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FoE Information, Communication & Computing

Planet Research

Researchers in the Field of Expertise Information, Communication & Computing focus on the challenges of the information age. They deal with the transmission, processing, structuring and storage of information and develop hardware and software for computers, networks and satellite systems.

eine blaue Weltkugel, zwei Hände mit geöffneten HAndflächen und viele Symbole, die das Internet der Dinge zeigen

Dependability in the Internet of Things

Kay Römer estimates that 50 billion smart things will be connected by 2020. Since 2015 the scientist and his team have been making sure that smart devices reliably do what they are supposed to do.   Read more 8. February 2019
Eine junge Frau sitzt auf einem schwarzen Ledersessel vor einem Gang. Sie hat die Beine übereinandergeschlagen und schaut direkt in die Kamera. In der Hand hat sie mehrere Papierbögen.

Cryptographer with a penchant for crayons

Cryptographer Maria Eichlseder hides our messages from curious eyes that shouldn’t read them. With her love of paper she defies the classical image of a computer scientist.   Read more 12. February 2019

Contact

Birgit BAUSTÄDTER
Science Communications
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz, Austria
Phone: +43 316 873 6064
birgit.baustaedternoSpam@tugraz.at

Eine junge Frau hat eine große schwarze Virtual-Reality-Brille aufgesetzt und hält in jeder Hand einen schwarzen Joystick

Virtual Reality is Catching On

MAROON is a virtual laboratory and learning management system. Learning software allows users to access the learning environment directly by means of virtual reality.

7. January 2019
Ein Mann lehnt an einem Computerbildschirm. Ein anderer sitzt vor ihm auf einem Sessel.

Our brain – the most exciting computer of all time

The human brain has computing elements similar to the biggest supercomputers, but needs only a fraction of their energy. And it is constantly learning. Brain-inspired computing is for this reason an important topic of the future.

28. November 2018
Ein blonder junger Mann sitzt an einem Tisch und arbeitet am Innenleben eines Computers.

A passion for turning the IT world upside down

Daniel Gruss is part of the team that caused chaos in the IT world with the discovery of the system loopholes Spectre and Meltdown. Few people thought he was career material – but he won through.

4. October 2018
Eine Frau mit braunen Haaren, rotem Shirt und schwarzer Jacke lehnt an einer Mauer.

Human and Machine Interaction in Complex Systems

Progress in the fields of automation, communication, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence increasingly invites the question of what role humans will play in factories of the future.

9. August 2018
Vier Männer stehen und lehnen sich an einer Betonmauer an.

When people and drones merge

PhD students Okan Erat and Alexander Isop managed to implement a system at TU Graz’s droneSpace which controls drones using body movements and allows the field of view of man and machine to merge.

17. July 2018
Aufnahme der Hochgeschwindigkeitskamera: Ein heller Blitz erscheint vor einem dunklen Hintergrund.

On the tracks of the thunderstorm

Summer is the high season for thunderstorms and their resulting lightning and hail storms. TU Graz researchers Stephan Pack and Helmut Paulitsch get to the bottom of this summer phenomenon in their research work.

3. July 2018
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.

Football and Big Data: A search engine for movements

Tobias Schreck and his team are developing tools for strategy-loving fans and professionals with the University of Konstanz: They visualise and analyse movement data from football games.

7. May 2018
Eine grüne Tafel mit weißem Text.

Not At All Discrete

It’s not in the name: with their excellence initiative in discrete mathematics, TU Graz, the Uni Graz and the University of Leoben are causing people to notice – because they’re not discrete at all.

21. March 2018