• Internet of Things
• Machine Learning
• Information Management
• Technology Management

• Internet of Things
• Machine Learning
• Technology Management
• Business Model Innovation

• Since 2021: Professor, Senior Lecturer and Scientific Director Bosch IoT Lab at the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen
• 2012-2021: Scientific Director „Bosch Internet of Things Lab“ and Assistant Professor of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen
• 2009-2012: Head of „Business Intelligence and Big Data“ and Assistant Professor of Information Management (since 2011) at the University of St. Gallen 
• 2006-2009: Assistant to Dr. Peter Zencke, Board Member of SAP AG and Head of Research & Breakthrough Innovation
• 2002-2006: PhD Candidate (summa cum laude) and Research Assistant at the Institute of Information Management at the University of St. Gallen 
• 1997-2002: Studies in information systems, University of Münster and University of Alabama

A description of selected research projects can be found at:

• Bosch IoT Lab, www.iot-lab.ch
• Center for Digital Health Interventions, http://www.c4dhi.org/

• „HSG Impact Award 2020” of the University of St. Gallen for particularly innovative and relevant research
• Top 10% management researcher in the German-speaking research community (forschungsstärkste Betriebswirte im deutschsprachigen Raum), WirtschaftsWoche Ranking 2020
• „HSG Impact Award 2019” of the University of St. Gallen for particularly innovative and relevant research
• Top 5% management researcher in the German-speaking research community (forschungsstärkste Betriebswirte im deutschsprachigen Raum), WirtschaftsWoche Ranking 2018
• “Best Poster Award”, International Conference on Internet of Things 2015
• “Best Conference Track Paper” and “Best Paper Runner-Up”, International Conference on Information Systems 2014
• “Best Prototype Paper”, Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies Conference 2014
• 2006 Amicitia Prize for the best doctorate, University of St. Gallen

Selected Publications

Felix's transdisciplinary research has been published in leading journals and conferences:

Information Systems

• Woerner, A., Tiefenbeck, V., Wortmann, F., Ableitner, L., Meeuw, A., Fleisch, E., Azevedo, I. (2022), Bidding on a Peer-to-Peer Energy Market – A Field Study, Information Systems Research, (forthcoming).
• Chanson, M., Bogner, A., Bilgeri, D., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2019), Blockchain for the IoT: Privacy-Preserving Protection of Sensor Data, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(9), 1271-1307. [PDF]
• Bilgeri, D., Gebauer, H., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2019), Driving Process Innovation in Manufacturing Companies with IoT Field Data, MIS Quarterly Executive, 18(3), 191-207. [PDF]
• Ryder, B., Gahr, B., Egolf, P., Dahlinger, A., Wortmann, F. (2017), Preventing Traffic Accidents with In-Vehicle Decision Support Systems – The Impact of Accident Hotspot Warnings on Driver Behaviour, Decision Support Systems, 99, 64-74. [PDF]

Computer Science

• Koch, K., Tiefenbeck, V., Liu, S., Berger, T., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2021), Taking Mental Health & Well-Being to the Streets: An Exploratory Evaluation of In-Vehicle Interventions in the Wild, Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), 1-15. [PDF]
• Koch, K., Mishra, V., Liu, S., Berger, T., Fleisch, E., Kotz, D.F., Wortmann, F. (2021), When Do Drivers Interact with In-Vehicle Well-being Interventions? An Exploratory Analysis of a Longitudinal Study on Public Roads, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 5(1). [PDF]
• Liu, S., Koch, K., Zhou, Z., Föll, S., He, X., Menke, T., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2021), The Empathetic Car: Exploring Emotion Inference via Driver Behaviour and Traffic Context, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 5(3). [PDF]

Energy

• Ableitner, L., Tiefenbeck, V., Meeuw, A., Woerner, A., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2020), User Behavior in a Real-World Peer-to-Peer Electricity Market, Applied Energy, 270. [PDF]
• Woerner, A., Meeuw, A., Ableitner, L., Wortmann, F., Schopfer, S., Tiefenbeck, V. (2019), Trading Solar Energy within the Neighborhood: Field Implementation of a Blockchain-Based Electricity Market, Energy Informatics. [PDF]

Mobility and Transportation Research

• Ryder, B., Dahlinger, A., Gahr, B., Wortmann, F., Fleisch, E. (2019), Spatial Prediction of Traffic Accidents with Critical Driving Events – Insights from a Nationwide Field Study. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 124, 611-626. [PDF]
• Dahlinger, A., Tiefenbeck, V., Ryder, B., Gahr, B., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F. (2018), The Impact of Numerical vs. Symbolic Eco-Driving Feedback on Fuel Consumption – A Randomized Control Field Trial, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 65, 375-386. [PDF]

Health

• Lehmann, V., Tripyla, A., Herzig, D., Meier, J., Banholzer, N., Maritsch, M., Zehetner, J., Giachino, D., Nett, P., Feuerriegel, S., Wortmann, F., Bally, L. (2021), Driving performance after intake of glucose vs. aspartame in patients with postprandial hypoglycemia following gastric bypass surgery: single-blind, randomized crossover study, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 23(9), 2189-2193, 10.1111/dom.14456. [PDF]
• Lehmann, V., Maritsch, M., Züger, T., Marxer, A., Bérubé, C., Kraus, M., Albrecht, C., Feuerriegel, S., Kowatsch, T., Fleisch, E., Wortmann, F., Stettler, C. (2021), A machine learning-based approach to non-invasively detect hypoglycemia from gaze behavior while driving, 81st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, 10.2337/db21-5-LB.