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HIGHLY ACCURATE MOBILE MAPPING DATA BY EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM
Center for Vision, Automation & Control. His research in the field of Assistive and Autonomous Systems includes, inter alia, the development of new approaches and applications for precise sensor orientation
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Fake-Shop Detector Achieves Certification from AV-Comparatives
Detector (FSD) is a free service that warns users directly in their browser using a traffic light system when they come across fraudulent online retailers, thus proactively and effectively protecting
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FAKE-SHOP DETECTOR ACHIEVES TOP RESULT IN AV-COMPARATIVES TEST
shoppers into their trap. Independent test procedure In a comprehensive study, the independent system testing expert AV-Comparatives has recently tested 35 international security solutions to check their
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Climate-Resilient Energy Systems: Challenging but Achievable
meteorology and energy system modeling," says Herbert Formayer (BOKU), who led the climate modeling aspect of the project. "We found, among other things, that adjusting the energy system to a 'typical' year [...] best to prepare for them, and how to establish a reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective energy system for Austria and Europe have been explored in a research project led by TU Wien, in collaboration [...] Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). The good news is that a climate-resilient energy system is attainable using current technology. The notion that the energy transition is fundamentally infeasible
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WU Award for Outstanding Research Achievements to Nico Pintar and Thomas Scherngell
Nico Pintar and Thomas Scherngell from the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy have received the Award for Outstanding Research Achievements for their article "The complex nature of regional knowledge [...] policy makers in a smart specialisation context. Congratulations! In the spring, an Innovation Systems & Policy Insight on the topic was also produced. In a short video, the two authors explain the
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Shuttles across the Blood-Brain Barrier
blood-brain barrier, the mechanisms are unclear. The blood-brain barrier protects the central nervous system from toxic substances, pathogens and harmful blood plasma components. It also restricts and regulates [...] proteins between the brain and the bloodstream, thus ensuring homeostasis in the central nervous system. However, the blood-brain barrier is difficult to overcome even for drug compounds. One major aim
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Detecting epileptic brain activity in children with AI algorithms.
in the amount of 500,000 euros to develop a decision support system for the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in young patients. This system is based on AI-based algorithms and will automatically detect [...] diagnosis and treatment of childhood epilepsy. „In the project, we will develop a decision support system that is specifically tailored to children and adolescents with epilepsy. By using Deep Neural Networks [...] "This not only helps patients and their families, but also reduces the burden on the healthcare system, which has to deal with the consequences of delayed epilepsy diagnoses." The future of childhood
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Adaptive current control method for solenoid valves
fluctuating, uncertain or unknown system parameters. In addition, adaptive control allows the same controller to be used in a class of structurally comparable systems. Due to the adaptive method, no manual [...] In hydraulic drive systems for commercial vehicles, such as excavators and cranes, solenoid valves are used for power distribution. These are usually subject to manufacturing tolerances and thus to large [...] solenoid valves. It consists of an adaptive model-based feedforward and feedback controller, The system parameters are estimated using a tailored recursive least squares method. The proposed solution
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Climate change adaptation
The AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy supports together with the Center for Energy & the Center for Digital Safety & Security as well as the Umweltbundesamt the Climate and Energy
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NEFI: Innovation network for emission-free industry grows by four additional projects
and potential applications for industrial heat pumps and flexibilities in the industrial energy system.The projects have been developed in NEFI_lab, co-financed by the provinces of Upper Austria and Styria [...] partners from companies, research institutes and public institutions, is developing technological and systemic solutions that will enable the energy transition in industry. The Climate and Energy Fund already
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New Gaia-X position paper: The future of data-centred administration
public services and sovereign tasks will be expanded and improved through the use of data-based systems. On the other hand, more and more public and private stakeholders are being integrated along (digital)
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NEXTBMS: Advanced battery management system for optimized battery usage
management systems. The project contributes to achieving the optimal use of battery systems, extending their service life and reducing costs through more efficient use of materials. It supports systemic changes [...] NEXT-generation physics and data-based Battery Management Systems for optimized battery utilization) aims to develop an advanced battery management system (BMS) on the basis of fundamental knowledge and experience [...] of the European economy and society, both in the transportation sector and in stationary storage systems, has led to rapid growth in the European battery industry. This covers the entire value chain from
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AIT advises European Commission on future trends
Under the lead of the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, the Foresight-on-Demand (FOD) consortium is advising the European Commission and fourteen other EU organisations on science and technology [...] Foresight The foresight projects carried out as part of Foresight-on-Demand provide science-based, systemic and participatory approaches to forward-looking knowledge generation aimed at guiding and supporting
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AIT advises German Federal Government on research and innovation policy
contribution builds in significant parts on a background study led by the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy and conducted jointly with the FU Berlin. The agility concept shows ways in which policy [...] ground for far-reaching processes of change," says study author and Head of AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy Matthias Weber. So far, however, a comprehensive and implementable concept for this [...] on agile R&I policy practices. "We could see that there are several levers to make the policy system more agile: e.g. involve as many stakeholders as possible in decision-making at an early stage, create
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AIT welcomes renowned battery researcher Professor Stefano Passerini as Senior Expert Advisor
materials for high-energy batteries and supercapacitors, aiming to create sustainable energy storage systems using environmentally friendly and readily available materials and processes. An internationally
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Susanne Meyer appointed to expert advisory board of the Smart City Vienna Steering Committee
Senior Expert Advisor Susanne Meyer from the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy was elected member of the external expert advisory board of the Smart City Steering Committee of the City of Vienna
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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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Improving aerodynamic performance of aircraft and wind power plants
Austrian Institute of Technology and its partners have successfully developed a quality monitoring system for so-called Riblets. Riblets are microstructured functional surfaces with tiny V-shaped longitudinal [...] We are proud to have been able to make an important contribution to the development of this new system." This work is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) within the project RiSPECT
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Efficient and Affordable Zero Emission Logistics Through Electric Trucks
for truck cabins, such as the implementation of infra-red heating panels, the re-design of the HVAC system with heat recovery or the development of a digital-twin based control strategy for thermal management [...] developments on three pilot sites to validate their feasibility and performance compared to existing systems for medium-duty trucks. In this way, we want to make a significant contribution to decarbonization
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European Defence Agency Service Framework Contract awarded to AIT
scenarios in the area of decision management under stress and the use of tangible interfaces in virtual systems (e.g. the use of a real Geiger counter in a virtual training simulation). Another area of expertise