News and running events
| 2019-08-07 |  | Joined editorial board of International Journal of Geo-information |
| 2019-08-01 |  | New affiliation at ISI Foundation |
| 2019-04-24 |  | New research group founded: NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS) at ITU Copenhagen |
Bio
Michael Szell is assistant professor at IT University of Copenhagen, researcher at ISI Foundation, and external faculty at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. Using an interdisciplinary approach combining computer science, physics, and social sciences, his research aims to quantitatively understand collective behavior and the underlying patterns of our interlinked actions and decisions, involving mining and modeling large-scale data sets of human activities. Michael's current focus is exploring urban mobility, sustainability, and data visualization. He has also developed the award-winning massive multiplayer online game "Pardus", www.pardus.at, and several interactive data visualization platforms.
Research interests
- Quantifying human behavior and social networks, in particular online and in cities
- Urban sustainability and human mobility
- Data visualization, Data science, Complex systems
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Education
| 2012 / 03 |  | Ph.D. in Physics, University of Vienna Ph.D. Thesis
Advisors: Stefan Thurner, Christoph Dellago |
| 2007 / 10 |  | M.Sc. in Technical Mathematics with focus on computer science, Vienna University of Technology M.Sc. Thesis |
Current positions
| since 2019 / 08 | | Researcher, ISI Foundation |
| since 2019 / 02 |  | Assistant professor, Computer Science Department, IT University of Copenhagen |
| since 2017 / 04 |  | External faculty, Complexity Science Hub Vienna |
| since 2006 / 09 | Founder and manager of Bayer & Szell OG | |
| since 2004 / 07 |  | Developer and administrator of the Massive Multiplayer Online Game Pardus |
Past positions
| 2019 / 01 2017 / 10 |  | Assistant professor, Department of Network and Data Science, Central European University |
| 2019 / 01 2017 / 09 |  | Researcher, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2019 / 01 2016 / 09 |  | Adjunct visiting professor, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University |
| 2017 / 09 2016 / 10 | | Visiting research fellow, Center for Network Science, Central European University |
| 2017 / 09 2016 / 09 | | Research fellow, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2016 / 12 2016 / 09 |  | Researcher in residence, moovel lab |
| 2016 / 09 2014 / 07 | | Postdoctoral research associate, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University |
| 2014 / 07 2012 / 04 |  | Postdoctoral research fellow, Senseable City Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2011 / 12 2009 / 01 |  | Research assistant, Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna |