Research topics
Algorithms and mathematical modelling
- Statistical analysis and modelling
- Applied mathematics in technology and natural sciences
- Optimisation
- Geometry processing
- Discrete mathematics
- Number theory and applications, e.g. in simulation and financial mathematics
- Geodesy
- Neuroinformatics
- Massive data processing
- Cryptography
- Computational mechanics
Smart and dependable systems
- Adaptive and autonomous systems, robotics
- Software and system security
- Machine learning and cognitive systems
- Development of complex systems
- Embedded systems
- Intelligent control, mechatronics and automation
- Electronic systems
- Microelectronics
- Measurement technology, physical modelling and simulation
Intelligent communication and sensor systems
- Adaptive modulation and coding
- Smart microwave front-ends
- Mixed signal electronics
- Signal processing
- Sensors and sensor networks
- Localisation and tracking
- Wireless communications and networking
Multimodal interfaces, applications
- Brain-computer interfaces
- E-university & e-government
- Language and audio communication
- Software and system testing
- Mobile devices
Intelligent multimedia processes and structures
- Computer vision
- Computer graphics
- Knowledge technologies and data science
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How Patterns Emerge in Salt Deserts
The honeycomb patterns which are often found in salt deserts in Death Valley and Bolivia, among other places, look like something from another world. Researchers, including those from TU Graz, explain the origin of the mysterious patterns for the first time. Read more
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Machine learning: Starting Signal for Graz Center for Machine Learning (GraML)
The Graz Center for Machine Learning (GraML) research network is being launched at TU Graz. The focus is on machine learning, which, according to the head of GraML Robert Legenstein, will change the world in a similar way to the internet and computers. Read more
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Digital sovereignty: TU Graz is part of an EU project for independent web searching
Foundation stone for alternatives to Google and Co: The aim of the EU project OpenWebSearch.EU is to initiate an open European infrastructure in web search. In addition to TU Graz, 13 other European research and computing centres are involved. Read more
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Cybersecurity Sitcom: New TU Graz Courses on Side Channel Attacks at edX.org
Cybersecurity experts at TU Graz have launched an online course designed as a sitcom on side channel attacks, in which physical effects allow inferences to be made about protected data. The first of two new seasons of the educational sitcom will go online on 23 August. Read more
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Quantum Computers: Cryptographic Algorithm Bearing the Handwriting of TU Graz Becomes Standard
Extremely powerful computers of the future require alternative encryption and signature methods. In a six-year process, the US authority NIST has now elevated four post-quantum algorithms to standard status – one of which bears the signature of TU Graz. Read more
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Mixed Reality: U.S. Company Snap Inc. Endows TU Graz Professorship
The company behind the instant messaging service Snapchat will be researching new technologies in the field of mixed reality with TU Graz over the next six years. A working group is being set up and the professorship will be filled by the end of the year. Read more
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Robust Radar: New AI Sensor Technology for Autonomous Driving
Researchers at TU Graz have modelled an AI system for automotive radar sensors that filters out interfering signals caused by other radar sensors and dramatically improves object detection. Now the system is to be made more robust to weather and environmental influences as well as new types of… Read more
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Aircraft in Radio Contact: TU Graz Develops Simulation Tools for Transponder Occupancy
If aircraft disappear from radar, it may be due to overloaded transponders. TU Graz has developed a simulation tool for Austro Control to determine the transponder occupancy. This tool is now being further developed for the entire European airspace on behalf of EUROCONTROL. Read more
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Covid-19 in Nursing Homes: Simulation model for prevention and vaccination strategies
Researchers from TU Graz and CSH Vienna have developed a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. This enables optimal prevention strategies to be identified, as practical experience in Caritas nursing homes has shown. Read more
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Computer Vision: TU Graz Researchers Define New State of the Art
Using the visual cortex as a model in the human brain, the research group led by ERC-award-winner Thomas Pock has developed new mathematical models and algorithms as the basis for faster and more intelligent image processing programs. Read more
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From the Foot Perspective: TU Graz Develops Algorithm for Shoe-Based Blind Assistance System
The shoe from the company Tec-Innovation warns blind and visually impaired people of obstacles thanks to ultrasonic sensors. Computer scientists at TU Graz have now developed a camera-based AI image recognition system for this purpose. Read more
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Algorithm-Generated Music Recommendations: Low Accuracy for Fans of Non-Mainstream Music
Listeners of high-energy music such as hard rock and hip-hop may be given less accurate music recommendations by music recommender systems than listeners of other non-mainstream music, according to research published in the open access journal EPJ Data Science. Read more
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New Approach Found for Energy-Efficient AI Applications
Researchers at TU Graz demonstrate a new design method for particularly energy-saving artificial neural networks that get by with extremely few signals and – similar to Morse code – also assign meaning to the pauses between the signals. Read more
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Jupiter-Magnetometer leaves Graz
When ESA's JUICE mission is launched in 2022 to explore Jupiter's icy moons, a scientific instrument from Graz will also be on board. The Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the TU Graz are supplying a novel quantum interference magnetometer. Read more
