A Glimpse into the State and Future of (Big) Data Analytics in Austria

We present results from questionnaire data that were collected from leading data analytics experts in Austriaà Theonlinesurveyaddressesverycurrentandpressingquestionsintheareaof big dataanalysisàOur ndings provide valuable insights about what top Austrian data scientists think about data analytics, what they consider as important application areas that can bene t from big data and data processing, the challenges of the future and how soon these challenges will become important, and the potential research topics of tomorrow. We visualize results, summarize our ndings and suggest a possible roadmap for future decision making.