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XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
from 15 to 21 July. This XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology will focus on how scholars, public intellectuals, policy makers, journalists and activists from diverse fields can and do contribute to our u
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AAL Project FreeWalker officially started
rule engine algorithm that is able to learn walking habits from GPS-localization data and daily routines.The software will generate “safe routes” to allow elderly to independently and safely reach appointments [...] an institutional care setting, as well as their (in)formal carers. The aim is to promote persons with cognitive impairment to stay active and physically healthy by reducing the fear of going out. The FreeWalker [...] will be realized. A focus will be on supporting caregivers by providing emergency information in order to recover disoriented persons safely. The primary target groups in FreeWalker are persons with cognitive
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Symposium on Post-Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin to more universal uses than electronic payments alone. The goal of this symposium is to present the latest scientific and technical results in the field of cryptocurrency research and to highlight [...] cordially invite all interested people from businesses, regulators, academia, and the general public to join this symposium! Speakers and tentative talk titles: Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Bernhard Haslhofer
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New intelligence ecosystem for LEAs
in 13 European countries met in Madrid to launch the EU-funded COPKIT project which aims to create an intelligence and knowledge ecosystem for LEAs, in order to support prevention, investigation and mitigation [...] for policy-makers and LEAs due to the complexity of the phenomenon, the quantity of factors and actors involved, and the great set of criminal technological activities used to finance and support criminal [...] present and future. Anticipation is the way forward for LEAs to change the situation from lagging behind innovation in criminal behaviour to being ahead of the curve,” says Raquel Pastor, Senior Consultant
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Celebrating Light!
took this opportunity to showcase not only its achievements in research projects, but also the little yet astonishing things everyone can do with light. Light bears the potential to enrich our daily lives [...] European Commission to declare photonics, the technology that investigates the beneficial use of light, as one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century – and reason enough to celebrate its early [...] up by the AIT experts. The visitors had the possibility to inspect what is floating inside water through use of a simple laser microscope or to accurately measure their hair diameter with micrometer precision
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INNOVATION FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EVENT (I4CM)
I4CM events aim to contribute to building a shared understanding in Crisis Management through the organisation of annual events focusing on Crisis Management related topics, allowing to address issues of [...] interest, to develop synergies between initiatives and to discuss the research roadmap for Horizon 2020 and beyond. The event provides a forum for local practitioners and solution providers to meet and [...] also be the occasion to present the results of the first Trial organised in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2018 as part of the DRIVER+ project and to pave the way for the second Trial to be organised in France
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Safecomp 18
Systems, Technical Committee 7 on Reliability, Safety and Security (EWICS TC7), SAFECOMP has contributed to the progress of the state-of-the-art in dependable application of computers in safety-related and [...] safety, security and reliability of critical computer applications. SAFECOMP provides ample opportunity to exchange insights and experience on emerging methods, approaches and practical solutions. It is a single [...] co-organizer of the scientific part and member of the contributing ECSEL and ARTEMIS initiatives. Link to register
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IRED 2018 in Vienna – History meets Future
Distributed Energy Resources – IRED 2018, the future of distributed energy resources and their contribution to power system management and operation will be discussed in the historic ambience of the city of Vienna [...] challenge the integration of distributed energy resources into the grid. The conference allows to Share status and latest results of research projects Better understand and communicate
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AAL Forum 2018
largest European events of its kind. The forum provides an excellent opportunity to network within the AAL community and to discuss issues around AAL within workshops, keynote presentations and a large [...] participants, who will be able to find out the latest AAL products and services from exhibitors, 24 workshops and various keynote speakers. The event offers an excellent opportunity to network and gives participants [...] participants a great platform to exchange experiences and ideas. Interested investors can use the opportunity to find products and services with market potential. Website AAL Forum AIT-Kontakt: Markus Garschall
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STI conference 2018
aim of the conference is to promote a reflection on the need for more comprehensive and contextualized STI indicators. The conference aims to offer an international platform to propose and discuss more
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AIT tritt SES-geführtem Konsortium zur Entwicklung eines satellitengestützten Cybersicherheitssystems bei
