• Head of Chair of Production and Maintenance Management, TU Wien (since October 2023)
• Full Professor for Data-driven Maintenance Management, TU Wien (since October 2023)
• Head of Strategic Projects & Member of Management Board, Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH (since 2023)
• Head of Research Smart & Knowledge-Based Maintenance, TU Wien (2020 –2023)
• Head of Research Group Digitalization and Competence Management, Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH (2021 – 2023)
• Deputy Head of Research Group Smart & Knowledge-Based Maintenance, TU Wien (2021 – 2023)
• Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering, TU Wien (2017 – 2021)
• Visiting Lecturer and Associated Faculty, Chair of Production and Logistics Management, Universität Siegen, Germany (2017 – 2021)
• Senior Researcher in Industrial Data Science and Project Leader in Advanced Industrial Management, Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH (2017 – 2020)
• Senior Research Associate and Post-Doc Fellow for Knowledge Management in Cyber Physical Systems, Universität Siegen, Germany (2015 – 2016)
• Research Assistant and Lecturer, Institute of Knowledge-Based Systems, Universität Siegen, Germany (2007 – 2014)

• Habilitation (venia docendi) in Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, TU Wien, 2021
  • F. Ansari, Management of Knowledge Intelligence in Human-centered Cyber Physical Production Systems, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 2021
• Ph.D. in Computer Science (summa cum laude), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Siegen, 2014
  • F. Ansari, Meta-Analysis of Knowledge Assets for Continuous Improvement of Maintenance Cost Controlling, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Siegen, December 2014
• M.Sc. in Mechatronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Siegen, 2008
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2005

• Maintenance and Production Planning
• Knowledge-Based Maintenance
• Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
• Industrial AI – Application of Semantic Modeling, Text Mining and Predictive/Prescriptive Data Analytic
• Human-Centered Cyber Physical Production Systems
• Knowledge Management (Human- and Machine Factors) in Smart and Learning Factories

• Maintenance Management in Manufacturing & Robotics (TU Wien, since 2025)
• Seminar for Diploma Students in Business Informatics (Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien, since 2022)
• Interuniversity Research Colloquium on Techno-Economics (TU Austria – TU Wien, TU Graz, MU Leoben, since 2022)
• Parametric Tools for Structural BIM Design Seminar, in cooperation with the Institute of Building Construction and Industrial Building (E210), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, TU Wien, since 2022
• Fundamentals of Business and Corporate Management (TU Wien, since 2021)
• Seminar for PhD Candidates and Diploma Students (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2021)
• Industrial Production Information Systems, Lecture and Exercise in the Master's Specialization "Production Information Management" (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2020)
• Smart Production Systems, Master's Seminar in the Specialization "Production Information Management" (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2019)
• Project Work in Production and Logistics Management, Master's Seminar (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2019)
• KM 4.0 – Knowledge Management in Cyber-Physical Production Systems, Lecture in the Master's Specialization "Production Information Management" (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2018)
• Industrial Data Science, Exercise in the Master's Specialization "Production Information Management" (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2018)
• Maintenance and Reliability Management, Topic Area "Intelligent and Knowledge-Based Maintenance" (Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, since 2017)

International

• Fellow – European Academy for Industrial Management (AIM), since September 2025
• The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), since February 2024
• International Association of Learning Factories (IALF), since 2024
• German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband), since September 2022
• World Manufacturing Foundation, Focus Group on AI in Manufacturing, since June 2021
• The Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHM Society), since 2020
• International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), since 2020
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since 2010
  • Senior IEEE Member, since February 2022
  • Member of the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMC), since 2022
  • Member of the Technology and Engineering Management Society (IEEE TEMS), since 2011
• Board Member, European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL), 2017–2020

National (Austria)

• Austrian Scientific Society for Production Engineering (ÖWGP), since 2025
• Techno-Economics Forum – TU Austria, since 2024
• Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (ASAI), since July 2023
• Austrian Association of Industrial Engineers (WING), since October 2021

• Best Paper Award WGAB Research Seminar 2023, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, September 2023
• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Learning Factories (CIRP CLF 2022), Singapore, April 2022
• Best Paper Award, 4th IFAC Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technologies (AMEST 2020), University of Cambridge, UK, September 2020
• Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Computers and Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, 2016
• Winner of Theta Award, The cut-e Award for Person-Job-Fit Innovation, EUR 5K, Hamburg, February 2015
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in a PhD Thesis, Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, Universität Siegen, May 2015
• Graduate Scholar Award, 12th Int. Conf. on Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Chicago, USA, July 2012
• Diploma Degree in Structural Health Monitoring, Sponsored by the European Commission, Specific Support Action ASA6-CT-2006-044636, Universität Siegen, November 2007

