For much of the twentieth century, state power in Africa was measured in kilometers of rail and asphalt. Today, the infrastructure of governance is invisible. Across the continent, governments are racing to build Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)—the interoperable identity systems, payment rails, and data exchanges that will define the twenty-first-century social contract.

We are pleased to announce an open position at the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity,
within the Faculty of Technical Sciences. As a project researcher for the ATRIA research project you will join the research team around
Prof. Konstantin Schekotihin and Prof. Martin Gebser, working on the project “Automated Twin foR
semiconductor mAnufacturing (ATRIA)” funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the focus

Das diesjährige DigiMeet stand unter dem Titel „Platform Governance & Power: Between control, ethics and societal dynamics“. Im Fokus standen aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Regulierung und Gestaltung digitaler Plattformen – von rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen über gesellschaftliche und politische Implikationen bis hin zu Fragen der technologischen Umsetzung. Insgesamt nahmen rund 80 Forschende aus 16 Ländern teil, darunter Teilnehmende aus elf EU-Staaten sowie Großbritannien, den USA, Indien, Peru und Brasilien.

Wissenschaftliche Unabhängigkeit im digitalen Diskurs

Graduiertenkollegs sind Forschungsprogramme, die sich speziell der Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses widmen. Von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) finanziell gefördert dienen sie der strukturierten Ausbildung von Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden. Im Kolleg bearbeiten die Promovierenden gemeinsam verschiedene Aspekte eines übergeordneten Themas. 

Resilience, adaptability, and talent: three themes that defined the conversation at the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2025 Launch, held at the INSEAD Asia Campus in Singapore.
Now in its eleventh edition, the GTCI—published by INSEAD and Portulans Institute—continues to provide one of the most comprehensive views of how countries cultivate, attract, and retain talent in a rapidly transforming global economy.

Die Existenz glänzender Oberflächen in der Pflanzen- und Tierwelt stellt die Wissenschaft vor ein Rätsel. Denn für eine verlässliche Kommunikation, etwa zwischen Blüte und Bestäuber, sind klare und beständige Signale von Vorteil. Glanz widerspricht diesem Prinzip, da sein Erscheinungsbild stark vom Blickwinkel und den Lichtverhältnissen abhängt und somit veränderlich ist.

OKFN is the proud creator and one of the maintainers of two officially recognised digital public goods (DPGs): CKAN and Open Data Editor (ODE).
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Here is a fun fact for your next party: Of the top-ten most-visited websites in the world, Wikipedia is the only one to be run by a nonprofit: the Wikimedia Foundation. 

For over almost 25 years, Wikipedia has grown to become the backbone of knowledge on the internet. What started as a wildly ambitious and probably impossible dream is now an essential knowledge resource for humanity. It includes over 65 million articles in over 300 languages, all funded by readers like you.

Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst im Alltag vieler Menschen angekommen. Sie verändert Arbeitsprozesse, beeinflusst Medien und eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten in der Gesundheitsversorgung. Gleichzeitig bestehen Unsicherheiten, Fragen und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen.

Wie können KI-gestützte Werkzeuge Lehre und Lernen an Hochschulen verbessern, ohne den Campus als sozialen Lernort zu verlieren? Darüber diskutierten am TUM Campus Garching Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Hochschulpraxis am 17. November 2025. Im Zentrum standen KI-Tools und aktuelle Ansätze für digitale Lehre sowie erste Ergebnisse des bidt-Forschungsprojekts „Effektivität generativer KI-Tutoren in der Hochschullehre (AIffectiveness)“.

Foto: Netsai/AdobestockSupermarket chains have been offering home delivery for several years now – and have encountered numerous challenges in the process. Last-mile delivery, i.e. getting items to the customer, can be costly and has a significant environmental impact, especially in the food sector, where goods often require expedited delivery.

Biografie 17° Convegno Nexa su Internet & Società | Contro la casa di vetro. Opacità schedatura e potere nell'età digitale | 2025
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Contro la casa di vetro. Opacità, schedatura e potere nell'età digitale | Lunedì 15 dicembre 2025 | Sala Luigi Ciminiera, DAUIN, Politecnico di Torino
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Raiffeisen Landesbank Kärnten | Caroline KnauderIn the summer term 2025 an investment game was initiated within the „Case Studies in Economics: Fundamentals of Asset Pricing, Finance and Investment“ course by Prof. Martin Wagner in cooperation with the Finance and Investment Club at the University of Klagenfurt statt. Using the Investopedia simulator and a virtual seed capital of 1 million USD, the students had to compile a portfolio and deal with securities over a period from mid-April to the beginning of September 2025.

aau/MüllerHow can we control swarms of drones so that they can be used to reforest woodlands in the most efficient way? Merna Tohfa, a university assistant at the Department of Networked and Embedded Systems, is developing mathematical models and technologies that enable swarms of drones to scatter tree seeds in areas that may be difficult to access.

There is no shortage of reports highlighting Germany’s and Europe’s serious technological dependencies: social networks, cloud services, artificial intelligence – they are lagging in many areas and in danger of being left behind altogether. The lack of digital sovereignty did not arise suddenly, but in times of intensifying geopolitical conflicts, it now appears threatening. Europe is missing economic opportunities and has no influence on the design of the technologies.

The Carinthian regional government has once again honored outstanding scientific work in the field of digitalization. The Department for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity is delighted to receive two award-winning theses at once.

Three QUT researchers affiliated with the Digital Media Research Centre have been successful in the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
The DECRA scheme provides focused research support for early career researchers with demonstrated capacity for high-quality research and emerging capability for leadership and supervision.