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2024

#5QW: Katta Spiel

2024-12-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus VC+HCT

“I think if we better understand power and care and solidarity, that also helps us to understand why there are so few disabled people in computer science.”

People

#5QW: René Röpke

2024-12-23
#5qw
Faculty
Focus ISE

“They convinced me with an algorithm problem that problem-solving is basically computer science - with or without actual computers.”

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc, PreDoc, and Project Manager Positions

2024-12-20
Doctoral School
Focus CySec
Focus VC+HCT

We’re looking for candidates in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Artifact-based Computing & User Research.

Award

Vincent Kenbeek Receives ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award

2024-12-16
Excellence
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

On November 7, Vincent Kenbeek was honored with the ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award for his exceptional Master’s Thesis.

Sustainability

Wilfried Elmenreich: Electric Load Disaggregation

2024-12-16
Public Lecture
Focus AI+DS

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc Positions

2024-12-13
Focus L+C

We’re looking for candidates in Logic and Computation.

Sustainability

CANCELLED! Stefan Nastic: Emerging Paradigms for Sustainabl…

2024-12-09
Public Lecture
Focus ISE

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Alumni

Markus Wallinger Receives Award of Excellence

2024-12-06
Award
Excellence
Focus L+C
Focus VC+HCT

On December 5, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research honored Markus Wallinger for his exceptional Dissertation.

Digital Humanism

All Speakers and Panelists that were on-site for the workshop

A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science? Where We are, so far

2024-12-06
Workshop
Event
CAIML
Public Outreach
Focus VC+HCT

On November 28 & 29, TU Wien Informatics and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) hosted a Workshop on the future of Computer Science.

FWF

Automated Reasoning Doctoral College - Safeguarding Future Systems

New Doctoral College: Automated Reasoning

2024-12-05
Doctoral School
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

We are excited to announce the launch of the new “Automated Reasoning” Doctoral College!

News

Anela Lolić receives Funding from Elise Richter Program

2024-12-05
FWF
Excellence
Focus L+C

We are excited to announce that Anela Lolić’s project “Skolemization and Equality” has been selected for the prestigious Elise Richter Program!

Award

Netidee Call 19 Stipends and Funding for Researchers at TU …

2024-12-05
Excellence
Students
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

We are delighted to announce that several researchers at TU Wien Informatics have received stipends and funding from the netidee Call 19!

Award

Shaping Tomorrow: TU Wien Informatics Awards 2024

2024-12-04
Community
Students

With the Informatics Awards 2024, we celebrated outstanding students and their achievements. Congratulations to all our awardees!

Report

fLtR: Bernhard Klauninger, Joel Klimont, Sebastian Kawicher, Alexander Lampalzer

Team flyby qualifies for A2RL Drone Race!

2024-12-02
Competition
Excellence
Students
Focus CE

Read all about team flyby’s trials and tribulations at the qualification for the first A2RL Drone Race, which will be held in the Spring of 2025.

Sustainability

Sebastian Schrittwieser: Protecting Software Against Man-At…

2024-12-02
Public Lecture
Focus ISE

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Award

TU Wien Informatics Awards 2024

2024-12-02
Excellence
Students

Join us at TUtheSky to honor the most outstanding students of our faculty at the TU Wien Informatics Awards.

People

#5QW: Stefan Neumann

2024-12-02
#5qw
Faculty
Focus AI+DS

“It’s important to understand networks in terms of what’s going on within them and how they influence our behaviors, relationships, and societal structures.”

Focus L+C

Georg Gottlob receives Preis der Stadt Wien

2024-11-28

On November 27, Georg Gottlob was honored with a Prize of the City of Vienna, which was presented by the city’s councilor for Culture and Science.

Bachelor with Honors

Thomas Depian Receives State Prize for Master Graduates

2024-11-28
Alumni
Award
Focus L+C

The Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research honored Thomas Depian for his exceptional academic achievements.

Digital Humanism

A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science?

2024-11-28
Workshop
Conference
AI
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

This workshop focuses on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs.

Sustainability

Krzysztof Pietrzak: Sustainable Blockchains

2024-11-25
Public Lecture
Focus CySec

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Conference

AI Health Vienna 2024

2024-11-25
Event
AI
Focus AI+DS

Revolutionizing Healthcare through Artificial Intelligence: Join the Future at AI Health Vienna 2024!

Event

karriere.zeit

2024-11-19
Community
Education Outreach
Students

Do you want to get in contact with experts from the industry? Come by from November 19 - 21, 2024!

Bachelor with Honors

Bachelor with Honors 2024: Everything You Need to Know

2024-11-19
Studies
Event
First Steps

You’re interested in our Excellence Program Bachelor with Honors? Then join us at the next info event.

Digital Humanism

1 Million Milestone for Digital Humanism

2024-11-18
Digital Transformation
Public Outreach
Excellence
Focus VC+HCT

Digital Humanism is not just a one-in-a-million initiative - the Digital Humanism books have now been accessed over a million times!

