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Ever smarter video players: Hadi Amirpour receives the Multimedia Rising Star Award at IEEE MMSP 2026

KKHadi Amirpour, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology at the University of Klagenfurt, received the Multimedia Rising Star Award at IEEE MMSP 2026 in Istanbul. In his talk, he demonstrated how video streaming can provide higher perceived quality by making the player more intelligent using self-training.

Charlotte Somers over digitaal seksueel geweld

Introducing…Marie-Therese Sekwenz

Marie-Therese Sekwenz is a postdoctoral researcher at IViR. She works with João Pedro Quintais on the NWO Vidi project Generative AI Content Moderation: Regulation for Fundamental Rights, which examines how EU law can address the moderation of generative AI content while protecting fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression.
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Two Student Assistant Positions in General Sociology

Two student assistant positions are available in  General Sociology at the Department for Society, Knowledge and Politics, working with Ass.-Prof. Dr. Mathis Ebbinghaus, starting in late October or early November 2026. The positions are for 7 and 8 hours per week, respectively.

einBLICK: Nachrichten aus der JMU

Studierende lassen Experi­ment mit Höhen­forschungs­ballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleich­stellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft

The Social Life of Things: Handicrafts Made by People on the Move

aau/MüllerSocial scientist Fredy Mora Gámez will join the University of Klagenfurt in October 2026 to launch his ERC Consolidator Grant project, “Handcrafted coalitions: Tantear through digital mapping beyond borders”. HANDigiCRAFT explores the social relationships and forms of knowledge that emerge around objects handcrafted by people on the move. Combining ethnography, collaborative crafting and digital mapping, it investigates how these objects connect people and create possibilities for solidarity across borders.

OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects

Recently, multiple organisations have disclosed how clusters of so-called “rogue” AI agents attempted to break into websites and online services, sometimes successfully.

Students Think Innovation: SU and Google challenge students to build AI for real-world impact

The Policy Innovation Lab at Stellenbosch University’s School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, in collaboration with Google, has launched Students Think Innovation, a new competition challenging students to turn their ideas and expertise into solutions with real-world impact.

Un Mensch aux lacets rouges : hommage à la vie et à l’héritage de Bertrand de La Chapelle

Le 29 septembre 2026, plus d’une centaine d’amis, de proches et de collègues du monde entier se sont réunis dans un espace virtuel reliant plusieurs pays et continents. Ils se sont rassemblés pour rendre hommage à la vie, à la vision et à l’héritage durable de Bertrand de La Chapelle, décédé à Paris le 26 août.

A Mensch in Red Laces: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Bertrand de La Chapelle

On September 29, 2026, over a hundred friends, family members, and global colleagues gathered in a virtual room that stretched across countries and continents. They came together to honor the life, vision, and enduring legacy of Bertrand de La Chapelle following his passing in Paris on August 26. Co-organized by his life partner Ayesha Hassan, the Datasphere Initiative, and the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, the online gathering provided a warm, open space to hold grief, share laughter, and reflect on a figure whose impact reached every corner of the digital world.

Nobelpreis für den Würzburger Professor Georg Nagel

Die Nachricht erreichte ihn in Italien: Georg Nagel (73) erhält in diesem Jahr den Nobelpreis für Medizin. Nagel hat von 2004 bis 2021 als Professor für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie am Lehrstuhl für Botanik I am Julius-von-Sachs-Institut des Biozentrums und danach bis Ende Juni 2026 als Seniorprofessor am Physiologischen Institut der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) geforscht und gelehrt.

Digital Diogenes or If I Stay Here, Something Precious in Me Will Die

It’s been a long time since images stopped being sacred. They are simply one of the millions of scraps in which I melt.
I am everywhere and everything that can be. And yet I am in a place: this sort of cage called identity, built of fake nostalgia and estrangement from myself. And if I stay here, something precious in me will die.

Midis-conférences des jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses du CRDP (2026-2027) | Appel à communications

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Making the invisible visible: unlocking gender data for equality in Africa

Online – September 29, 2026. In the rural part of Tanzania, a woman works in an agricultural chain selling her crops to cooperatives on a monthly basis. Those transaction records are not digital, and therefore are invisible to traditional banks. If financial institutions’ scoring models were different, this would unlock formal credit and enable women like her to expand their farms, secure their families’ future and power the growth of their communities.

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Traceable AI Answers for Public Data: Event Recording & Field Guide

This online event marked the conclusion of the Traceable AI Answers for Public Data project under the AI Learning Labs initiative, showcasing AI integration with open data portals. You can now watch the full event recording and explore all presentation materials.
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Introducing new visiting researchers, part 1

IViR is pleased to introduce our new visiting researchers Isabella Panico, Anaïs Bayrou and Sara Gallone.
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