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Strengthening data science: 40 researchers publish position paper

Research involving large amounts of data is becoming increasingly relevant in more and more scientific disciplines. In a position paper, 40 researchers from Germany and Austria—including Justus Piater from the University of Innsbruck—are therefore calling for greater political and scientific commitment to digital and data science.

inday students 2025

The 12th inday students took place on November 13, 2025. Nearly 200 interested students visited the labs of our research groups in the afternoon and "Informatik Live" in the evening.

Marcel Ritter receives Best Paper Award

Marcel Ritter (IGS Research Group) has received the Sage Journal's Best Paper Award 2025. Congratulations!

IBM acquires Txture, a spin-off from the University of Innsbruck

Txture, a spin-off of the Department of Computer Science, is being acquired by the US technology company IBM. Congratulations!

MIP-Teaching-Award to Michael Tschuggnall

The "MIP Teaching Award" is an initiative to recognize and honor experienced teachers working in the compulsory area of bachelor's degree programs.

Best paper award @ International Conference on Engineering Digital Twins

Researcher of the QE research group received the best paper award at the EDTconf 2025. Congratulations!

Tools of the CL-Group are successful at International Competitions

At the beginning of September, several tools of the Computational Logic group participated at two international competitions and could demonstrate their strength.

Two awards@ACM Recommender System Conference 2025

Members of the DBIS research group won awards at the 19th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems which took place in Prague. Congratulations!

Welcome Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Lücke

We warmly welcome our new colleague, Dr. Jörg Lücke, to the Departement of Computer Science!

Welcome LFUI guest: Ohad Kammar

Ohad Kammar will be visiting the Theoretical Computer Science research group headed by Professor Georg Moser from 1 to 12 September 2025.

Aart Middeldorp receives the Thoralf Skolem Award

At this year's Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE-30), Aart Middeldorp and Nao Hirokawa were awarded the Thoralf Skolem Award.

New project: FLEXI: Human-centered AI and Digital Twin powered energy system integration for flexibility markets

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sashko Ristov coordinates the new project FLEXI from the Clean Energy Transition Partnership initiative, co-funded by the European Union. FLEXI brings together eight partners from five EU countries (Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, and Turkey) with a total funding of 2 Million EUR.

Welcome LFUI guest: Kazuya Sase

Kazuya Sase is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems at Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan, where he leads the Virtual Reality Lab.

Project internship 2025 in Master Software Engineering

This summer semester, the students in Master's in Software Engineering once again implemented a semester project with a practical task. The topics had different focuses, e.g. in the areas of logistics, public administration and tourism, and the teams of three students were mainly supervised by companies from Tyrol.

Software Engineering student projects in Bachelor 2025: GrooveTrail - intelligent, distributed audio system

Projects in summer semester 2025: Computer science students develop intelligent music playback system with motion detection

Aart Middeldorp receives the Herbrand Award 2025

Congratulations! Aart Middeldorp head of the research group "Computational Logic" receives the outstanding Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning.

Austrian Computer Science Day 2025

The Austrian Computer Science Day (ACSD) 2025, held on June 6 in the Aula of the University was a great success. One of its highlights certainly was Prof. Buchbergers very personal keynote on "Looking Back and Ahead to “Thinking Machines". But also the numerous presentations ranging from young researchers to established professors were a gem. These ranged from inspiring snapshots of ongoing PhD studies to deep, but also entertaining talks by rising stars and established professors from all Computer Science Departments in Austria.

Welcome LFUI guest: Masarah Paquet-Clouston

Masarah Paquet-Clouston is a professor of criminology at the Université de Montréal and the director of the EconCrimeLab. With an interdisciplinary background in economics, criminology, and cybersecurity, her research focuses on economic crime facilitated by emerging information technologies.

In memory of Prof. Dieter Fensel (1960–2024)

The University of Innsbruck, the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, and the Department of Computer Science mourn the loss of Univ.-Prof. Dr Dieter Fensel.

Funding approval from the Tyrolean Young Researchers Fund for Nora Hofer

On 27 January, 21 young scientists from 10 faculties at the University of Innsbruck received a grant from the Tyrolean Young Researchers' Funding Scheme at a ceremony in the ballroom of the Landhaus.

That was the day of MIP 2025

On 19 February 2025, the annual MIP Innsbruck Day took place at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics (MIP) at the University of Innsbruck. Over 600 pupils from Tyrol, South Tyrol and Vorarlberg experienced an exciting day full of science and discoveries.

Department of Computer Science and iBT at Girls! TechUP in Kufstein

On 29 February, the Department of Computer Science and the iBT, Construction Management and Tunnelling Unit, at the University of Innsbruck presented their latest innovations at the Girls! TechUP in Kufstein.

Welcome Univ.-Prof. Dr. Radu Prodan

We warmly welcome our new colleague, Prof Radu Prodan, to the Department of Computer Science!

AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) strengthens national AI ecosystem

The University of Innsbruck is participating as an academic partner in an initiative called "AI Factory Austria" (AI:AT). The aim is to strengthen Austria's and Europe's competitiveness in the field of artificial intelligence with state-of-the-art computing infrastructure and an AI hub.