TU Graz and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna are launching an initiative in the field of disaster prevention. The Disaster Competence Network Austria (DCNA) - Competence Network for Disaster Prevention was established on the basis of existing cooperation. Full members are all institutions based in Austria whose tasks include scientific security and disaster research. Associate members are those with a need, such as emergency organizations and companies. The aim of the DNCA is to transfer scientific findings into practice. This is achieved through cooperative research and educational activities carried out in cooperation with a wide range of stakeholders, as well as the provision of decision-relevant information and a mobile research infrastructure in the event of a disaster.
Many fields of science need a lot of computing power, which is what the High Performance Computing Cluster of the Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) provides. A high-performance computing cluster is a group of multiple networked computers. The goal of this partnership of five Austrian universities is to enhance the international competitiveness of the scientific location.