Sustainability

Ivona Brandic: From Sustainable IT to the IT for the Sustai…

2024-11-18
Public Lecture
Focus CE

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc Positions

2024-11-15
Focus CE
Focus L+C
Focus VC+HCT

We’re looking for candidates in Databases and Artificial Intelligence, Artifact-based Computing & User Research, Cyber-Physical Systems and Security & Privacy

Report

Inaugural Lectures 2024

2024-11-15
People
Public Lecture
Community
Faculty
AI
Focus AI+DS

On October 15 and November 12, we had the pleasure of officially welcoming our new Professors to the faculty.

News

Anna Rapberger Receives KR Early Career Award

2024-11-13
AI
Excellence
Focus AI+DS

Anna Rapberger has received the KR Early Career Award for her contribution to Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Computational Argumentation.

Public Lecture

Inaugural Lectures in November

2024-11-12
Event
Professorship
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

TU Wien Informatics is pleased to welcome our new professors. Jessica Cauchard, Daniel Müller-Gritschneder, and Paweł Woźniak will present their exciting work.

Sustainability

Nysret Musliu: AI and Optimization for Sustainable Applicat…

2024-11-11
Public Lecture
Focus AI+DS

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Event

GCD Symposium 2024

2024-11-08

Celebrate with us 10 years of successful work of our Center for Geometry and Computational Design at TU Wien!

Digital Humanism

New Doctoral College: Digital Humanism

2024-11-06
Doctoral School
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are excited to announce the launch of the new “Digital Humanism” Doctoral College together with Uni Wien and WU Wien!

Sustainability

Sigrid Stagl: Planetary Constraints – The Boundaries of Our…

2024-11-04
Public Lecture

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc Position

2024-10-31
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Artifact-based Computing & User Research

People

#5QW: Daniel Müller-Gritschneder

2024-10-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus CE

“It’s great to be at the frontier of novel problems, and to try and find solutions for them. That’s a privilege you only get when you work in science.”

People

#5QW: Paweł W. Woźniak

2024-10-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus VC+HCT

“Our mission is to investigate how computers can enhance wellbeing and foster happier, more fulfilling lives through thoughtful technology design.”

Award

WWTF Funding Frenzy!

2024-10-29
Social Responsibility
Excellence
Focus AI+DS

We are excited to announce that two projects from the 2024 call “Environmental Systems Research” by the WWTF have been selected for funding!

Sustainability

Andreas Uhl: Carbon Footprint of Social Media

2024-10-28
Public Lecture

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

People

#5QW: Jessica Cauchard

2024-10-28
#5qw
Faculty
Focus VC+HCT

“We make it easier for people to coexist with intelligent systems. The goal is to make interactions between people and machines seamless, almost like magic!”

Award

Scuderia Segfault wins 2nd place at F1TENTH Autonomous Gran…

2024-10-25
Competition
Excellence
Focus CE

Team Scuderia Segfault from TU Wien jumps on the podium again with 2nd place at the 21st F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc and PreDoc Positions

2024-10-25
Focus L+C
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Theory and Logic and Artifact-based Computing & User Research

Event

IEEE Student Branch Vienna Semester Opening-Event

2024-10-24
Community
Students

The IEEE Student Branch of the TU Wien forms a link between the students of the university and the IEEE.

Public Lecture

CAIML Seminar: “What You Always Wanted to Know about Graph …

2024-10-24
CAIML
AI
Excellence
Focus AI+DS

Ismail Ceylan presents core methodologies and techniques for deep learning with graph-structured data along with some recent advances and open problems.

Public Lecture

CAIML Seminar: “Physics-Inspired Learning on Graphs”

2024-10-24
CAIML
AI
Excellence
Focus AI+DS

Michael Bronstein talks about GNNs and gives new insights and links to methods of differential geometry, algebraic topology, and physics.

Ethical Hacking

This was the European Cybersecurity Challenge 2024

2024-10-23
Community
Competition
Focus CySec

From October 8-11, Ethical Hackers from all over Europe came together to compete for the crown at the European Cybersecurity Challenge.

Award

20 Jahre Biber der Informatik

2024-10-23
eduLAB
Education Outreach

Vor 20 Jahren wurde der Biber der Informatik Wettbewerb ins Leben gerufen. Im Rahmen der Jubiläumsfeier wurde auch Gerald Futschek für sein Engagement geehrt.

Alumni

Pioneer Tomorrow: Insights Unplugged with ecosio co-founders

2024-10-23
Entrepreneurship
i2c
Innovation
Excellence

On October 23, Christian Huemer and Christoph Ebm will give insights into their experiences as co-founders of ecosio at i2c’s Insights Unplugged

Digital Humanism

Literaturfestival Österreich liest: Hannes Werthner über Digitalisierung und KI

Literaturfestival: H. Werthner über Digitalisierung und KI

2024-10-23
Event
Digital Transformation
AI
Focus VC+HCT

Im Rahmen des Literaturfestivals: Österreich liest diskutiert Hannes Werthner die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Technologie und den digitalen Humanismus.

Digital Humanism

Dame Wendy Hall: Governing AI for Humanity

2024-10-22
Public Lecture
Event
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Dame Wendy Hall will present the UN Report on a global framework for AI oversight, discussing its seven recommendations to govern AI and protect human rights.

Digital Humanism

Digital Days 2024

2024-10-22
Event
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

The Digital Days 2024 are here! Explore different locations and topics around Digital Humanism and AI, and get to know this year’s Hedy Lamarr Award Winner.