• Keynote, Towards Competence-Based Planning for Optimizing Human Resource Allocation in Manufacturing Systems,  Leverage of IT for Engineering and Science (LITES 2023), Organized collaboratively by the Turkish-German University, TU Berlin, and University of Potsdam, Istanbul, 31 October 2023
• Invited Talk and Panelist, AI in Maintenance,  2023 Congress of the Austrian Association for Maintenance and Asset Management (ÖVIA), Leoben, 11 October 2023
• Invited Talk, Positive Impact Production, Future of Advanced Manufacturing (FoAM 2023), Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at the University of Twente, Enschede, 10 October 2023
• Keynote Speaker, Cognitive Twin in Industrial Maintenance, Design, Simulation, Manufacturing: The Innovation Exchange (DSMIE 2023), High Tatras, Slovakia, 6-9 June 2023
• Invited Talk, Maintenance-Free Factory: A revolutionary Model for Future of Industrial Maintenance, CIRP Winter Meetings, STC-O Meeting, Paris, 23 February 2023
• Invited Speaker and Panelist, Knowledge-Based Maintenance as an Enabler and Driver of Sustainable Production Management, Intelligent Maintenance Conference 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7 September 2022
• Invited Talk, Towards Adaptive and Personalized Work Systems, CIRP STC-A Meeting, CIRP General Assembly, Bilbao, Spain, 26 August 2022
• Invited Talk and Panelist, Reciprocal Learning in Collaborative Work Systems, Global Engineering Education Panel, 5th European Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Rome, Italy, 26 July 2022
• Invited Talk, Towards Reciprocal Learning in Collaborative Work Systems, CIRP Winter Meetings, Collaborative Working-Group on AI, Paris, France (Online), 16 February 2022
• Invited Technical Talk, Knowledge-Based Maintenance for Sustainable Production Management, STC-O Meeting, CIRP General Assembly, Munich, Germany (Online), 25 August 2021
• Invited Talk, Knowledge-Based Maintenance: TU Wien's Experiences and Foresights, EIT Manufacturing Hub Croatia, Online Event, 1 June 2021
• Invite Talk, Human-Machine Learning in Manufacturing Sector: What is H-M Reciprocal Learning?, Skillnet - The Worldwide Network for skills in Advance Manufacturing, Online Event - Skillman International Forum (SIF), 10 December 2020
• Invited Talk, Text-Mining in Industrial Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance Workshop, Association Industry 4.0 Austria – the Platform for Smart Production, Vienna, Austria, 5 June 2020
• Invited Talk, Learning Factories for SMEs, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Skopje, North Macedonia, 27 September 2019.
• Keynote Speaker, Knowledge Management 4.0 Is KM 4.0 for or against Industrial Fake News?!, TAKE 2019 - Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy, organized by Institute for Applied Research on Skilled Crafts and Trades (IAGF), WU Wien & Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ), Vienna, Austria, 5 July 2019
• Keynote Speaker, Future of AI based maintenance planning and operations: Can a machine maintain its health score?, Conference on Industry Invited Lecturer, Knowledge-Based Maintenance: Today & Tommorrow , Infineon Winter School Chip Fab of the Future, Villach, Austria, 26 February 2019
• Invited Technical Talk, Dynamic Maintenance-based Insurance Model for Industrial Machines, CIRP Winter Meetings, STC-O, Paris, France, 21 February 2019
• Invited Technical Talk, Reciprocal Learning in Smart Factories, CIRP Winter Meetings, Collaborative Working-Group on Biologicalisation, Paris, France, 20 February 2019
• Speaker, The Evolution of Knowledge-Based Maintenance: From Descriptive to Prescriptive Maintenance, IT2Industry Forum, AUTOMATICA 2018, Munich, Germany, 19 June 2018
• Speaker and Workshop Organizer, Predictive Maintenance through Intelligent Data Management and Analysis, Smart Maintenance Pavillon in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Group for Production, AUTOMATICA 2018, Munich, Germany, 19 June 2018
• Speaker and Workshop Co-organizer, Session 2: Predictive Maintenance through Intelligent Data Management and Analysis, Smart Maintenance Sessions organized by the Fraunhofer Group for Production, Convention Center (Saal Paris), Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany, 26 April 2018
• Invited Technical Talk, A Problem-Solving Ontology for Human-Centered CPPS: Human-CPPS Collaboration as an Enabler of Changeability, CIRP Winter Meetings, STC-O, Paris, France, 22 February 2018
• Speaker and Workshop Organizer, Promoting Learning Analytics for Practitioners, EAPRIL Conference 2017, Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland, 29 November 2017
• Invited Symposium Discussant, The Connection Between Education and Technology in Co-Creation with High Tech Enterprises, EAPRIL Conference 2017, Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland, 29 November 2017
• Invited Talk, From Predictive to Prescriptive Maintenance, 3rd Machine Learning for Cyber Physical Systems and Industry 4.0, Lemgo, Germany, 25 October 2017
• Invited Talk, Predictive Analytics in Maintenance of Cyber Physical Systems, Knowledge Management Workshop for Industry and Production 4.0 – Machine Meets Knowledge, Stuttgart, Germany, 24 June 2015

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