Conference Distinguished Paper Award at ACM PODS! 2026-07-03 Award Excellence We’re excited to announce that the paper “FPT Parameterisations of Fractional and Generalised Hypertree Width” received a Distinguished Paper Award at ACM PODS! Vienna Gödel Lecture October 23rd 2026 #SaveTheDate: Vienna Gödel Lecture 2026 with Geoffrey Hinton 2026-10-23 Public Lecture Research Public Outreach AI On October 23, we have the great honor of welcoming Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton as this year’s speaker for the Vienna Gödel Lecture! Studies The First QIST Graduate Is Here! 2026-07-17 Students We’re excited to celebrate Constantin Nistor, the first graduate of our Master’s program in Quantum Information Science and Technology. Sustainability Growing Data with our Green Facade 2026-07-13 Faculty What started as tiny seedlings is now a thriving green facade—helping researchers explore sustainable buildings with the help of a digital twin. Ethical Hacking Ethical Hacking Boot Camp 4.0 2026-07-07 Report Community Cybersecurity Education Outreach 140 hackers. Twelve countries. One week of challenges. Award Henderik Proper elected ER Fellow 2026! 2026-07-07 Faculty Excellence We’re delighted to announce that Henderik Proper was elected as an ER Fellow 2026! Conference Best Paper Award at CAiSE 2026! 2026-07-03 Award Excellence We’re excited to announce that the paper “Shortcut or Understanding? Diagnosing LLM Type Prediction in Conceptual Models” received a Best Paper Award at CAiSE! #unisretten Dean about planned Budget Cuts: “No Future for Austria” 2026-06-30 #zukunftsichern “Such Budget Policy Is Reckless”: Gerti Kappel, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, comments on the government’s planned budget cuts for Universities. Grant Maria Christakis Receives ERC PoC Grant 2026-06-30 Award Women in Informatics Excellence We are thrilled to announce that Maria Christakis has received an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her project CIRCUZZ! #unisretten Temporary Hiring Freeze Amid Uncertainty Over Funding 2026-06-29 #zukunftsichern TU Wien Introduces Temporary Hiring Freeze for Global Budget-Funded Positions Amid Uncertainty Over 2028–2030 Funding People #5QW: Tatjana Chavdarova 2026-06-16 #5qw Faculty “System-level behavior is shaped by strategic interaction, not just individual intelligence.” Hackathon #README: Digital Girls Hackathon 2026 2026-06-15 eduLAB Education Outreach On 10–11 June, more than 50 girls, together with eduLAB mentors and researchers, came together for the Digital Girls Hackathon 2026! Studies PROLOG 2026 2026-05-05 First Steps Students Bereit fürs Studium? Als Vorbereitung und zum Ausgleich unterschiedlicher Vorkenntnisse bieten wir den PROLOG an. Sustainability August 14th 2026 respACT-Barcamp: Energie & Mobilität 2026-08-14 Event Innovation On August 14, respACT connects people from industry, research, start-ups, and civil society to discuss the sustainable transformation of energy and mobility. Conference August 30th 2026 ICDAR 2026 2026-08-30 Join us from August 30 to September 4 for the 20th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition at TU Wien! Conference Maria Christakis appointed Program Committee Co-Chair of IS… 2026-07-16 News Excellence We’re excited to announce that Maria Christakis has been appointed as a Program Committee Co-Chair of ISSTA 2028! Call for Applications UNIKATE Ideas Competition 2026-07-06 The call for UNIKATE 2027 is now open! Students are invited to submit their ideas for inclusive technologies and help shape a more accessible future. Studies Courses and Public Lectures by Our Guest Professors in 2026 2026-03-02 Guest Professor Doctoral School Join the courses held by this year’s renowned guest professors of our doctoral colleges and the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School. The Long Read TU Wien Should Have a Philosophy Department 2024-08-06 Digital Humanism People Interview Digital Transformation AI The Internet has been around for 50 years – but so has Hannes Werthner. He gave us insights into the first time he encountered the thing we call the Internet.
