He has a M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from Graz University of Technology. His research is in the area of e-Learning and Web Communities with a strong emphasis on civil engineering. A number of international publications and presentation to these topics has been given. Martin is member of the national research groups “Forum Neue Medien Austria” and “Human-Computer-Interaction & Usability Engineering”. He has founded the following projects: