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Graz Language Database Improves Automatic Speech Recognition of Austrian German

With the “Graz corpus of read and spontaneous speech”, researchers at TU Graz have developed new methods for speech recognition of Austrian German using speech data from 38 people. Read more 12. December 2024

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TU Graz Awards 100 Scholarships to STEM Talents from 17 Countries

400,000 euros is being awarded to 38 STEM students by TU Graz together with partners from industry and the public sector, thereby investing in the future of the location. Read more 9. December 2024

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Mind_the Gap Awards – Honouring Diversity in Practice

TU Graz has honoured five projects with diversity awards – including a work on an AI-generated voice for people with speech impairments and a game that inspires young women to take up programming.

5. December 2024

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Improving Safety in the Open Air: TU Graz Evaluates Lightning Risk in Real Time

Airport aprons, large construction sites or open-air events are usually defenceless against lightning. To increase safety and reduce downtimes, electrical engineers at TU Graz are developing a forecasting system.

5. December 2024

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Vienna’s Smart Traffic Lights Are Now Getting Even Smarter

With higher computing power and adapted AI training, the system developed at TU Graz can control several pedestrian crossings simultaneously and recognises people with limited mobility or strollers. The green phase can thus be extended as required.

28. November 2024

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CD Laboratory at TU Graz Researches New Semiconductor Materials

Using energy- and resource-saving methods, a research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Graz aims to produce high-quality doped silicon layers for the electronics and solar industries.

22. November 2024

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TU Graz Honours Six Lecturers for Outstanding Achievements

In recognition of their high level of commitment, outstanding didactic concepts and special motivation, the winners will receive the 2023/2024 Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

21. November 2024

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Master Plan for TU Graz’s Campus Inffeldgasse

Campus Inffeldgasse will continue to grow in the coming decades. In addition to more space for teaching, learning and research, the masterplan envisages a more open campus with extensive green areas and public sports facilities.

19. November 2024

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A TU Graz Development Makes Concreting More Reliable, Safer and More Economical

With a digital monitoring system developed in-house, researchers at TU Graz want to help make costly and potentially dangerous mistakes in concrete work a thing of the past.

14. November 2024

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Experts Urge Complex Systems Approach to Assess A.I. Risks

The social context and its complex interactions must be considered and public engagement must be encouraged.

13. November 2024

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TU Graz Wins Highly Endowed ERC Synergy Grant for Biomechanical Heart Research

The European Research Council is funding a consortium consisting of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, ETH Zurich and TU Graz with a total of 10 million euros. TU Graz researcher Gerhard A. Holzapfel receives 4.2 million euros.

5. November 2024

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Laser Measurements to Track Space Debris and Observe Water Masses

More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris as well as a better understanding of the water masses present on Earth: Researchers at TU Graz have achieved both using satellite laser ranging.

30. October 2024

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20 Years of NAWI Graz: Teamwork as a Recipe for Success

TU Graz and the University of Graz have been working together very successfully in natural science research and teaching since 2004. With groundbreaking projects such as the Graz Center of Physics and the proposed NAWI Graz Geo Center, this path will continue to be rigorously pursued.

28. October 2024

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Orange the World: "16 days against violence against women"

From 25th November to 10th December, Graz University of Technology flags the "Alte Technik", "Neue Technik" and "Campus Inffeldgasse" buildings to show solidarity with the UN Women's Campaign "Orange the World", which calls for an end to violence against women.

23. October 2024

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Carbon Capture on Board Ships as a Valuable Transition Technology

Researchers at TU Graz have evaluated various carbon capture technologies for use in shipping. These technologies will be necessary to achieve the climate targets, but they will realistically not enable complete capturing of greenhouse gases on board.

23. October 2024

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Study by TU Graz Shows what Kind of Work is Facilitated by Exoskeletons

Can exoskeletons make strenuous activities easier and allow people to do hard work for longer and in a healthier way? A study by TU Graz says yes, but not always.

16. October 2024

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Tracking Down Alternative PV Areas

Where is the space to generate the legally required amount of photovoltaic electricity in Austria by 2030? A research project involving TU Graz has set out to find suitable areas in Styria.

15. October 2024

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New Vulnerability in AMD's Virtual Machines

By evaluating the values of hardware performance counters, researchers are able to read sensitive data from SEV-SNP virtual machines.

15. October 2024

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Solar Power for TU Graz

TU Graz wants to become a climate-neutral university by 2030. Photovoltaic systems on the roofs are helping to achieve this ambitious goal – and they are being continuously expanded.

14. October 2024

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Improved Glacier Monitoring Using Satellite Radar

International researchers involving Graz University of Technology have used radar data to determine which glaciers in High Mountain Asia are growing or shrinking in which season. For parts of Central Asia and the Himalayas, the findings contradict previous assumptions.

9. October 2024

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FWF awards funding for new Cluster of Excellence featuring TU Graz

In the collaborative project “Circular Bioengineering”, researchers at five universities are developing methods and processes for producing sustainable bio-based chemicals and materials. The funding amounts to 16 million euros.

4. October 2024

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TU Graz Develops Hardware Architecture for Post-Quantum Cryptography

Integrating post-quantum security algorithms into hardware has long been considered a challenge. But a research team at TU Graz has now developed hardware for NIST post-quantum cryptography standards with additional security measures for this purpose.

3. October 2024

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Stays abroad: tips and info

At the Go International! Fair on 17th October, Exchange Coordinators and students with experience abroad give advice on mobility programmes: for students of TU Graz – also in the context of NAWI Graz.

2. October 2024

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Ceremonial launch of the TU Graz Cybersecurity Campus

Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft constructs climate-friendly new building for high-tech research in Styria.

27. September 2024

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Better MRI Videos Thanks to New Machine Learning Method

Using smartly trained neural networks, researchers at TU Graz have succeeded in generating precise real-time images of the beating heart from just a few MRI measurement data. Other MRI applications can also be accelerated using this procedure.

25. September 2024

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Store or Export?

In 2040, electricity production from solar installations will often significantly exceed demand, especially at midday. Robert Schürhuber from the Institute of Electrical Power Systems at TU Graz explains how grid stability can be guaranteed in the future without having to take PV systems off the…

24. September 2024

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Researchers at TU Graz Improve Small Electric Drives

Thanks to innovations in design, control and production technology, brushless drives for pumps and fan systems work more efficiently and quietly. Users of electrical appliances and the automotive industry do benefit.

19. September 2024

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Sustainable Grain Cultivation with Perennial Wheat

In contrast to annual plants, perennial wheat offers a more diverse microbiome and has a significantly lower impact on soil and environment – as has just been proven by researchers at TU Graz’s Institute of Environmental Biotechnology.

12. September 2024

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