Christoph Pacher, Experte für Quantenkryptographie und Projektkoordinator am AIT. DI Helmut Leopold, PhD, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security: „Durch die erfolgreiche Kombination von wissenschaftlichem [...] Die Projektarbeiten umfassen das künftige Service, die Kerntechnologien und die abschließenden End-to-End Tests am Boden. Die Entwicklung von QUARTZ wird von der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA im
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Pan-European crisis and disaster management research EPISECC
information technology to enable interoperability between public safety agencies. The electronic information exchange between these stakeholders will aide them in response to large disasters, such [...] and paramedics of Italy, Slovenia and Austria. The EPISECC project aims to develop the concept of a “Common Information Space” to become the key element in a future integrated Pan-European crisis and disaster [...] prototype and provided very positive feedback to the EPISECC team. The next challenge will be the transformation of the research results into marketable solutions and to introduce them into the operational disaster
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SESWA 2017 – Smart Energy Systems Week Austria
Infrastrukturen (Netze, Gebäude, Verkehrssystem) und deren Zusammenspiel, etwa als Building to Grid oder Vehicle to Grid, ein. Aber auch die Marktbedingungen für die Umsetzung innovativer Konzepte wurden erörtert
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Neue Österreichische Analyseplattform geht virtuellen Währungen auf die Spur
“International Consortium Launches to Prevent Criminal Use of Dark Web and Virtual Currencies”The Scotsman (main Scottish daily newspaper) “Blockchain consortium seeks to tackle cyber crime”Law Enforcement [...] kriminaltechnischen Untersuchungen behandelt. Im Fokus stehen virtuelle Währungen, Onlineforen, Peer-to-Peer Netzwerke im Darknet und von Ermittlungsbehörden sichergestellte Gerätschaften. Neues mächtiges [...] Langzeitspeicherung und Reproduzierbarkeit wird der gesamte Datenlebenszyklus abgedeckt. Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security: In den Bereichen Cyber Security und Data Science haben wir
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FRESHER Project - Take part in our survey!
alternative futures where the detection of emerging health scenarios will be used to test future research policies to effectively tackle the burden of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). The Scenario [...] in place to make one or the other scenarios unfold Please give us your expert opinion with a comment on innovative policy actions that you think can impact on the NCDs burden and contribute to a healthier [...] impact on NCDs, followed by the development of alternative future Health Scenarios, based on medium to long-term evolutions of these trends. FRESHER SCENARIOS The innovative approach of FRESHER is based
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AIT expert Klaus Kubeczko at panel discussion on “Smart & Sustainable Cities” in Brussels
CoR), Klaus Kubeczko was asked to discuss current activities by JPI Urban Europe and the Open & Agile Smart Cities Initiative from an RTI policy perspective, also referring to the foresight project BOHEMIA [...] 2017, AIT Senior Expert Advisor Klaus Kubeczko (Center for Innovation Systems & Policy) was invited to a joint hearing on “Cities as Actors of Open Innovation”, co-organized between The European Committee [...] BOHEMIA. Klaus Kubeczko: “In order to develop sustainable solutions for decarbonization, the most successful cities will establish innovation zones as testing grounds for future-oriented framework conditions
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OSCE supports green economy in Kazakhstan
only as an efficient tool to promote green economic growth but also as a means of contributing to energy security in the Central Asian region,” noted Diana Digol, Deputy Head of the OSCE Programme Office [...] Institute of Technologies (AIT) and the Energy Ministry aimed to foster co-operation in the area of developing "green" standards and providing training to the national and regional authorities on energy efficiency [...] with the Austrian Institute of Technology will further strengthen its national strategy of moving to a green economy." OSCE Homepage Contact: Astrid Schneider
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AIT experts awarded for “Best IxD&A paper of the year 2016”
improvement to be able to foretell the experience with a real game. The Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) understands itself as an interdisciplinary arena and “think tank” to present top [...] IxD&A paper of the year 2016”. Personalization of systems to the personal needs and preferences of users is generally regarded as good means to improve user experience of individuals – however, empirical
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UN-Conference in Astana: “Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Energy”
opportunity to explore how the United Nations system can help countries and business to implement or pursue sustainable agendas. Ministers, high-level delegations and leading energy experts explored how to drive
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IEA ANNEX 51: Acoustic Signatures of Heat Pumps
acoustic emissions is important to further increase the acceptance of heat pumps as air-to-water, water-to-air, air-to-air and brine-to-water (ground source) units. To increase this acceptance and minimize [...] respect to noise and vibration emissions. Another aim is collecting and combining research results in these fields on the different implementation levels (component, unit and application) to lead to [...] to directions for improved components, units and control strategies including guidelines, as well as training and inputs to future standards. Links: http://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/annex51/