Dr Nixon is an Assistant Professor in the School of Applied Data Science. His research interests cover the visual classification of photography to automatically extract the touristic destination image from social networks such as Instagram; the use of deep learning for predictive analytics in open domains such as predicting the next trending topic in online channels; the extraction and modelling of knowledge, e.g. about events, in graph structures and their combination with neural networks.

• School of Applied Data Science 2013/08/01-
• Research Center New Media Technology 2016/01/01-
• Works Council 2021/01/15-2026/01/14
• University Senate 2024/08/01-2027/07/31
• Studies and Examination Committee 2022/07/04-2028/10/29

• Fall 2025/26 New Media and E-Business Applications
• Fall 2025/26 Search Engine Optimization and Marketing
• Fall 2025/26 Social Media Marketing Planning
• Fall 2025/26 Text Mining and Media Analysis
• Spring 2025 Marketing Intelligence
• Spring 2025 Social Media Intelligence

https://research.modul.ac.at/en/persons/lyndon-nixon