Digital Humanism

fLtR: Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson and Robinson

Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson become Nobel Laureates

2024-10-21
Public Lecture
CAIML
Focus VC+HCT

We are delighted to congratulate Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on receiving the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences.

Sustainability

Daniel Gruss: Sustainable Security

2024-10-21
Public Lecture
Focus CySec

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Award

Markus Nissl Receives Sub Auspiciis Doctorate

2024-10-17
#alumnistories
Doctoral
Doctoral School
Excellence
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

On October 9, Markus Nissl received his doctorate sub auspiciis. His thesis on Knowledge Graphs was supervised by Emanuel Sallinger.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc Position

2024-10-17
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

We are looking for candidates in Databases and Artificial Intelligence

Social Responsibility

Kritischen Einführungstage 2024

2024-10-17
Students

Join TU Wien students for six days of critical exploration and discussion on pressing social issues, both on campus and beyond.

Focus VC+HCT

UNIKATE Award Ceremony 2024

2024-10-17

The award honors ideas for new technological developments that give people with disabilities more self-determination and equal participation in society.

Public Lecture

Giancarlo Guizzardi: Semantic Models for Trustworthy Systems

2024-10-16
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus L+C
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

Join the talk of our guest professor Giancarlo Guizzardi on semantic models.

Public Lecture

Inaugural Lectures in October

2024-10-15
Event
Professorship
Focus CySec
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

TU Wien Informatics is pleased to welcome our new professors. Magdalena Ortiz, Emanuel Sallinger, Dominique Schröder will present their exciting work.

Sustainability

René Mayrhofer: Computer Science Between Energy Savings and…

2024-10-14
Public Lecture

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc Position

2024-10-11
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Business Informatics.

Virtual Reality

What a day for our Research Unit Virtual and Augmented Real…

2024-10-10
Excellence
Focus VC+HCT

It’s not every day that news about our research travels as fast as it did today - read all about our Experts on Euronews and Snap’s donation of AR Spectacles.

Award

VCLA Presents International Student Awards 2024

2024-10-09
VCLA
Focus L+C

Three young researchers were honored for their outstanding achievements in the field of logic and algorithms.

People

Rector Jens Schneider, ERC President Maria Leptin and Dean Gerti Kappel

ERC President Maria Leptin Visits TU Wien Informatics

2024-10-08
ERC
Faculty
Social Responsibility
Excellence

ERC President Maria Leptin shared her experiences and gave insights into the importance of interdisciplinary research.

Studies

Masters’ Welcome 2024, Winter Semester

2024-10-07
Event
First Steps
Students

Our info event where we answer your questions about our master programs, extended study opportunities, and other issues we can help you with.

Sustainability

Atakan Aral: Sustainable IoT and Edge AI for Remote Monitor…

2024-10-07
Public Lecture
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

Join our online public lecture series on sustainability in computer science this winter semester.

People

Best Teaching Awards 2024

2024-10-04
Award
Faculty
Excellence
Focus VC+HCT

Astrid Weiss receives the Best Teacher Award 2024 and was honored for her exceptional commitment.

Lecture

George Metcalfe: Substructural Logics with Minimally True T…

2024-10-04
VCLA
Focus L+C

Join us for a talk by Georg Metcalfe from the University of Bern.

Studies

Doctorals’ Welcome Winter 2024

2024-10-01
Event
First Steps
Doctoral School
Students

Our info event where we answer all your questions about our doctoral program. Join us at the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School!

Studies

Beginners’ Day 2024

2024-10-01
Event
First Steps
Students

Am 1. Oktober 2024 findet der Beginners’ Day statt. Du erhältst alle wichtigen Informationen zu deinem Start in unsere Bachelorstudien.

People

#5QW: Magdalena Ortiz

2024-09-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus AI+DS

“To be able to concentrate on a hard problem for several days and find a solution will never lose its charm for me.”

People

#5QW: Dominique Schröder

2024-09-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus CySec

“I believe in Einstein’s quote “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”.”

People

#5QW: Emanuel Sallinger

2024-09-30
#5qw
Faculty
Focus AI+DS

“I like seeing how teaching and research come together and applying that to the real world.”

Studies

Courses and Public Lectures by Our Guest Professors in 2024

2024-09-26
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

Join the courses held by this year’s renowned guest professors of our doctoral colleges and the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School.

People

Inaugural Lectures at TU Wien Informatics

2024-09-24
Event
Focus AI+DS

Join us on October 15 and November 12 to meet our new professors and discover their diverse research areas.

Ethical Hacking

European Cybersecurity Challenge 2024

2024-09-24
Event
Community
Competition
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec

Out of the frying pan, into the fire: After the finals of the ACSC, Team Austria will soon be off to the European Cybersecurity Challenge.

Ethical Hacking

Finals Fever: This was the Austrian Cybersecurity Challenge 2024

Finals Fever: Austrian Cybersecurity Challenge 2024 Report

2024-09-24
Report
Community
Competition
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec

On September 18, Ethical Hackers came together to compete in the Finals of the Austrian Cybersecurity Challenge 2024. Capture-The-Flag-a-Palooza!

