Dr. Fajar J. Ekaputra

Assistant Professor (Tenured Track), WU Vienna

  • (2018) Dr.techn. Computer Science, TU Wien
  • (2010) M.T. Digital Media & Game, Institute Teknologi Bandung
  • (2008) S.T. Informatics, Institute Teknologi Bandung

Short Bio

Fajar J. Ekaputra is a (Tenure Track) Assistant Professor at the Institute for Data, Process, and Knowledge Management at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), Austria. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, and a doctoral’s degree in Informatics from TU Wien, Austria, in 2018.

His research interest is mainly in the Semantic Web, Knowledge (Graphs) Engineering, and their interaction with Machine Learning approaches. Further, He is interested in applying such hybrid Semantic Web and Machine Learning systems in various application domains, including Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and materials engineering.

He has co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in various venues in the last ten years, including top-tiered conferences (e.g., ISWC, ESWC, EKAW, SEMANTiCS) and Journals (SWJ, IJSEKE, IEEE Access, Nature Sci Data), out of which 3 won best paper awards. He is actively involved in research communities as scientific and organizing committees for several international conferences and workshops, e.g., ISWC, ESWC, SEMANTiCS, and EKAW.

Selected Grants

  • [ 2024-2026 | FFG | FAIR-AI | Task Lead ]. A large-scale nationally (FFG)-funded research project with more than 22 partners on bringing AI-related research results from universities and research institutions to companies.
  • [ 2023-2026 | Horizon Europe | PERKS | Task Lead ]. The project supports the holistic governance of industrial Procedural Knowledge in its entire life cycle, from elicitation to management and from access to exploitation.
  • [ 2023-2025 | FFG | SENSE | WP Lead]. The project focus on hybrid- AI methods and tools for event explanation in Cyber-Physical Systems, such as SmartGrid and SmartBuilding.
  • [ 2020-2024 | H2020 | OntoTrans | WP Lead]. EU H2020 project focused on supporting ontology based data representation and exploration in the area of material sciences for engineering translators.
  • [ 2021-2023 | OeAD | DT4TF | PI]. The OeAD-funded project facilitates research mobility between the University of Technology Malaka (UTeM) and TU Vienna in the topic of data management of digital twins.
  • [ 2020-2022 | FFG | OBARIS | PI] An FFG-funded project focusing on investigating the taxonomy of Hybrid-AI systems and their auditability aspects in the context of environmental domain.
  • [ 2020-2021 | WAW | VasQua | Co-PI]. A project funded by the Vienna Business Agency on data integration, verification and quality improvement on the travel management sector.
  • [ 2017-2020 | FFG | CitySPIN | Task Lead]. FFG funded project which aims to create a platform for cyberphysical social systems in order to facilitate innovative Smart City infrastructure services.

Selected Awards

  • Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Data and Software Engineering (ICoDSE) Conference with paper entitled "The Semantic Overlay Architecture for Data Interoperability and Exchange" (2023)
  • Best Poster Award Nomination at the SEMANTiCS Conference with poster entitled "Semantic Containers for Data Mobility" (2019)
  • Best Paper Award Nomination at the SEMANTiCS Conference with paper entitled "Knowledge Change Management and Analysis during the Engineering of Cyber Physical Production Systems" (2016)
  • Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Data and Software Engineering (ICoDSE) with paper entitled "Efficient Data Integration and Communication Issues in Distributed Engineering Projects and Project Consortia" (2016)
  • Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Semantic Systems (i–Semantics) with paper entitled "An Analysis Framework for Ontology Querying Tools" (2013)
  • Technology Grants PhD Scholarship. Awarded by The Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation (2012)