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How we can strengthen our food system in a sustainable way
systems currently face within the local, national or European context. Beatrix Wepner, from the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy hosted a session on “Food trends, scenarios & policies: R&I for [...] about practical tools and solutions developed by FIT4FOOD2030 to support responsible research and innovation in food system transformation. With these tools at hand an impact can be achieved on the challenges
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How transformation towards a more sustainable city can succeed
nation alone. To this end, there are ongoing transnational R&D calls and projects. The AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy has now developed a concept for monitoring the various JPI Urban Europe [...] round was conducted. The results were presented by Susanne Meyer and Robert Hawlik (both Center for Innovation Systems & Policy) to the 20 participating European countries at the JPI Urban Europe on [...] resilient and liveable. For this transformation to succeed, initiatives in the areas of urban innovation and technological development are needed. JPI Urban Europe aims to be a hub for urban research
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On the way to a secure network for quantum communication in Europe
competitiveness," says Dr. Gernot Grimm, Head of Section III - Innovation and Telecommunications at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. Hannes Hübel, AIT scientist and OPENQKD project [...] technology to a marketable level, ready to be deployed in everyday applications.” Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security, AIT: “Through the European OPENQKD initiative, Europe is building [...] is fostering strong cooperation between research, industry and the public sector, developing an innovative ecosystem which will open up new perspectives for a secure digital Europe, and building the foundations
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The future is far from over: a message from ESOF
research and innovation and offers a unique framework for interaction and debate for scientists, innovators, policy makers, business people and the general public. Matthias Weber, Head of Center for Innovation [...] in the framework of the Scientific Programme the session “The re-configuration of research and Innovation (R&I): New directions and policy approaches for tackling global change”. The European Commission’s [...] foresight project BOHEMIA inspired a lively meeting on the reconfiguration of Research and Innovation policies in Europe. The session included short parallel discussions on the issues involved in EU
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A virtual support partner is to facilitate the everyday life of senior citizens in the near future
Recently, a renowned international consortium headed by AIT in the center for Health & Bioresources, successfully completed the European research project "Miraculous-Life". The goal was to develop a virtual [...] will, among other things, stimulate further research projects. Zuyderland, project partner and innovative and well-known player in the field of elderly care in the Netherlands, is already very interested [...] to English:] Vor kurzem konnte ein namhaftes internationales Konsortium unter Leitung des AIT im Center Health & Bioresources das europäische Forschungsprojekt „Miraculous-Life“ erfolgreich abschließen
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Markus Garschall ist neuer Präsident der AAL AUSTRIA
Innovationen als notwendige Bausteine für die Lebensqualität älterer Menschen zu verankern. Am AIT Center for Technology Experience konzentriert sich Markus Garschall auf die Rolle von Technologie bei der [...] AAL und eHealth-Innovationen. Über AAL AUSTRIA Auf Initiative des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie wurde im April 2012 die Plattform AAL AUSTRIA gegründet, mit dem Ziel die heterogene
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Messinstrumente für den Wirkungsnachweis von AAL Lösungen
Am 28.05. stellte das AIT Center for Technology Experience seine Ergebnisse aus dem Forschungsprojekt EvAALuation² vor. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung wurden die entwickelten AAL-spezifischen Messinstrumente [...] bisher unzureichend empirisch verifiziert. Das Forschungsprojekt EvAALuation2, durchgeführt vom AIT Center für Technology Experience und dem Institute for Applied Research on Ageing (IARA) der FH Kärnten [...] „IKT der Zukunft – benefit: Demografischer Wandel als Chance“ vom Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie finanziert.