Sustainability

Public Lecture Series: Sustainability in CS 2024

2024-09-23
Public Lecture
Focus CySec
Focus AI+DS

Be part of our online lecture series on sustainability in computer science, which continues this winter semester.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc and PreDoc Positions

2024-09-20
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Visual Analytics and Machine Learning.

Conference

GD 2024

2024-09-18
Focus VC+HCT

This year TU Wien will host GD, the 32nd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization.

Project

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of VASSAL!

2024-09-17
Research
Excellence
Focus CySec
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

In today’s digital age, software is the backbone of nearly every industry - find out how VASSAL wants to address vulnerabilities, bugs, and failures.

Quantum Computing

New Master’s Program “Quantum Information Science and Technology”

New Master’s “Quantum Information Science and Technology”

2024-09-17
Studies
Study Services
Teaching
Faculty
Focus AI+DS

The Quantum Revolution is just around the corner - if you want to get ahead of the curve, then this is the right master’s program for you!

Conference

ISSTA/ECOOP 2024

2024-09-16
Focus ISE

ISSTA and ECOOP, two international top conferences on software engineering and programming languages, are hosted at TU Wien this year.

Digital Humanism

The Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism: achievements, out…

2024-09-12
Event
Panel Discussion
Public Outreach
Social Responsibility
Excellence
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

On September 2, we celebrated 5 years of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism. Read all about its achievements, alliances, collaborations, and what’s next.

Call for Applications

VRVis Visual Computing Award 2025

2024-09-12
Award
VRVis
Excellence
Focus VC+HCT

Hand in your application for the VRVis Visual Computing Award, which focuses on application-oriented research that contributes to sustainable development.

Conference

CBI/EDOC 2024

2024-09-09
Focus ISE

CBI and EDOC, two international top conferences on Business Informatics and Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing, are hosted at TU Wien this year.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc and Student Staff Positions

2024-09-05
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus CE

We are looking for candidates in Embedded Computing Systems and for the Dean’s Office.

Ethical Hacking

Austria Cyber Security Challenge 2024 Finals

2024-09-03
People
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec

On September 18, Austria’s ethical hacking community will come together to hold the finals of this year’s Austrian Cybersecurity Challenge.

Digital Humanism

5 Years of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism

2024-09-02
Event
Focus VC+HCT

Join us for the celebration with panel discussion reflecting on the accomplishments and future of the Digital Humanism Initiative.

Digital Humanism

3rd ACM Europe Digital Humanism Summer School

2024-09-02
Summer School
CAIML
Education Outreach
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Join leading experts in informatics, social sciences, and humanities to collaborate on pressing issues of digital politics, economy, and technology.

Open Position

Jobs: Student Staff Positions

2024-08-29
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus L+C
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Theory and Logic, Computer Graphics, and Human Computer Interaction.

Call for Applications

Apply Now: NII International Internships

2024-08-26
Internship

The Japanese National Institute of Informatics (NII) welcomes Master’s and PhD students to apply for the 2nd call of their 2024 internships.

People

The Research Unit Privacy Enhancing Technologies has its new headquarters at Erzherzog-Johann-Platz 1

Pssst! Have You heard? Our family is growing!

2024-08-26
Community
Cybersecurity
Security & Privacy
Focus CySec

Starting September, Dominique Schröder will join us as Head of the brand-new Research Unit Privacy Enhancing Technologies.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc, Projekt Manager, and Student Staff Positions

2024-08-26
Focus CySec
Students
Focus CE
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Cyber-Physical Systems, Security and Privacy, Parallel Computing, and Business Informatics.

People

ecosio's founders fLtR: Marco Zapletal, Christian Huemer, Christoph Ebm and Philipp Liegl

Start-Up ecosio Goes Big!

2024-08-21
Award
News
Start-Up
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Focus ISE

Start-ups rarely make it big, so we are thrilled to announce that business communication company ecosio made the cut!

Studies

PROLOG 2024

2024-08-21
First Steps
Students

Bereit zum Studium? Als Vorbereitung und zum Ausgleich unterschiedlicher Vorkenntnisse bieten wir den PROLOG an.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc, Program Manager, Administrative and Student S…

2024-08-09
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Databases and Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Based Systems, Business Informatics, Computer Graphics, and Machine Learning.

The Long Read

Imaginary Vintage Macintosh. Dall·E & Adobe Firefly. This picture was created with the help of AI.

TU Wien Should Have a Philosophy Department

2024-08-06
Digital Humanism
People
Interview
Digital Transformation
AI
Focus VC+HCT

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.

Award

Viktor Besin wins ASAI Master Thesis Award!

2024-08-02
AI
Excellence
Students
Focus L+C
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

We are delighted to announce that Viktor Besin has won the ASAI Best Master Thesis Award!

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc, PreDoc, System Administrator and Student Sta…

2024-07-18
Research
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus CE
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Parallel Computing, Embedded Computing Systems, Formal Methods in Systems Engineering, and Distributed Systems.

Award

WWTF Funding Firework!

2024-07-18
Social Responsibility
Excellence
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are excited to announce that Julia Neidhardt’s project from the ICT 2023 call “Digital Humanism” by the WWTF has been selected for funding!

