University of Vienna / ACOnet (Austria)

Christian Panigl

Christian Panigl has been involved in the development and operation of the Austrian research network ACOnet (www.ACO.net) since 1986, starting at the University of Technoloy in Vienna, in the context of RARE and COSINE. In 1992 the whole ACOnet team and their responsibilities moved to the University of Vienna, joining forces with other international networking activities. Christian is in charge of the Vienna Internet eXchange (www.VIX.at) since its creation in 1996 and was also founding member of the executive board of the Euro-IX.net association from 2001 to 2008. He is formally leading the division ACOnet & Vienna Internet eXchange at the University of Vienna since 2008.