News and Events

This page presents an overview of all current news, dates, and events of the Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology.

News

“Do what you care for!” Gerti Kappel received special prize “Digital Woman Leader”. For the first time, the Federal Ministry for Digitalisation and Business Location awarded the "State Prize for Digitalisation" - Professor of Informatics Gerti Kappel received the special prize "Digital Woman Leader".
Wed, April 10, 2019 — Awards, Excellence, People, Society

Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism: How Human Will Our Digital Future Be?. Digitalisation is permeating all spheres of life - how can we deal with this transformation of our society? Together with the Vienna Science and Technology Fund and the Magistrate's Department for Economics, Labour and Statistics, the Faculty of Informatics has organised the first international workshop on Digital Humanism on April 4-5, 2019, in Vienna, in order to discuss the challenges and chances linked to that topic. Renowned scientists from multiple disciplines discussed critical thoughts, reflected on new developments and will soon come up with the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism.
Mon, April 8, 2019 — Responsibility, Society, Workshop

WWFT Call 2019: Vienna Research Group Leader „Information and Communication Technology – Interdisciplinary Data Science“. Applications are being invited for outstanding early-career scientists (2-8 years post PhD), interested in building up their independent research group in the field of "Information and Communication Technology – Data Science" at the TU Wien.
Thu, April 4, 2019 — Ausschreibung, Dissertationspreis, Call for Application

Women in computer science - not only on Women's Day. The International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year, as a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Since women in computer science are still underrepresented, the Faculty of Informatics supports women in several ways and is actively committed to gender mainstreaming. Deadline for applications for the Helmut-Veith-Scholarship is November 30, 2019.
Wed, March 6, 2019 — Admission, Call for Application, Excellence, Helmuth Veith Scholarship