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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.

Michael Kerber sitzt auf einem Schreibtisch in einer kleinen Bibliothek. Hinter ihm steht seine Arbeitsgruppe.

Topological data analysis: Light in complex data jungles

Michael Kerber from the Institute of Geometry at TU Graz uses topological methods – a branch of mathematics and geometry – to extract the secrets of complex data sets.   Read more 12. May 2020
Die Arbeitsgruppe von Oswin Aichholzer steht in einem Büro. Vor ihnen sind zwei Bildschirm mit mathematischen Zeichnungen zu sehen.

In search of the foundations of discrete mathematics

Oswin Aichholzer does basic research – he doesn’t invent, he discovers. The theoretical computer scientist is on the trail of basic mathematical rules which he can model and teach the computer.   Read more 8. April 2020

Contact

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

Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz und Daniel Gruss stehen in einem Durchgang. Daniel Gruss hält einen Computer, auf dem weißer Text auf schwarzem Hintergrund zu sehen ist.

Michael Schwarz: Ideas not limited to working hours

Michael Schwarz is a security specialist at Graz University of Technology and, together with colleagues, generated a completely new field of research a few years ago. An interview with the researcher.

3. February 2020
Ein Mann mit weißem Labormantel und weißem Häubchen über den Haaren sitzt an einem Schreibitsch und arbeitet an einem Satelliten. Der Satellit steht aufgeklappt mit den schwarzen Solarpanelen nach vorne auf dem Tisch.

“My work is flying through space”

Did you know that the first Austrian satellite to go into space was built in TU Graz’s labs? TUGSAT-1 has been observing stars for more than six years – and it’s not the only object made in Graz that is hurtling through space.

10. October 2019
Mehrere Personen: In der Mitte steht ein Mann mit kurzen Haaren und einer Brille. In der Hand hält er einen kleinen Ball, der wie eine Erdkugel aussieht. Dahinter stehen zwei Frauen mit ebenfalls dunklen Haaren. Dahinter stehen drei Männer.

Seen from orbit, everything’s much more precise

Torsten Mayer-Gürr surveys the Earth. He may work in an office in Steyrergasse in Graz, but his measuring device flies more than 400 kilometres overhead.

11. September 2019
eine Hand liegt auf einer Computertastatur, die andere hält ein Smartphone

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.

13. June 2019
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.

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.

12. February 2019
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