In the academic landscape, the importance of visibility in research and teaching cannot be overstated. This sentiment was at the forefront of discussions during our recent institute workshop, where participants focused on the intricate dynamics of attracting, recruiting, and lecturing. The two-day workshop, organized under the umbrella topic of “Visibility […]
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Power grid restoration with a slime mold algorithm
After an extensive period of comprehensive research, encompassing literature review, hypothesis formulation, modeling, implementation, and several weeks of simulation, we showcased our paper titled “A Graph-Based Approach for Applying Biologically-Inspired Slime Mold Algorithms for Repairing a Power Transmission Network after an Electromagnetic Pulse Attack” at the 2nd International Conference on […]
Digitization and sustainability: strategic visions for sustainable development
Digitization and sustainability are in the spotlight in both science and politics. Exploring the connections and areas of tension between digitization and sustainability makes it possible to identify new challenges and prospects of sustainable development. The thematic link between digitization and sustainability affects an essential area of our lives and […]
Interference by drones to ground users
Aerial drones connected to cellular networks can affect the throughput of common cell phone users. System-level simulation results were presented at an ACM MobiSys workshop earlier this week. Today’s commercial drones rely on Wi-Fi and proprietary technologies for wireless connectivity. Alternatively, drones could connect to cellular networks, like 5G, which […]
From Rollstuhl to robotics: A journey of discovery for young minds
Ms. Cornelia Klein, has been working as a university assistant at the Institute for Public Business Administration of Alpen Adria University for three years and passes by the “Bunte Knöpfe” kindergarten at Lakeside Park every day in her wheelchair. In the past, there have been individual questions from the children […]
Activity monitoring to age safely in the digital era
In “Ageing Safely in the Digital Era: A New Unobtrusive Activity Monitoring Framework Leveraging on Daily Interactions with Hand-Operated Appliances” (Bousbiat, Leitner and Elmenreich 2022), we suggest a new interactive framework to unobtrusively monitor elderlies’ behavior based on their interaction with electrical appliances involved in their daily activities. Due to […]
Physics in action: Excursion to the Technical Museum Vienna for students of the technical sciences
Anyone who believes that students of the technical sciences spend all their time in lecture halls and laboratories is taught otherwise at the University of Klagenfurt. Christian Bettstetter, Udo Schilcher and Melisa Midžan recently organised a trip to the Museum of Technology Vienna for the students in their course “Principles […]
ICE is the ideal combination of electrical engineering and computer science
Florian Huber completed an apprenticeship in electrical engineering and spent several years working as electronic engineer and calibration officer in the electronics industry. Today, he is a student in the Bachelor’s degree programme in Information and Communications Engineering, and additionally he works as teaching assistant and tutor. The Carinthian spoke […]
Alumna Samira Hayat is a Rising Star
Samira Hayat | Foto: Lakeside Labs Samira Hayat is currently a member of the Lakeside Labs GmbH research team. Hayat completed her doctorate at the University of Klagenfurt and has contributed to numerous research projects aimed at the ongoing development of drones as well as the use of 5G networks […]
Swarm intelligence for controlling industrial plants
The photo above is not from a meeting with extreme COVID protection measures but a visit to Infineon’s semiconductor fab at the beginning of our project SWILT (Swarm Intelligence Layer to Control Autonomous Agents). After three years, this research project has now come to a successful end. The SWILT project […]