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Future topics simply illustrated

with each issue and are also available as infographics. Since 2017, the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, together with the Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) of the Austrian Academy

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Smart Shipping Hackathon: Second place for AIT team!

shallow waters, etc.) was taken into account and it was suggested that a corresponding slot management system should be set up where passageways have to be reserved – including gaming elements and incentive

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Road transport and its alternatives

expanded through increasing automation. Jürgen Zajicek, logistics expert at the AIT Center for Mobility Systems: ‘From 300 kilometres upwards, everything should actually be transported by rail or ship.’

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Austrian Startup Monitor 2021: Start of the survey

are answered in the Austrian Startup Monitor. Under the direction of the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, the ASM provides an annual overview of the development of the Austrian startup scene

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Virtual symposium for assistance systems in production

1st virtual "MMP" Symposium dealt with the following questions, among others: How can assistance systems in manufacturing improve quality, increase productivity and accelerate the introduction of new t

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Karl-Heinz Leitner als Speaker beim 17. Forum Innovation

Forscher zu aktuellen Zukunfts- und Innovationsthemen. Karl-Heinz Leitner vom AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy tritt am 26. Juni im Rahmen des Innovation Days um 11:15 Uhr als Speaker auf. Er spricht

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AIT at the Photovoltaic Conference in Villach

In the conference sessions experts were discussing the role of photovoltaics in the overall energy system and the increasing relevance of photovoltaics as an essential building block of the energy transition

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Vienna Research Festival 2015 – Hands-on Research

will be demonstrated in an intuitive and interactive way. The business unit Dynamic Transportation System, AIT Mobility Department, will be among the exhibitors. Visitors will be able to interact and play

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EMIKAT

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emissions modelling and data capture . The central element is a context-specific data management system for emissions data that applies relevant models to huge volumes of input data in order to calculate [...] Simulators, scenario managers and visualisation options have been developed and integrated into the system to allow it to support decision-making in evaluating potential air quality measures. Use Case 1: [...] provision of a complete emission platform (set up, operating and maintaining the data management system; data analysis and support services) Contract research and targeted development Consulting on solutions

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LaSiBasis

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AIT's road safety experts are responsible for the work package on load monitoring. An existing sensor system for recording vibro-acoustic signals is being further developed in order to test its use on truck [...] detection using vibro-acoustic signals. In addition, potential adaptations of the existing measurement system will be analysed in order to transmit appropriate warnings to vehicle users or the environment in [...] reliably detect a load slip, effective positioning of the sensors and the reliability of the measurement system. The AIT is also investigating the following aspects: the connection between roadways with poor

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Vision 2021

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Computational Imaging (Englisch) High-Performance Vision Systems for Automation of Complex Production Processes (Englisch) High-Performance Vision Systems for Currency & Identity (Englisch) xposure:camera (Englisch) [...] Qualitätskontrolle ebenso geeignet wie zur Inspektion von Infrastruktur – wie z.B. Schienen. Das System besteht aus der AIT xposure high-speed Zeilenkamera, AIT xposure:flash für schnelle Beleuchtungssequenzen

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Photonics & Quantum Communication

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OQT to be achieved by operating this laboratory are the following: developing and evaluating QKD systems and protocols developing new quantum-optical prototypes and components which can be licensed to strategic [...] single photons and to integrate them together with the lasers and detectors for generating overall systems. Further instrumentation #3 • Demonstrators for quantum key distribution (BB84 QKD, DPS-QKD, CV-QKD) [...] photonic components and optical subsystems We need this equipment for testing and analysing our systems as well as the different components. Location The laboratory of the infrastructure „Quantum Optics

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International conference: digital security calls for greater global cooperation

December – in digital format due to the coronavirus. Ensuring the security of our data and digital systems is a key prerequisite for realising the potential offered by digitalisation. All our digital inf [...] within a global context, including the omnipresent social media platforms, the video communications systems we currently use while working from home, the widely-used government agency networks and citizens' [...] field,” the expert said. Rafal Jaczynski, CSO at Huawei CEE & Nordics, confirmed that many IT systems are not well protected from cyber-attacks in practice. “Many companies are navigating the digitalisation

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Industrial heat pumps for a climate-neutral European industry

Norwegian research organization SINTEF, is an open circuit heat pump system, also known as the Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) system, which uses water as a refrigerant in steam drying processes. During [...] More than 100 tons of biomass have so far been dried with the system, now additional operating hours are used to optimize and validate the system. Video on demosite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0Ao-xn9WA [...] energy efficiency by designing, building, testing & demonstrating high temperature heat pump systems applicable to these industries. http://dryficiency.eu DryFiciency project partners AIT Austrian

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SOWINDIC

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SOWINDIC Optimised control of wind turbine rotor blade heating systems Wind power provides around 11% of Austria's electricity. This makes it the country's second most important sustainable energy source [...] combined into a hybrid model to further enhance the performance of the intelligent rotor blade heating system. Project partner Meteotest AG Universität Wien, Data Science @ Uni Vienna Verbund Green Power GmbH [...] Stakeholder Meeting, Wien (2022). Gerber, F., Froidevaux, P.: “Can we make better use of ice protection systems?”, International Wind Energy Conference Winterwind (2023). Gerber, F., Froidevaux, P., Sedlmayer

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Transform Industry

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additional emission avoidance costs and thus evaluated. By taking a holistic view of the Austrian energy system with a focus on industry, a combined technical, business and economic optimization is achieved. Modeling [...] efforts are required to expand the renewable potential available in Austria. 1] Emissions Trading System, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Climate targets cannot be achieved without carbon capture , storage [...] with the involvement of all social partners and the federal states and regions concerned. Incentive systems through subsidies necessary There is a need for R&D and corresponding public support, especially

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OptiMaaS

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services (CMS) and business models. Despite the lack of a commonly agreed definition those MaaS-Systems (Mobility as a Service) are defined as traffic service including public transport in combination [...] within personalized MaaS-routing policies, both on the individual user behavior and on the mobility system as a whole. Overall, the OptiMaaS project helps improving the dissemination and social acceptance [...] was carried out with a similar problem setting. In OPTCORA we have considered the public transport system in the region of Agder, Norway and used the developed simulation framework to evaluate the impact

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence

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its learning structure and the input data. Here at AIT, we incorporate explainability in our AI systems to improve the performance and detect biases in the data (e.g., XAI helps to detect gender biases

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New book publication: Reusable as a way out: advantages and challenges of the reusable transformation in parcel logistics

contributes to increasing the efficiency, traceability and scalability of returnable logistics systems, a key building block for sustainable and future-proof transport solutions. The editors of the book

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International Conference on Computer Security in the Nuclear World: Security for Safety 2023

tools, as the vulnerability to the theft and/or manipulation of sensitive information and computer systems to cyber-attacks is widely recognized. Main Topics  Consistent with the objectives, the overall

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