Member: Paul Spiesberger

Paul Spiesberger

Chairman of ICT4D.at, Austria

Paul has been the chairman of ICT4D.at since 2014 and in his spare time enjoys using his skills for the common good.  He graduated as a computer scientist with a focus on media informatics from the Vienna University of Technology, where he is currently also doing his PhD.  He works with INSO (the Research Group for Industrial Software) as a researcher and lecturer in the field of mobile technologies and ICT4D. He is currently employed as a software developer for mobile technologies within a fast growing Austrian company.   He has won several national and international awards for his innovative work at Os – a collective to tackle social issues through the use of ICTs.

Selected publications:

  • P. Spiesberger, L. Bürstmayr, R. Vallon, T. Grechenig (2023) “Identifying Higher Software Engineering Education’s Design-Reality Gaps in Rural India”, 2023 IEEE Mipro Conference.
  • M. Juvane, P. Spiesberger, K. Pinter, R. Vallon and T. Grechenig (2020) “Assessing Mozambique’s Software Industry to Foster Local Universities-Industry Collaboration,” 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1740-1747, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125330.
  • R. Vallon, P. Spiesberger, M. Zoffi, C. Zrelski, C. Dräger and T. Grechenig (2018) “Teaching Global Software Engineering in a Remote Customer Environment,” 2018 IEEE 10th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED), pp. 63-68, doi: 10.1109/ICEED.2018.8626985.
  • Spiesberger, P., Kuschnigg, S., and Grechenig, T. (2018). Engineering Consequences of Mobile Systems ́ Technological Constraints in Developing Countries Exemplified by Mozambique. In Proceedings of the 2018 IFIP WG 9.4 European Regional Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Tirana, Albania.
  • M. Juvane, A. Mauczka, P. Spiesberger and T. Grechenig (2016) “Opportunities for industry-university collaboration: A case study from Mozambique,” 2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED), pp. 158-163, doi: 10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856063.