CV

Contact Information

Name Daniel May
Professional Title PhD Student in Informatics
Email daniel.may@tuwien.ac.at
Location Vienna, Austria
Website https://www.danielmay.me

Professional Summary

PhD student at TU Wien working on energy-efficient AI systems, with a current focus on neuromorphic computing and intermediate representations for constrained and emerging hardware.

Experience

Education

  • 2025 - present

    Vienna, Austria

    Dr.techn. (equivalent to PhD)
    TU Wien
    Informatics
    • Working on energy-efficient AI systems, with a current focus on neuromorphic computing and intermediate representations for constrained and emerging hardware.
    • Advisor: Prof. Ivona Brandić
  • 2021 - 2025

    Vienna, Austria

    Dipl.-Ing. (equivalent to MSc)
    TU Wien
    Business Informatics
  • 2020 - 2022

    Vienna, Austria

    Bachelor with Honors
    TU Wien
    Informatics
  • 2018 - 2021

    Vienna, Austria

    BSc
    TU Wien
    Software & Information Engineering
    • Average grade: 1.0 (1 = best, 5 = worst)
    • Focus: Mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science; algorithms and programming; computer science and society
    • Thesis: Prediction of End-of-Life Stages using Random Forests
    • Advisor: Prof. Peter Filzmoser
  • 2012 - 2017

    Vienna, Austria

    Higher Technical Diploma
    Technologisches Gewerbemuseum (TGM)
    Information Technology
    • Average grade: 1.0 (1 = best, 5 = worst)
    • Focus: Software development; information systems; applied mathematics
    • Best student of the school in 2017, with an average grade of 1.00 across all courses over five years.
    • Diploma work: Physical Authentication System, with a focus on facial recognition

Services

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    TÜV AUSTRIA Science Award
    TÜV AUSTRIA Group

    Awarded in the master’s theses category for work on energy-efficient split computing and sustainability in computation.

  • 2024
    netidee Scholarship Master's Thesis
    Internet Foundation Austria

    Awarded for theses that contribute to a better, more open, and transparent Internet.

  • 2023
    Elevate Scholarship
    Palfinger

    Awarded to the top master’s student in Business Informatics among selected programs.

  • 2022
    Seeds for the Future Scholarship
    Huawei

    Awarded in 2022 and 2023; among the top 32 STEM master’s students at TU Wien.

  • 2019
    Merit-based Scholarship
    TU Wien

    Awarded for outstanding academic performance in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Presentations and Talks

Languages

German : Native
English : Fluent