CV
Contact Information
| Name | Daniel May |
| Professional Title | PhD Student in Informatics |
| 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
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2025 - present Vienna, Austria
PreDoc Researcher
TU Wien
- Member of the Research Unit of Computational Sustainability, led by Prof. Ivona Brandić.
- Research on energy-efficient AI systems, with a current focus on neuromorphic computing and intermediate representations.
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2024 - 2025 Vienna, Austria
Research Assistant (Student Staff)
TU Wien
- Member of the HPC Research Group, led by Prof. Ivona Brandić.
- Research on energy-efficient computing and optimization techniques for edge AI systems.
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2020 - 2026 Austria
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2017 - 2019 Austria
Software Engineer
Alumni Club of TGM
- Database engineering and maintenance, website maintenance, and software development.
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2017 - 2018 Austria
Paramedic (Civilian Service)
Austrian Red Cross
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2015 - 2015 Austria
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2014 - 2014 Austria
IT Assistant (Internship)
A&R TECH
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2013 - 2013 Austria
IT Assistant (Internship)
A&R TECH
Education
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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
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2021 - 2025 Vienna, Austria
Dipl.-Ing. (equivalent to MSc)
TU Wien
Business Informatics
- Average grade: 1.1 (1 = best, 5 = worst)
- Focus: Data analytics; management science; economic modeling
- Thesis: Neural network splitting for energy-efficient Edge-AI
- Advisor: Prof. Ivona Brandić
- Co-advisor: Shashikant Ilager
- The thesis received a 2024 netidee Scholarship from the Internet Foundation Austria.
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2020 - 2022 Vienna, Austria
Bachelor with Honors
TU Wien
Informatics
- Average grade: 1.1 (1 = best, 5 = worst)
- Focus: Data analytics; management science; economic modeling
- Data Science and Big Data Analytics summer school at University College London, 2022.
- Mentor: Prof. Christian Huemer
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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
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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
- Sub-reviewer: Middleware 2026; ICPE 2026
Honors and Awards
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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.
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2024 netidee Scholarship Master's Thesis
Internet Foundation Austria
Awarded for theses that contribute to a better, more open, and transparent Internet.
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2023 Elevate Scholarship
Palfinger
Awarded to the top master’s student in Business Informatics among selected programs.
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2022 Seeds for the Future Scholarship
Huawei
Awarded in 2022 and 2023; among the top 32 STEM master’s students at TU Wien.
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2019 Merit-based Scholarship
TU Wien
Awarded for outstanding academic performance in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Presentations and Talks
- 2026 - Invited workshop: Energy Consumption of Artificial Intelligence, npoAustria, WU Vienna, April 2026.
- 2025 - Poster presentation: Towards Energy-Efficient Split Computing: A Hardware-Software Co-Design Perspective, EuroSys 2025, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, March 2025.