Severin's Personal Website

Hello World!

Picture of Severin This is - quiet obviously - my personal website. It stores my old (and very few) wordpress blog posts, some pictures and notes about mountain climbs. An eternity ago, I had plan to blog regularly, in reality I think I did not even manage a post per year. Still, I think it is nice to preserve my old stuff somewhere.

About Me

To fulfill my obligation to talk about myself first (this is the internet after all), I am originally from the area around Klagenfurt in Austria and moved to Munich in Germany years ago. My bullet point work CV looks a bit like this:
since 09/2026 Senior IT Consultat at msg systems ag
I work at msg research where the main goal is to translate academic advances to practical insights. Right now the focus is on deploring AI systems (coding agents, AI assistants, etc.) within the company. The caveat is that we want to understand and measure the impact and benefits.
01/2024 - 06/2026 Head of Center for Code Excellence at fortiss
In my research group, we focus on using Large Language Models (LLMs) to improve the life of software engineers, their use in applications and how to test their integration into traditional code bases.
08/2022 - 12/2023 PostDoc Researcher, TU Munich
Continued research on Causality, Responsibility, Accountability and Ethics, as well as on fuzz testing.
07/2015 - 06/2022 PhD Researcher, TU Munich
Research on Causality, Responsibility, Accountability and Ethics
08/2013 - 03/2015 Researcher and Student Researcher, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
Research on unmanned aerial vehicles and smart camera systems at the Institute for Networked and Embedded Systems (NES)
03/2013 - 06/2013 Technical Student, CERN, Geneva
Working at the Beams Department (BE-CO-FE) on data collection systems at the beam pipe of the LHC,
07/2011 - 01/2013 Systems Administrator, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
Managing and growing the server infrastructure of the Institute for Networked and Embedded Systems (NES)
09/2005 - 04/2011 Software Developer, Institute of Instructional and School Development (IUS) at the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
Working on the “web team” at the Institute of Instructional and School Development (IUS), managing the web site and developing several tools for research projects and management.

So in short, I am playing the whole technology/computer science game for a long time from different perspectives. The great part about my current position is that I can apply all my academic experience and work in an actual organization.. This is a great change of perspective to my more theoretical research in my PhD.
My publication record can be found on Google Scholar.

As for my education - I think I can make it a bit shorter: I got my Matura (Austria's school leaving examination) at the Bundesgymnasium Tanzenberg, then did my bachelor's and master's degree at the University of Klagenfurt, and finally went to TU Munich to do my PhD there. So in the end I can call myself a Dr. ;)

Contact Me

If you come to this website, you most likely googled me and want to know more about me. In that case, I suggest you just get in touch :) Either via e-mail (severin at kacianka dot at), my current workplace (severin dot kacianka at msg dot group), or some "social" media channel.