He received a MSc degree in Computer Science from the TU Vienna and a PhD degree in Computer Science from the RWTH Aachen. His research interests are in the area of data intensive systems with a focus on exact and approximate algorithmic solutions and database technologies for processing time-referenced data, including time series data. Johann Gamper is author of 80+ publications in top international database journals (TODS, VLDBJ, Information Systems, TCBB) and conference proceedings (SIGMOD, VLDB, ICDE, EDBT, KDD). He regularly has served the database community as reviewer for technical journals (VLDBJ, TKDE, TODS, Information Systems), PC member of important conferences (SIGMOD, VLDB, ICDE, EDBT, SSDBM, ADBIS, ACM SIGSPATIAL) and as conference organizer (Workshops chair ADBIS 2017, General Chair SSDBM 2018).