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Markus Garschall Elected Member of the Management Board of AAL Austria
AAL Austria is an innovation platform funded by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). AAL Austria brings together technology providers, research organisations, care [...] deployment of assistive technologies. Within the Center for Technology Experience, Markus Garschall focuses on the role of technology in enabling social innovation and the design and evaluation of novel user [...] and workshops, he addresses communication and collaboration challenges related to AAL and eHealth innovation. Since 2015, Markus is leading a working group on challenges in designing for an ageing society
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AIT ist ab sofort Partner der Dachmarke AUSTRIAN LOGISTICS
Markenträgern – unter der Leitung des Bundesministeriums für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK) – herausragende Kompetenz im Bereich der Logistik und Transportoptimierung [...] durch exzellente Forschungs- und Endwicklungsarbeit weiter zu stärken. Arno Klamminger, Head of Center for Mobility Systems am AIT: „Die Logistik ist eines der wichtigsten Elemente für eine erfolgreich [...] insgesamt, davon sind wir überzeugt. Wir als Forschungspartner wollen dazu beitragen, indem wir innovative Logistikkonzepte, Lösungen zur Optimierung von Tourenplanungen oder zur Automatisierung von Hoflogistik
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AIT Unit Bioresources with digital information booth at ABIM
creating new networks and informing policy makers and regulators about the needs and developments. The Center for Health & Bioresources with the experts of the Competence Unit Bioresources from Tulln has [...] products. Business developer Stefan Pfeiffer, Competence Unit Bioresources, presented a wide range of innovative solutions at the unit's digital booth. These include microbial bioeffectors from the AIT microbial
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Keynote von Peter Biegelbauer auf der GoApply-Abschlusskonferenz
Veranstaltung an der Universität für Bodenkultur (BOKU) in Wien statt. Peter Biegelbauer vom AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy ist Experte für Lernen in Politik und Verwaltung und wurde eingeladen, auf [...] spricht über das Thema „Changing perspectives: What can we learn from experiences in technology and innovation in terms of governance?“ Wann: 11:20 UhrWo: FestsaalAIT-Kontakt: Peter Biegelbauer Über die
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Optimization of photovoltaic self-absorption by using block chain
y tariff. The Center for Technology Experience is now investigating how residents can cope with optimized electricity trading based on block chain. AIT contact: Johann Schrammel, Center for Technology [...] confidential billing platform. By means of a foresighted optimizer, which was developed by the AIT Center for Energy, it is possible to store the produced photovoltaic electricity efficiently in a battery [...] order to get an overview of the generated transactions, power consumption and production, the AIT Center for Technology Experience developed a clear and user* friendly web application, which displays the
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Managing tunnel accidents professionally
situations in a targeted and innovative way," emphasises AIT researcher Helmut Schrom-Feiertag from the Center for Technology Experience. In the MED1stMR project, led by the AIT Center for Technology Experience
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HIGHLY ACCURATE MOBILE MAPPING DATA BY EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM
and Photogrammetry, UK. At the end of 2019 he joined AIT and now contributes his expertise to the Center for Vision, Automation & Control. His research in the field of Assistive and Autonomous Systems
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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 [...] regional knowledge production. Knowledge creation is widely considered as the central driver for innovation, and accordingly, for creating competitive advantage. However, most measurement approaches have [...] to support 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
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Project CIVIC: Optimization of construction activities in Seestadt Aspern
The research project CIVIC (Construction In Vicinities: Innovative Co-creation), executed by an international consortium consisting of scientists and practitioners, aims to enhance planning and processing [...] acommodation for about 20,000 people and about 20,000 workplaces. In the context of the project CIVIC, innovative dynamic optimization approaches for efficient construction logistics planning are developed. The [...] resource efficiency and reducing traffic. [Translate to English:] Project manager Pamela Nolz, Center for Mobility Systems: “Cooperation and coordination enable the optimized planning of construction
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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 [...] Energy Fund (KLIEN) in the development of action plans for research, technology and innovation in the infrastructure sectors of energy, water, transport and RTI policy recommendations. For this purpose, in
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NEFI: Innovation network for emission-free industry grows by four additional projects
The innovation network NEFI - New Energy for Industry has been granted funding for four new projects by the Climate and Energy Fund within the framework of the Energy Model Region with a total project [...] volume of 6.7 million euros. In the funded projects, the existing research priorities of NEFI - Innovation Fields will be supplemented by research and development of new technologies and potential applications [...] projects were submitted together with the research and industry partners. Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy and NEFI Network Coordinator: „We are pleased to continue the development of leading-edge
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AIT advances European technological development on next generation quantum communication systems
projects, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has scored highly with its latest proposal on the innovative European Quantum Technology Flagship project “UNIQORN – Affordable Quantum Communication for Everyone: [...] Commission within the first Flagship call of the Horizon 2020 framework. UNIQORN’s goal is to link innovative yet user-oriented research on the quantum frontier with near-future exploitation of early prototype [...] issues of the future. In the context of comprehensive and global networking and digitalisation, the Center for Digital Safety & Security is developing modern information and communication technologies (ICT)
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AIT advises German Federal Government on research and innovation policy
the annual report on research and innovation was handed over to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. One focus this year was the so-called "Agile Research and Innovation Policy" (R&I Policy). This contribution [...] 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 [...] prepare the 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