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Stochastic Optimisation in Financial and Insurance Mathematics

Stochastic models are now indispensable for answering practical questions on finance and insurance. Their use needs to be based on a careful model validation process and an awareness of model…

Lighting Up the Brain: LOGOS-TBI Project

Jointly funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) over the next four years, the LOGOS-TBI project was launched at the Medical University of Graz and TU Graz…

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Are Batteries Safe?

Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important, powerful and widespread. However, this also means that the demands on their safety and durability are growing.

Radiation Damage in Microelectronics

Reliability is a wide-ranging subject in microelectronics, covering responses to different kinds of stress as well as measures to increase devices’ tolerance against them.

What is Security in the Digital Age?

With several billion devices forecast to be connected by 2020, security is increasingly becoming a topic of public debate and attracting more and more attention in research circles.

”This isn’t the time to rest on our laurels.”

The topic of security is just starting to become truly significant, says researcher Stefan Mangard. He is working on the ERC project Sophia, where he is concentrating on secure computer processors.

Sustainable Construction – a Question of Attitude

“As soon as a building exceeds the requirements for energy certification by a fraction, everyone immediately starts talking about a green building.” Alexander Passer says and is not really satisfied.

Determining the Earth’s gravity field more accurately than ever before

Researchers at TU Graz calculate the most accurate gravity field determination of the Earth using 1.16 billion satellite measurements. This yields valuable knowledge for climate research.

The Fascination of the Abstract

Jürgen Hartler hardly has time for swimming, his favourite pastime, because he’s busy conducting research into mass spectrometry of lipids at UC San Diego – where the sea is on his doorstop.

The daily life of a student: Marko, Citizen of the world in Graz

For Marko Buchkovskyy, Austria is a launch pad to an international career. The native Ukrainian studies Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics at TU Graz. We shadow him for a day.