Award

WWTF Funding Firework!

2024-07-18
Social Responsibility
Excellence
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are excited to announce that Jan Maly’s project from the ICT 2023 call “Digital Humanism” by the WWTF has been selected for funding!

Award

WWTF Funding Firework!

2024-07-18
Women in Logic
Social Responsibility
Excellence
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are excited to announce that Agata Ciabattoni’s project from the ICT 2023 call “Digital Humanism” by the WWTF has been selected for funding!

Digital Humanism

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Internet

2024-07-15
Event
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Join us for the 50th anniversary of the Internet with Dr. Vint Cerf. Panels will discuss past achievements and the future of the Internet and AI.

Open Position

Jobs: Student Staff Positions

2024-07-11
Students
Focus CE
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Parallel Computing and Computer Graphics.

Award

Alberto Marchisio wins INNS Doctoral Dissertation Award!

2024-07-10
DC RES
Excellence
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

We congratulate Alberto Marchisio on winning this year’s INNS Doctoral Dissertation Award!

Call for Applications

UNIKATE Ideas Competition

2024-07-05
Focus VC+HCT

The call for the UNIKATE 2025 is now open – students can apply for the competition with their ideas for inclusive technologies.

Open Position

Jobs: System Administrator, PreDoc, and Student Staff Posit…

2024-07-05
Research
Administrative Staff
Focus CySec
Students
Focus CE
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Artifact-based Computing & User Research, Security and Privacy, Computer Vision, and Embedded Computing Systems.

Public Lecture

Small-Step Iterative Development of Verified Compilers

2024-07-02
Talk
Event
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

We warmly invite you to Wolf Zimmermann’s public lecture on Small-Step Iterative Development of Verified Compilers on July 2!

Sustainability

RELY Nominated for the Staatspreis Technologie 2024

2024-06-27
Award
Machine Learning
AI
Focus AI+DS

What does Reinforcement Learning have to do with power grids? Read more about RELY and find out!

Event

CTS//midsommar.2024

2024-06-27
Education Outreach
Social Responsibility

The Center for Technology and Society (which is also celebrating its 5th anniversary) invites you to its second annual Midsommar event!

Public Lecture

Viola Schiaffonati: New Sciences of the Artificial and Why …

2024-06-27
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

Viola Schiaffonati discusses the urgent need to reconsider the nature of artificiality in AI and robotics.

Digital Humanism

What answers can Digital Humanism provide for AI in teachin…

2024-06-25
Public Outreach
Education Outreach
AI
Social Responsibility
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Technology profoundly shapes the world we live in, and the stakes are high. Can Digital Humanism help us address questions for AI in teaching and education?

Digital Humanism

Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan: Autonomous Weapon Systems Regu…

2024-06-25
Public Lecture
Public Outreach
Focus VC+HCT

Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan talks about the possible ways to regulate autonomous weapons.

Public Lecture

Konrad Rieck: On Challenges in Defending Against Code Stylometry

Konrad Rieck: Defending Against Code Stylometry

2024-06-24
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus CySec

We explore defenses against code stylometry, the subtle stylistic patterns in source code that can be used to identify its developer.

Studies

New Double Degree “Logic and Computation” with LUH

2024-06-20
Students
Focus L+C

Our double degree program with Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) offers exiting new opportunities for students of our “Logic and Computation” master program.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc, PreDoc and Student Staff Positions

2024-06-20
Research
Doctoral School
Students
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

We are looking for candidates in Cyber-Physical Systems, Knowledge Based Systems, and Parallel Computing.

Award

Frank Sommer Joins Algorithms and Complexity Group with Feo…

2024-06-20
Algorithms and Complexity
Machine Learning
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

We’re excited to announce that Frank Sommer has joined TU Wien Informatics with a prestigious Feodor Lynen Fellowship.

Digital Humanism

EU AI Act - An Important Milestone Towards Digital Humanism?

2024-06-20
Event
Panel Discussion
Public Outreach
AI
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Join Peter Knees, UNESCO Chair on Digital Humanism, in a panel discussion on the AI Act with experts from politics, science, and industry.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc and Student Staff Positions

2024-06-13
Doctoral School
Students
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Learning Technologies and eDidactics, and Business Informatics.

Ethical Hacking

International Ethical Hacking Boot Camp: 2nd Edition

2024-06-13
Hackathon
Competition
Cybersecurity
Education Outreach
Excellence
Focus CySec

boot camp | ˈbo͞ot ˌkamp | noun. a short, intensive, and rigorous course of training.

Grant

Matteo Maffei Receives ERC Advanced Grant

2024-06-12
Award
Cybersecurity
Security & Privacy
Excellence
Focus CySec

We are thrilled to announce that Matteo Maffei, Head of the Research Unit Security and Privacy, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project BlockSec.

People

Sophie Rain: Algorithmen-Workshop für Volksschulen

2024-06-11
eduLAB
Education Outreach
Students

Sophie Rain, PhD student, is all about empowerment.

Digital Humanism

Gordon Burtch: Generative AI Degrades Online Communities

2024-06-11
Public Lecture
Public Outreach
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Gordon Burtch explains the impact of LLMs on online knowledge communities.