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TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis
A multi-channel recording device developed at TU Graz for pathological lung sounds and associated automatic lung sound analysis could support existing screening methods for early detection of, for example, Covid-19 infections. This now requires clinical data and interdisciplinary collaboration. Read more
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TU Graz starts CD laboratory for multifunctional and highly integrated electronic components
The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Technology-Guided Electronic Component Design and Characterization investigates ways to better control electromagnetic interactions in smart networked devices, especially in the 5G frequency range. Read more
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SGS and TU Graz open Lamarr Security Research
SGS and TU Graz announce the opening of Lamarr Security Research, a non-profit research center focusing on information security and establishing trust in digital systems and products. This new research environment is open for partner sponsors to work together, and to make the world a safer place. Read more
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Software of autonomous driving systems: TU Graz develops methods for the generation of simulation scenarios
Researchers at TU Graz and AVL focus on software systems of autonomous driving systems. They developed a method for generating safety-critical simulation scenarios and an adaptive control procedure for compensating for internal errors. Read more
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Beacon in space
Satellite images from the BRITE mission with the participation of researchers from TU Graz and the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna document for the first time the complete development of a nova – from eruption to maximum brightness and burn out. The publication has now appeared in the journal… Read more
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Pollen measurement system developed at TU Graz analyses pollen fast, cheaply and automatically
Researchers at Graz University of Technology have successfully tested a cost-effective and fully automated pollen sensor prototype and are now making their knowledge freely available and usable for everyone. Read more
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Statistics: A compass in the data age
Statistics can use data to identify patterns and derive concrete recommendations for action. How important this is, is shown by the analyses of the Institute of Statistics at TU Graz on the developments surrounding the corona virus. A conversation with professors Ernst Stadlober and Wolfgang Müller. Read more
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New security vulnerability in Intel processors: Load Value Injection
Security researchers at Graz University of Technology together with an international team have once again uncovered a serious security hole in computer processors. With the new security hole published under the name "Load Value Injection", there is another method to read out sensitive data. Read more
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First TU Graz-SAL Research Labs push top-level research in electronics-based systems
TU Graz and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) launch the first SAL research labs at an Austrian university and lay the foundation for groundbreaking digital products and processes with joint basic research in the field of electronics-based systems. Read more
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Successful satellite launch for TU Graz: ESA’s OPS-SAT mission to test new space technology in orbital flight
The ESA OPS-SAT CubeSat, the world’s first flying laboratory, will test new technologies for operational space applications. OPS-SAT was launched today at 09:54 CET from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana, on board a Soyuz launcher. The mission will last at least one year. Read more
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Reaching Industrial Standards: The Quest For a Dependable Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to link the physical and virtual world. In recent years we’ve seen a rapid development of IoT, as it fosters novel interconnection, interaction, and services. As IoT is an important driver in the… Read more
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New Streaming Technology Will Change Computer Gaming
Dieter Schmalstieg, a researcher at Graz University of Technology, is working on a method combining the advantages of cloud computing and virtual reality. This method will allow computer games to be displayed on inexpensive VR headsets in unsurpassed quality. Read more
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ZombieLoad 2.0 also attacks new processors and software patch
At the beginning of 2019, an international research team led by Daniel Gruss, Michael Schwarz and Moritz Lipp from TU Graz discovered the processor loophole ZombieLoad. Since then there has been a software patch and new processors. But with a new variant of the old attack these are no longer safe… Read more
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Society 5.0: putting humans at the heart of digitalisation
Taking place on 20 and 21 September in Graz, the international conference “Human-Centered Digitalization” is devoted to interdisciplinary discussion of the safe and effective interplay of people and machines with a view to creating what is known as Society 5.0. Read more
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Interspeech 2019 conference: Alexa and Siri in Graz
At the invitation of Graz University of Technology, internet giants, digital world market leaders and the AI research elite will be holding a conference on new developments in digital speech communication in Graz, Austria from 15 to 19 September. Read more
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Ein grünes Fußballfeld. Links und rechts sind mit weißen Linien schematisch die Tore eingezeichnet. Über dem Feld liegen mehrere rote und blaue Linien, die die Laufwege von Spielerinnen und Spielern darstellen.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/8/1/csm_Sportdatenvisualisierung_01_by_CGV_c33dc22e90.png "[Translate to Englisch:] (c) Dominik Sacha und co-autoren und Wiley. Quelle: D. Sacha, F. Al-Masoudi, M. Stein, T. Schreck, G. Andrienko, and D. Keim. Dynamic visual abstraction of soccer movement. Computer Graphics Forum, 2017. Wiley.")
