TU Wien
Julia Neidhardt is an assistant professor at the Data Science Research Unit at TU Wien Informatics, with a background in mathematics and computer science. She was a guest researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Northwestern University (USA), and the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Her research focuses on user modeling, recommender systems in news, e-commerce, and tourism, the analysis of online social media, and Digital Humanism. Her work is widely published and she is frequently invited to speak at international events. She also holds key roles in the academic community, including as senior program committee member, associate editor, and conference chair. Julia leads the Christian Doppler Lab for Recommender Systems at TU Wien, is part of the Digital Humanism Initiative, and serves on the board of the Center for AI and Machine Learning (CAIML). In addition, she has held the UNESCO Co-Chair on Digital Humanism since 2023.