Report

fLtR: Lukas Lehner, Martina Landman, Laura Kovács, Minister Polaschek, Gerti Kappel, Jens Schneider, Gerald Futschek

eduLAB Bildungsfrühstück: AI in Education

2024-06-10
Event
eduLAB
Education Outreach
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

Minister Martin Polaschek and other political stakeholders came together at the eduLAB Bildungsfrühstück to discuss what’s next in education and AI.

Digital Humanism

CAIML Colloquium with Jun Wang

2024-06-10
Public Lecture
CAIML
AI
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

Jun Wang, City University of Hong Kong, talks about the state of the art of collaborative neurodynamic optimization.

Ethical Hacking

International Ethical Hacking Bootcamp reloaded!

2024-06-07
Event
Competition
Cybersecurity
Education Outreach
Excellence
Focus CySec

The International Ethical Hacking Bootcamp is entering its second round.

eduLAB

KI für Schulen

2024-06-07
Education Outreach
Focus AI+DS

Unser eduLAB zeigt, wie KI in Schulen wirklich funktionieren kann. Ein exklusiver Einblick in die neuesten Unterrichtsmethoden für Entscheidungsträger:innen.

Open Position

Jobs: Assistant Professorship, Event Expert, and PreDoc Pos…

2024-06-06
Professorship
Doctoral School
Focus CE

We are looking for candidates in Automation Systems, Communications, and Embedded Computing Systems.

People

Lukas Lehner: eduLAB

2024-06-06
eduLAB
Education Outreach
Students
Focus AI+DS

Lukas Lehner, PhD student, likes to get to the bottom of things – and teach others all about what he finds out.

Call for Applications

Assistant Professor with Tenure Track of Semantics in Automation Systems

Assistant Professor Semantics in Automation Systems / Tenure

2024-06-06
Open Position
Research
Professorship
Focus CE
Focus L+C
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

We invite applications for this full-time assistant professorship with tenure track until August 1, 2024.

Report

LogicLounge 2024 with Georg Gottlob

2024-06-05
Public Lecture
AI
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

At this year’s Logic Lounge, Georg Gottlob gave insights into Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Ignorance.

Digital Humanism

Wessel Reijers: Civic Virtue and Digital Technology

2024-06-04
Public Lecture
Public Outreach
Focus VC+HCT

Wessel Reijers will talk about virtue ethics and technology, advocating for a new direction of research into civic virtue.

News

HackingBuddyGPT Part of GitHub Accelerator Program

2024-06-04
Project
AI
Focus CySec
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

Helping Ethical Hackers use LLMs in 50 Lines of Code or less.

Award

Esra Ceylan wins OCG Award!

2024-05-29
News
YFS
Women in Informatics
Excellence
Focus L+C

We congratulate Esra Ceylan on winning this year’s OCG Incentive Award!

Vienna Gödel Lecture

Georg Gottlob X Daniela Rus // 20th Birthday

2024-05-29
Report
Machine Learning
AI
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

If you haven’t heard by now, then you’re really late to the party: TU Wien Informatics is 20 years old (and all grown up)!

Event

LogicLounge 2024 with Georg Gottlob

2024-05-28
Machine Learning
VCLA
Public Outreach
AI
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Ignorance: What symbolic and sub-symbolic AI hold in store for us

Public Lecture

Half a Century of Computer Science Love Story With TU Wien

2024-05-27
Excellence
Focus VC+HCT

Join renowned Austrian computer scientist Georg Gottlob for a special jubilee lecture to celebrate the 20th anniversary of TU Wien Informatics.

Event

20th Anniversary Celebration

2024-05-27
Faculty
Focus AI+DS

Celebrate the faculty’s milestone with our special double-event: a Jubilee Lecture by Georg Gottlob and the Vienna Gödel Lecture by Daniela Rus.

Vienna Gödel Lecture

Vienna Gödel Lecture 2024: Daniela Rus

2024-05-27
Public Outreach
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

Renowned robotics expert Daniela Rus will join us for this year’s very special Vienna Gödel Lecture on the promises and challenges of Physical AI.

Event

Lange Nacht der Forschung 2024

2024-05-24
Lange Nacht der Forschung
eduLAB
Public Outreach
Focus CE

Join us on May 24th for Lange Nacht der Forschung at TU Wien Informatics!

Open Position

Jobs: IT Services and Student Staff Positions

2024-05-23
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Infrastructure and Business Informatics.

Sustainability

fLtR: Ivona Brandic, Martin Polaschek, Julia Winkler, Heinz Faßman, Marie-Sophie Tschak, Andreas Bergthaler

FÄKT vs. Fiction

2024-05-22
Public Outreach
Education Outreach
AI
Focus AI+DS

Ivona Brandic conquers young audiences: Together with FÄKT, she shows how Educational Outreach can work.

Competition

fLtR Mihai-Teodor Stanusoiu, Prof. Radu Grosu, Mihaela-Larisa Clement, Felix Resch, Monika Farsang, Moritz Christamentl, Elisa Di Cristo, Philipp Gratzer, Luigi Berducci, Andreas Brandstätter*

4th Place at the 15th F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix

2024-05-22
Students
Focus CE
Focus VC+HCT

Scuderia Segfault secures a top-five placement yet again!

