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Automated aerial vehicles support emergency forces
critical infrastructure. In the future, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles, a powerful tracking antenna system and intelligent algorithms will support these tasks. While the autonomous UAV flies over the area [...] time, the data are securely transmitted to a ground station via a high-performance tracking antenna system without using high-bandwidth, low-latency infrastructure. There, intelligent algorithms analyse the
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Matthias Weber bei Podiumsdiskussion zu „Gesellschaftliche Transformationen“
Organisiert vom Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung fand am 7. und 8. November in Karlsruhe die 8. Internationale Konferenz des primär deutschsprachigen Netzwerks Technikfolgenabschätzung [...] schätzung statt. Dr. Matthias Weber, Head of Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, diskutierte mit Dr. Ernst Dieter Rossmann (Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestags und Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Bildung
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ECTRI General Assembly in Vienna
Mobility Systems, the opening remarks by Mark Robinson, president of ECTRI, and the official part of the assembly, Matthias Prandtstetter, Senior Scientist at the Center for Mobility Systems, gave a live
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Concentrated know-how for battery research
environmentally friendly and cost-efficient batteries are the key to tomorrow’s electric cars and energy systems. AIT is working on these future issues and is intensifying its focus on battery research with a new [...] research chain of material and process development, from raw materials to cell design, right up to the systems level." As Principal Scientist working in the field of battery technologies she has set herself
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Solar Tutorial - PV Systems in Smart Grids
by describing both their hardware and control structures. Integration of PV into the modern power systems will be discussed, including provision and coordination ancillary services by PV plants both on LV [...] on a large photovoltaic inverter. This part of the tutorial will consist in: testing protection systems and smart grids functions (network support) such as reactive power provision, voltage control&nb
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Steam without gas
"The AIT Center for Energy will develop an optimized operating strategy for the AHEAD system with a comprehensive system model. A novel approach will be developed for the CO2 savings potential. This will [...] combined with steam compressors to achieve the highest heat utilization temperatures to date. The AHEAD system can reach temperatures of 200-260°C. At Takeda, 184°C is required for steam supply. "Austria is committed [...] covered by natural gas. In the AHEAD project, this is no longer necessary, as an innovative heat pump system is being established. It consists of a steam-generating heat pump from SPH Sustainable Process Heat
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Innovative in-vehicle technology increases safety in road traffic
bsp; Assistive & Autonomous Systems Center for Vision, Automation & Control christoph.weidinger@ait.ac.at Christian Zinner Assistive & Autonomous Systems Center for Vision, Automation & [...] is where we bring in our many years of experience in the development of assistive and autonomous systems for a wide range of applications, where robust sensory perception of the 3D environment is a key [...] application for pedestrian detection targeting enhanced pedestrian protection is being implemented on the system. Pedestrian detection using AI The environmental data collected by the various sensors is processed
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CiViQ bringt Quanten-Technologien in die Telekommunikationsbranche
kostengünstiger Systeme zur Quantenschlüsselverteilung (QKD), welche sich leicht in moderne Telekommunikationsinfrastrukturen integrieren lassen, sowie neuer quantenkryptographischer Systeme und Protokolle [...] Hardware, Software und Protokolle für QKD-Systeme, die auf Messungen mit Fotodioden basieren (sogenannte kohärente Detektion). Das Center for Innovation Systems & Policy des AIT unterstützt die Entwicklung [...] Schuster AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Marketing and Communications Center for Innovation Systems & Policy M +43 (0)664 88390690 vanessa.schuster@ait.ac.at
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Rail4Future: Start of the COMET project
reliable and cost-efficient assessment of rail infrastructure and thus to shape the digital rail system of the future. A novel, high-performance and fully virtual validation platform for large-scale s [...] methods and tools. However, these are typically focused on individual issues. The understanding of system interactions in the overall context is now to be raised to a new level within the framework of R [...] cycles of structures and thus contributing significantly to a resilient, resource-saving transport system of the future. Within the framework of Rail4Future, AIT is therefore particularly active in the following
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AIT researcher Vanessa Staderini wins IEEE & AIT Women in Engineering Best Paper Award
At this year's International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS) in Vienna, Vanessa Staderini from the AIT Center for Vision, Automation & Control presented her research work in the [...] environments pose significant challenges to conventional inspection methods and makes automated systems that are high-performance, robust and capable of reliably detecting surface defects in demand. The [...] Planning. In: Christensen, H.I., Corke, P., Detry, R., Weibel, JB., Vincze, M. (eds) Computer Vision Systems. ICVS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.100
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AIT- the hotspot for scientific excellence in machine vision
700 nm) and large inspection areas. - TinyScan360°: With the miniaturized 3D stereo scanning system, the smallest cavities can be measured and exact digital replicas can be created. It impresses with [...] discussions here at the trade show," explains Markus Clabian, head of the High-Performance Vision Systems research group. The Scientific Vision Days The Scientific Vision Days were also very well attended [...] latest work to the professional audience," says Petra Thanner, expert in high-performance vision systems and organizer of the Scientific Vision Days.