Conference Distinguished Paper Award at ACM PODS! 2026-07-03 Award Excellence We’re excited to announce that the paper “FPT Parameterisations of Fractional and Generalised Hypertree Width” received a Distinguished Paper Award at ACM PODS!
Vienna Gödel Lecture October 23rd 2026 #SaveTheDate: Vienna Gödel Lecture 2026 with Geoffrey Hinton 2026-10-23 Public Lecture Research Public Outreach AI On October 23, we have the great honor of welcoming Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton as this year’s speaker for the Vienna Gödel Lecture!
Studies The First QIST Graduate Is Here! 2026-07-17 Students We’re excited to celebrate Constantin Nistor, the first graduate of our Master’s program in Quantum Information Science and Technology.
Sustainability Growing Data with our Green Facade 2026-07-13 Faculty What started as tiny seedlings is now a thriving green facade—helping researchers explore sustainable buildings with the help of a digital twin.
Ethical Hacking Ethical Hacking Boot Camp 4.0 2026-07-07 Report Community Cybersecurity Education Outreach 140 hackers. Twelve countries. One week of challenges.
Award Henderik Proper elected ER Fellow 2026! 2026-07-07 Faculty Excellence We’re delighted to announce that Henderik Proper was elected as an ER Fellow 2026!
Conference Best Paper Award at CAiSE 2026! 2026-07-03 Award Excellence We’re excited to announce that the paper “Shortcut or Understanding? Diagnosing LLM Type Prediction in Conceptual Models” received a Best Paper Award at CAiSE!
#unisretten Dean about planned Budget Cuts: “No Future for Austria” 2026-06-30 #zukunftsichern “Such Budget Policy Is Reckless”: Gerti Kappel, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, comments on the government’s planned budget cuts for Universities.
Grant Maria Christakis Receives ERC PoC Grant 2026-06-30 Award Women in Informatics Excellence We are thrilled to announce that Maria Christakis has received an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her project CIRCUZZ!
#unisretten Temporary Hiring Freeze Amid Uncertainty Over Funding 2026-06-29 #zukunftsichern TU Wien Introduces Temporary Hiring Freeze for Global Budget-Funded Positions Amid Uncertainty Over 2028–2030 Funding
People #5QW: Tatjana Chavdarova 2026-06-16 #5qw Faculty “System-level behavior is shaped by strategic interaction, not just individual intelligence.”
Hackathon #README: Digital Girls Hackathon 2026 2026-06-15 eduLAB Education Outreach On 10–11 June, more than 50 girls, together with eduLAB mentors and researchers, came together for the Digital Girls Hackathon 2026!
Studies PROLOG 2026 2026-05-05 First Steps Students Bereit fürs Studium? Als Vorbereitung und zum Ausgleich unterschiedlicher Vorkenntnisse bieten wir den PROLOG an.
Sustainability August 14th 2026 respACT-Barcamp: Energie & Mobilität 2026-08-14 Event Innovation On August 14, respACT connects people from industry, research, start-ups, and civil society to discuss the sustainable transformation of energy and mobility.
Conference August 30th 2026 ICDAR 2026 2026-08-30 Join us from August 30 to September 4 for the 20th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition at TU Wien!
Conference Maria Christakis appointed Program Committee Co-Chair of IS… 2026-07-16 News Excellence We’re excited to announce that Maria Christakis has been appointed as a Program Committee Co-Chair of ISSTA 2028!
Call for Applications UNIKATE Ideas Competition 2026-07-06 The call for UNIKATE 2027 is now open! Students are invited to submit their ideas for inclusive technologies and help shape a more accessible future.
Studies Courses and Public Lectures by Our Guest Professors in 2026 2026-03-02 Guest Professor Doctoral School Join the courses held by this year’s renowned guest professors of our doctoral colleges and the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School.
The Long Read TU Wien Should Have a Philosophy Department 2024-08-06 Digital Humanism People Interview Digital Transformation AI The Internet has been around for 50 years – but so has Hannes Werthner. He gave us insights into the first time he encountered the thing we call the Internet.