Education Outreach

Andreas Brandstätter: Scuderia Segfault

2024-05-17
Students
Focus CE

Andreas Brandstätter, PhD student at the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Unit, knows that not everything’s about size.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc and PreDoc Positions

2024-05-16
Doctoral School
Focus CE
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

We are looking for candidates in Cyber-Physical Systems, Databases and AI, Theory and Logic as well as Business Informatics.

Digital Humanism

Zukunftstalk der Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft

2024-05-15
Panel Discussion
Public Outreach
Focus VC+HCT

Zwischen Zweifel und Fakten: Die Grundlagen des Fortschritts.

Public Lecture

Gordana Dodig-Crnković: Learning Intelligent Computing From Living Cells

Gordana Dodig-Crnković: Computing From Living Cells

2024-05-15
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus AI+DS

We explore information processing in living organisms to better understand their computing mechanisms.

Digital Humanism

iCAIML Doctoral College “Innovative Combinations and Applic…

2024-05-14
Machine Learning
CAIML
AI
Doctoral School
Focus AI+DS
Focus VC+HCT

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new iCAIML Doctoral College “Innovative Combinations and Applications of AI and Machine Learning”!

Studies

Study Abroad 2024: Join Our Information Event

Study Abroad 2024: Info Event

2024-05-14
International Outreach
First Steps
Students

Information about Erasmus, joint studies, or financing possibilities for studying abroad. Bring your questions.

Public Lecture

Evan Pu: Pragmatic Program Synthesis

2024-05-08
Research
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

Join special guest Evan Pu, senior research scientist at AutoDesk Research, as he talks about challenges of programming-by-example (PBE) systems.

Project Presentation: Formal Verification of Deep Neural Ne…

2024-05-08
Deep Learning
Community
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

Join Jens Knoop and Nahla Elaraby: they’ll present their joint project with Nile University Formal Verification of Deep Neural Networks for Code Conversion Apps

Event

VRVis Open House 2024

2024-05-07
VRVis
Focus VC+HCT

VRVis, Austria’s leading research center for visual computing, opens its doors to the public. Experience the newest technologies and the people behind them!

Cluster of Excellence

Cluster of Excellence for BILAI

2024-05-06
FWF
Machine Learning
CAIML
AI
Focus L+C
Focus AI+DS

Excellence in research is one of our hallmarks, so we are happy to announce that “Bilateral AI” (BILAI) has been awarded a Cluster of Excellence!

Symposium

CAIML Symposium 2024: AI – What’s Next?

2024-05-06
CAIML
AI
Focus AI+DS

The 3rd CAIML Symposium brings together leading experts and enthusiasts in the field of AI.

Award

Maria Christakis and Laura Kovács win Amazon Research Awards

2024-04-29
Research
Faculty
Excellence
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

Maria Christakis and Laura Kovács each won a project in Amazon’s Automated Reasoning call for proposals.

Award

“Biber der Informatik” Award at TU Wien

2024-04-25
Education Outreach

144 school students from all over Austria gathered at the Kuppelsaal of TU Wien for the OCG’s annual award ceremony.

Open Position

Jobs: Student Staff and Administrative Staff Positions

2024-04-25
Administrative Staff
Students
Focus CE
Focus AI+DS

We are looking for candidates in Parallel Computing and Data Science.

Event

eInformatics@Austria Closing Event

2024-04-24
MOOC

Join the closing event of our eInformatics@Austria project, which showcases Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for teaching the basics of computer science.

Report

Opening of the TU Wien Cybersecurity Center (CySec)

2024-04-23
Opening Event
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

On April 18, 2024, we inaugurated our Cybersecurity Center (CySec) with a high-profile event. A significant milestone in the field of cybersecurity.

Rankings

QS University Ranking 2024: TU Wien Informatics Stays on Top

QS University Ranking 2024: Top Scores

2024-04-19
Excellence
Focus ISE

TU Wien Informatics placed 1st in Austria and 82nd worldwide in the QS Subject Ranking for Computer Science and Information Systems.

Education Outreach

Michael Eickmeyer: DigiFit4All

2024-04-18
Students
Focus VC+HCT

Michael Eickmeyer, BSc student in Media Informatics and Visual Computing, introduces children and teachers to the world of computer science.

Opening Event

New Center for Cybersecurity

2024-04-18
Research
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec

Join us for the opening of the new TU Wien Cybersecurity Center with a keynote by AWS vice president Prof. Byron Cook.

VCLA

Call for Nominations: VCLA International Student Awards

2024-04-17
Students
Focus L+C

Nominate outstanding bachelor or master theses in the field of Logic and Computer Science. Deadline is May 31, 2024.

Public Lecture

Byron Cook: The Business of Proof

2024-04-17
Event
Focus L+C
Focus ISE

Prof. Byron Cook, Vice President at Amazon Web Services, discusses Amazon’s novel approach to applying formal mechanical reasoning.

Public Lecture

Nick Bezhanishvili: Degrees of the Finite Model Property

2024-04-16
VCLA
Public Outreach
Focus L+C

Nick Bezhanishvili of ILLC, University of Amsterdam talks about degrees of the finite model property for superintuitionistic and modal logics.