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Quality assurance for autonomous systems: TU Graz opens Christian Doppler lab
In the new Christian Doppler Lab TU Graz develops methodologies for the quality assurance of cyber-physical systems. Together with corporate partner AVL List, this will be illustrated using autonomous vehicles as examples. Read more
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Eine grüne Platte mit mehreren goldenen Plättchen. In der Mitte ein Sensor.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/3/3/csm_N_S_Planetresearch_2018_Sensorik_Banner2_by_Lunghammer-TUGraz_9504e79c00.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © Lunghammer – TU Graz")
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Eine beleuchtete Straße und Gebäude im Hintergrund. Davor ist ein Netzwerk zu sehen mit vielen kleinen Symbolen, die unter anderem Computer, W-LAN-Symbole und Autos darstellen.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/6/b/csm_N_S_news_Forschung_2018_IoT4CPS2_by_jamesteohart_Fotolia_a7621257e6.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © jamesteohart - Fotolia")
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Mann in einem schwarzen T-Shirt steht vor einer Landschaft aus sanften Hügeln.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/0/9/csm_N_S_Face_to_face_2017_Schmalstieg_by_privat_c4910b316b.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © Privat")
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Drei Männer und eine Frau halten beziehungsweise betrachten den Kleinsatelliten OPSSAT.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/b/d/csm_PK_PRETTY_by_FFG_Morgenstern2_web_67bb82ce39.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © FFG/Morgenstern")
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Martin Kandlhofer mit drei Robotern: einem humanoiden weißen Nao, einem Legoroboter und einem Würfelroboter.](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_Banner_Martin_Kandlhofer_2017_by_tugraz_2bff4e321e.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © TU Graz")
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![[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Modell-Lkw mit rotem Führerhaus und weißem Container mit TU Graz Logo steht im Testlabor auf einem Tisch](https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/_processed_/0/b/csm_Leadprojekt_IoT_main2_by_Baustaedter_tugraz_386fc8cfc6.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] © Baustädter - TU Graz")
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ERC Grants
Researchers with ERC Grants within the Field of Expertise:
- Stefan MANGARD, Project: SOPHIA – Securing Software against Physical Attacks
- Thomas POCK, Project: HOMOVIS – High Level Prior Models for Computer Vision
TU Graz events
Christian Doppler (CD) Laboratories
CD labs within the Field of Expertise:
- CD-Laboratory for Embedded Machine Learning
- CD-Laboratory for Model-Based Control of Complex Test Bed Systems
- CD-Laboratory for Quality Assurance Methodologies for Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems
- CD-Laboratory for Location-aware Electronic Systems
- CD-Laboratory for Semantic 3D Computer Vision
- CD-Laboratory for Technology Guided Electronic Component Design and Characterisation
Shares in Companies and Cooperations
Competence Centres and Projects (COMET)
- ViF (Mobility) – Sustainable Vehicle Technologies
- Know-Center – Research Center for Data-driven Business and Big Data Analytics
- Pro2Future – Products and Production Systems of the Future
- VRVis – Forschungszentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung
- DeSSnet – Dependable, secure and time-aware sensor networks
- D4Dairy – Digitalisation, Data integration, Detection and Decision support in Dairying
Further Shareholdings
Heads of the Field of Expertise
from left to right:
Kay Uwe RÖMER
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Dr.sc.ETH
Institute of Technical Informatics
Oswin AICHHOLZER
Assoc.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Institute of Software Technology
Michael KERBER
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Institute of Geometry
Contact: FoE_ICC@tugraz.at
For researchers at TU Graz
Register for/deregister from the Field of Expertise: foe@tugraz.at
Degree Programmes
Bachelor's Degree Programmes in the Field of Expertise
Master's Degree Programmes in the Field of Expertise
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Business
- Geodesy
- Geospatial Technologies
- Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering
- Information and Computer Engineering
- Mathematics
- Technical Physics
- Physics
- Software Engineering and Management
- Space Sciences and Earth from Space
- Environmental System Sciences / Climate Change and Environmental Technology
Research training network:
New Projects with TU Graz
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY HOUSE
Mandellstraße 9/II
8010 Graz, Austria
Map
Christoph ADAMETZ
Dipl.-Ing.
Phone: +43 316 873 6033
christoph.adametz@tugraz.at
