International collaboration is at the heart of TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School. Every year, we host guest professors from around the world. Here’s a snapshot of the public lectures and courses by our guests in 2026.

Public Lectures

These lectures are open to everyone and are part of our Current Trends in Computer Science lecture series.

• May 20, 2026 // Computing in and with Bacteria by Matthias Függer (Research Director at CNRS, LMF-Université Paris-Saclay, France)
• June 10, 2026 // Numbers, Quantum Computers, and the Question of Responsibility by Johannes Buchmann (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
• June 16, 2026 // System-Level Design of Heterogeneous, Accelerator-Rich System Architectures by Andreas Gerstlauer (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
• June 16, 2026 // Fault-Tolerant Energy-Efficient RRAM-based Computing by Ing-Chao Lin (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
• October 16, 2026 // Responsible Design of the Digital World by Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
• November 23, 2026 // From Requirements to Domain Models: A Journey Through Human and Machine Derivation by Arnon Sturm (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Stay tuned for updates about upcoming lecturers, topics, and dates!

Courses

To enroll in these courses as a student, simply register for them on TISS.

Summer Semester

• Computational Bioengineering by Matthias Függer, (Research Director at CNRS, LMF-Université Paris-Saclay, France)
• System-Level Design of Embedded Systems by Andreas Gerstlauer (University of Texas at Austin, US)
• Introduction to Quantum Algorithms by Johannes Buchmann (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)
• Special Topics on Memory-Centric Computing by Ing-Chao Lin (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Winter Semester

• Being a Researcher – in Turbulent Times by Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
• Formal Foundations of Programming Languages by Joao Ferreira and Alexandra Mendes (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Philosophy of Science by Matti Tedre (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
• Research in Requirements Engineering by Arnon Sturm (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

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