Award

Maria Christakis & Katta Spiel Elected to ÖAW Young Academy

2024-04-15
Research
Excellence
Focus ISE
Focus VC+HCT

Congratulations to Maria and Katta for having been elected new members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Young Academy.

Public Lecture

Adrian Prantl: Debug Info for Concurrency

2024-04-12
Research
Focus ISE

Join Dr. Adrian Prantl from Apple in Cupertino, CA, USA for a deep dive into the seamless debugging experience for Swift async functions with LLVM/LLDB.

Admission

Studieninfo 2024

2024-04-12
First Steps
Public Outreach
Students

Wir beraten dich persönlich und beantworten Fragen zum Bachelor Informatik, Technische Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik, Aufnahmeverfahren und Reihungstest.

Ethical Hacking

Game On: It’s Time to Hack (Ethically)!

2024-04-10
Report
Cybersecurity
Education Outreach
Focus CySec

In the Bebras Computing Challenge context, Marco Squarcina and Carlotta Tagliaro offered an exciting workshop on ethical hacking to high school students.

Public Lecture

Wolfgang Reisig: The Role of Modeling in Informatics

2024-04-10
Guest Professor
Doctoral School
Focus ISE

We explore the potential of a modeling-first approach in software development, constructing models from the perspective of real-world problems to be solved.

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computers and Supercomputers Together

2024-04-09
Research
Focus CE
Focus ISE
Focus AI+DS

A hybrid system that marries quantum computing with traditional high-performance computing is currently being developed in Austria.

Call for Applications

Apply now: NII International Internships

2024-04-02
Internship

The Japanese National Institute of Informatics (NII) welcomes MSc and PhD students to apply for the first call of their 2024 internships.

Open Position

Jobs: PostDoc and PreDoc Positions

2024-03-21
Doctoral School
Focus VC+HCT

We are looking for candidates in Human-Computer Interaction.

Public Lecture

Valeria de Paiva: Network Mathematics

2024-03-20
Women in Logic
Focus L+C

The first talk of VCLA’s new lecture series, “Women in Logic Online,” presents the collective “Women in Logic” and delves into network mathematics.

Alumni

#AlumniStories: Markus Zlabinger

2024-03-20
#alumnistories
Interview
Focus AI+DS

Markus co-founded the start-up imagetwin. He tells us about his journey from informatics student to business owner.

Digital Humanism

Virgilio Almeida: Algorithmic Institutionalism

2024-03-19
Public Lecture
Event
Focus VC+HCT

Virgilio Almeida introduces a new concept viewing algorithms as emerging institutions in modern societies.

Digital Humanism

Wiener Vorlesungen: Digitaler Humanismus

2024-03-18
Focus VC+HCT

Wie verändert Digitalisierung uns und unser Zusammenleben? Hannes Werthner spricht über Folgen und Chancen digitaler Technologien.

KI im Hochschul- und Dienstleistungsbereich

2024-03-18
Panel Discussion
Focus AI+DS

Expert:innen diskutieren die Einflüsse von KI im Dienstleistungsbereich und beleuchten die Auswirkungen auf den Lehr- und Prüfungsbetrieb der TU Wien.

Event

Austrian Cyber Security Challenge Kickoff

ACSC 2024 Kickoff

2024-03-16
Cybersecurity
Focus CySec

Get all the info you need to participate in this year’s Cyber Security Challenge. Tipps, tricks, and more on-site at TU Wien and online via Discord.

#5qw

#5QW: Martina Landman

2024-03-15
eduLAB
Women in Informatics
Focus CE

Martina is a Ph.D. candidate in informatics education and organizer of eduLAB. She shows us what card games have to do with informatics.

CAIML

Johannes Fürnkranz: Towards Deep and Interpretable Rule Lea…

2024-03-15
Focus AI+DS

Join us on March 15 for the CAIML seminar with Johannes Fürnkranz.

Open Position

Jobs: PreDoc Position

2024-03-07
Doctoral School
Focus CE
Focus ISE

We are looking for candidates in Parallel Computing.

First Steps

BeSt³ 2024

2024-03-07
Public Outreach
Education Outreach
Students

Maßgeschneiderte Beratung für Studieninteressierte und Infos zu unseren Bachelorstudien gibt es auf der Bildungsmesse BeSt³ in Wien.

Studies

Doctorals’ Welcome 2024

2024-03-05
Event
First Steps
Doctoral School
Students

Our info event where we answer all your questions about our doctoral program. Join us at the TU Wien Informatics Doctoral School!

Digital Humanism

Educating on Ethical and Social Impacts of Digital Technolo…

2024-03-05
Public Lecture
Event
Focus VC+HCT

Panel discussion on the challenges of designing new approaches and methods for educating computer professionals.

Award

Numair Mansur Wins Ernst Denert Software-Engineering Prize

2024-03-04
Focus ISE
Focus VC+HCT

Mansur was honored for his thesis on static program analyzers, where he found ways to enhance the reliability and usability of analysis tools.

The Long Read

Where Did We Go?

2024-03-04
Community

Pioneers, plights, and pleasing: Dean Gerti Kappel and former Dean Hannes Werthner give personal insights into our Faculty’s development and challenges.

Studies