learning), Specialization: Research and Development in Technical Computer Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE)
Master's Degree Program, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Specialization: Microelectronics and Technology,
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)