Apr 2026

• Save the Date: Inaugural Lectures 2026
  Apr 27, 2026 People, Public Lecture, Research, Professorship We’re pleased to welcome our new professors Jürgen Cito, Peter Knees and Tobias Fiebig.

Mar 2026

• Kathleen Richardson: “The Egocentric I”
  Mar 31, 2026 Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, CAIML, AI Join us for Kathleen’s DIGHUM lecture on “The egocentric I, the undifferentiated we, and I-you attachment”.
• Toby Walsh: “The AI Race: Boom or Doom?”
  Mar 26, 2026 Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, CAIML, AI Join us on March 26 for the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) Digital Humanism Fellowship Lecture, “The AI Race: Boom or Doom?”, with Toby Walsh!
• Shahar Mendelson: The role of Academia in the study of AI
  Mar 24, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join us on March 24 for Shahar Mendelson’s lecture “The role of Academia in the study of AI” in our “AI in Science and Engineering” lecture series!
• Arnold Pears: What Does Learning Mean in the Age of Generative AI?
  Mar 23, 2026 Public Lecture, eduLAB, AI As AI reshapes higher education, universities must adapt by reconnecting with the core motivations and values behind why we learn and research.
• Matthias Scheutz: Virtues and Vices of Robot Foundation Models
  Mar 19, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join us on March 19 for Matthias Scheutz’s lecture “Virtues and Vices of Robot Foundation Models” in our “AI in Science and Engineering” lecture series!
• Kate Smith-Miles: Towards Trustworthy AI and Quantum Technologies
  Mar 16, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join us on March 16 for Kate Smith-Miles’s lecture “Towards Trustworthy AI and Quantum Technologies” in our “AI in Science and Engineering” lecture series!
• Kristian Kersting: Reasonable AI
  Mar 12, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join us on March 12 for Kristian Kersting’s lecture “Reasonable AI” in our “AI in Science and Engineering” lecture series!

Feb 2026

• Stefan Szeider: “LLMs When Left Alone”
  Feb 26, 2026 Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, CAIML, AI Join us on March 10 for the Digital Humanism Lecture, “LLMs When Left Alone”, with Stefan Szeider! The lecture will be moderated by Julia Neidhardt.
• Polis Digitalis: Brando Benifei
  Feb 10, 2026 Digital Humanism, Public Lecture Join us on February 10 for the Polis Digitalis talk with Brando Benifei, Will the EU stand strong?, moderated by Jannis Brühl.
• Edith Elkind: Proportionality in Multiwinner Voting
  Feb 5, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join us on February 5 as we kick off our AI in Science and Engineering lecture series with Edith Elkind’s “Proportionality in Multiwinner Voting”.

Jan 2026

• Danh Le Phuoc: Toward a Full Stack Neuro Symbolic Architecture for ADAS
  Jan 27, 2026 Public Lecture, Lecture, Guest Professor, Doctoral School Join us on January 27 for the lecture “Knowledge at the Wheel: Toward a Full Stack Neuro Symbolic Architecture for ADAS”, by Guest Professor Danh Le Phuoc!
• Philipp Gschwandtner: Green HPC
  Jan 26, 2026 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Philipp’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Manfred Droste: Random Constructions Imply Symmetry
  Jan 22, 2026 Public Lecture, Lecture, Guest Professor, Doctoral School Join us on January 22, 2026 for Guest Professor Manfred Droste’s public lecture titled “Random Constructions Imply Symmetry”!
• Public Lecture Series: AI in Science and Engineering
  Jan 21, 2026 Public Lecture, AI Join our lecture series on “AI in Science and Engineering”, and learn how AI is (re)shaping these disciplines!
• Michaela Zint: Reprogramming Computer Science Education
  Jan 19, 2026 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Michaela’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Alessandro Abate: Neural Proofs for Sound Verification of Complex Systems
  Jan 15, 2026 Public Lecture, Lecture, Guest Professor, Doctoral School Join us on January 15 for Guest Professor Alessandro Abate’s public lecture, Neural Proofs for Sound Verification of Complex Systems!
• Andreas Uhl: Carbon Footprint of Social Media
  Jan 12, 2026 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Andreas’ entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!

Dec 2025

• Stefan Nastic: Emerging Paradigms for Sustainable Computing
  Dec 15, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Stefan’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• LogicLounge 2025 with Hartmut Neven
  Dec 4, 2025 Public Lecture, Logic and Algorithms, VCLA, AI Join Google’s Hartmut Neven for this year’s LogicLounge, organized by the Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms (VCLA).
• Georg Fuchsbauer: Space-Efficient Blockchains
  Dec 1, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Georg’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!

Nov 2025

• René Mayrhofer: Computer Science Between Energy Savings and Waste
  Nov 24, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for René’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Atakan Aral: Sustainable Neuromorphic Edge Computing
  Nov 17, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Atakan’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Byron Cook: Neurosymbolic AI at AWS
  Nov 10, 2025 Public Lecture, Lecture, Doctoral School Join us on November 10 for a Guest Lecture by Byron Cook on Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence at Amazon Web Services!
• Franz Wotawa: Sustainability in Software Engineering
  Nov 10, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Franz’ entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Krzysztof Pietrzak: Blockchains and Sustainability
  Nov 3, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Krzysztof’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!

Oct 2025

• Daniel Gruss: Sustainable Security
  Oct 27, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Daniel’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!
• Jan Drugowitsch: Revisiting Neural Models of Spatial Navigation
  Oct 23, 2025 Public Lecture, Lecture, Guest Professor, Doctoral School Join us on October 23, when Jan Drugowitsch will hold a Guest Lecture on Computing with Uncertainty: Revisiting Neural Models of Spatial Navigation!
• Jaron Lanier: “Who Owns the Future?”
  Oct 21, 2025 Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, Public Outreach, Social Responsibility Join us on October 21 for the Digital Humanism Lecture with Jaron Lanier, “Who Owns the Future?”, moderated by Sarah Kriesche!
• Ivona Brandic: Introduction to Computational Sustainability
  Oct 20, 2025 Sustainability, Public Lecture Join us for Ivona’s entry in our “Sustainability in Computer Science” public lecture series!