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Tobias Glück, Andreas Kugi and Stefan Flixeder win Paper Award
(Competence Unit Complex Dynamical Systems/VAC), Andreas Kugi (VAC und ACIN/TU Wien) and Stefan Flixeder (former PhD student ACIN/TU Wien) develop automation systems to support the manufacturing process [...] Control) takes place every 3 years. It promotes research and application of automatic control and systems engineering. At each IFAC World Congress, the authors of three selected papers of the journal Me
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The potential of microbiomes - helpers for environment and health
. "Our growing understanding of the interconnectedness of microbiomes in environmental and food systems suggests that microbiome innovations have the potential to improve the sustainable production of [...] acceptance, and legal and ethical guidelines to responsibly introduce the innovations into production systems." Progress is already being made in some of these areas: for example, the MicrobiomeSupport project [...] stakeholders to develop a shared strategic research and innovation agenda for microbiomes in food systems. Press Release: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20210128_OTS0259/das-potenzial-der-mikr
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International Phytobiomes Alliance appoints Angela Sessitsch to the board of directors
supporting the Alliance to achieve its goals and to work towards phytobiomes-supported agricultural systems in the coming years.” Sessitsch has coordinated various national and international projects [...] upport”, which aims at supporting international microbiome research and innovation in the food system. She also coordinates the EU-financed project MicroMetabolite, which elaborates methods to make [...] Efficiency for water and nutrient use) and MASTER (Microbiome Applications for Sustainable food systems through Technologies and EnteRprise). Angela Sessitsch is the main organizer of the international
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BOHEMIA - wichtige Zukunftsstudie der EU
Namen „Horizon Europe“ tragen wird. Das AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy wurde gemeinsam mit dem Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI sowie den Partnern ISINNOVA aus Italien [...] des übernächsten Jahrzehnts vorzubereiten hilft”, so Matthias Weber, Head of Center for Innovation Systems & Policy am AIT und Projektleiter von BOHEMIA. Final Report Der Standard: Matthias Weber über "Horizon
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AIT ist Vorreiter bei Forschung zu Autonomen Fahrzeugen
besitzt auf dem Forschungsgebiet "Intelligent Vision Systems" umfassende Kompetenzen im Bereich spezieller Kameratechnik und selbstlernender IT-Systeme. In diesem Kontext haben AIT ExpertInnen eine spezielle [...] Im AIT Mobility Department haben Experten des Geschäftsfeldes Dynamic Transportation Systems den TransitBuddy entwickelt, eine Kombination aus einem smarten Gepäcktrolley und mobilen Infoterminal, der
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AIT Success at MIREX 2016 & IEEE AASP Challenge
or “residential area”. Such information could be highly valuable for autonomous driving systems to set the systems to a more cautious state while passing an “urban park” where playing children could be [...] on of domestic activities is relevant part of Ambient Assisted Living and Smart home automation systems and with their success Alexander Schindler and Thomas Lidy have proven that audio analysis is a
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ERSA Kongress 2016: Cities & Regions: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive?
sowie mit mehreren wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen teil. Senior Scientist Thomas Scherngell (Innovation Systems Department) war Mitglied des lokalen Organisationskomitees.Die ERSA ist ein Zusammenschluss von 18 [...] Nachwuchspreis vergeben („Epainos-Preis“). Das AIT fokussierte auf die Schwerpunktthemen „Innovation Systems Modelling“ sowie „Smart Cities“. Zudem wurden von AIT ForscherInnen fünf wissenschaftliche Beiträge [...] Regional Science Association International (RSAI), ausgezeichnet. Gemeinsam mit dem AIT Innovation Systems Department zeichnete Fischer bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2015 verantwortlich für das „Knowledge and
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SAFETY FOR AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING TRUCKS - IN ALL WEATHERS
Usability Day. The AIT contributes to the development of safe and user-centred automated transport systems. The European, large-scale research project "AWARD" is investigating how automated transport vehicles [...] Energy and Center for Technology Experience) is developing a comprehensive technical fleet management system with optimisation models for the efficient use of automated vehicles in logistics applications. The
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New Biometric Sensing Technologies for the Police
this context, new biometric sensor technologies for the identification of persons as well as IT systems for the protection of objects and critical infrastructures are being developed at the AIT Center [...] time window of less than one second. Surfaces no longer have to be touched. The software for the system is designed for both secured mobile and stationary devices, and fingerprint identification can also