Professional appointments
| 2024- | Professor, Northeastern University |
| 2022- | Chair, Department of Art+Design, Northeastern University |
| 2021-2022 | Interim Chair, Department of Art+Design, Northeastern University |
| 2019-2020 | Princeton-Mellon Fellow/ Visiting Associate Professor, Princeton University Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University |
| 2018- | Associate Professor (tenured), Coordinator MFA Information Design and Visualization, Northeastern University |
| 2016-2018 | Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| 2013-2018 | Assistant Professor (tenure track), Coordinator MFA Information Design and Visualization, Northeastern University |
| 2009-13 | Research Fellow / PhD Candidate, Senseable City Lab / Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT |
| 2008-09 | Art University Linz, Professor, Interface Culture Program |
| 2008-09 | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Media Art Research, Key Researcher for Visualization |
| 2006-08 | Research Assistant, Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Lab |
| 2004-06 | Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Professor for Computer Animation and Interactive Media |
| 2002-04 | Ars Electronica Futurelab, Key Researcher for Interactive Spaces |
| 1996-02 | Ars Electronica Futurelab Core Team Member |
| 1995-97 | Group Relais (Manuel Schilcher, Dietmar Offenhuber, Gerda Palmetshofer, Martin Ruttgersson) |