Dr Bernhard Peischl

Innovation Manager
AVL List GmbH
Dr. Bernhard Peischl received a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering (2001) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2004) from Graz University of Technology, Austria. He has over 25 years of experience in the development, verification, and validation of software-based- and cyber-physical systems.
He started his career at Siemens Program and System Development Graz and later coordinated industrial R&D programs such as Softnet Austria and COMET Softnet Austria II. Dr. Peischl has worked with the Kapsch Group in telecommunications and provided leadership to e-mobility solutions at NTT DATA. He is currently innovation manager tasked with sourcing, setting up and managing European R&D programs within the AVL powertrain business unit.
Bernhard is co-leading the European automotive group on big data at DAIRO/BDVA, has been a member of the AI-experts group of the Aerospace and Defense Industry of Europe and has co-authored over 100 scientific articles on peer-reviewed workshops, conferences, scientific journals and books. Since 2007 he is a lecturer at the Graz University of Technology covering topics such as software technology and artificial intelligence.