“When you’re doing your thing, you don’t feel stressed.”

Some want to simplify the shopping experience, others want to prepare financial data, and yet others want to offer businesses customized AI tools. What unites these potential founders is that they all use AI technologies to solve challenging problems for various target groups. The six prospective founders are supported in developing their ideas by vor.GRÜNDEN, an initiative run by the Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund (KWF). Isabella Hold, spin-off manager at the University of Klagenfurt, is there to provide support.

New Colleague @ SERG

Katharina Stengg

We are delighted to welcome our new colleague Katharina Stengg in the Department of Informatics Systems. Katharina has finished her Master in Informatics at the University of Klagenfurt recently. She started her work in the Software Engineering Research Group (SERG) in January 2025 as part of the SemImpact project. Katharina strives to finish her doctoral study in the field of Software Engineering and will assist her colleagues in the SERG group.

New Colleague @ IAS

Julian Schwazer

We are delighted to welcome our new colleague Julian Schwazer in the Department of Informatics Systems. Julian has finished his Master in Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design at the FH Joanneum (University for Applied Sciences) Graz. He started his work in the Interactive Systems research group (IaS) in January 2025. Julian strives to complete a doctorate study in the field of HCI, will assist his colleagues in ongoing IAS projects and support with IaS-related lectures and courses.

Roland Mittermeir Award 2023 of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

We congratulate Franziska Hollauf, the winner of the Roland Mittermeir Award 2023, who impressed us with her Master’s thesis, ‘ Representation and Computation of Time-Cost Trade-offs for Composed Services.‘

The thesis can be accessed via the following link: https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubk:1-49104

The best Master’s thesis of all studies of 2023 was honored with the Roland Mittermeir Award at the Faculty of Technical Sciences. The Ceremony took place on November 28, 2024, together with the TEWI Best Performer Awards 2023/2024 in the Stiftungssaal at the University of Klagenfurt. The Förderverein Technische Fakultät (FTF) donated this monetary prize to honor the achievement of the award winner.

Employees, students, companions, and graduates of the University of Klagenfurt were invited to the award ceremony in the Stiftungssaal of the University of Klagenfurt. The prizes were presented by Michael Kollienz from Raiffeisenbank Kärnten, Chairman of the FTF, and Prof. Bernhard Rinner, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences.

The FTF annually honors the best Master’s thesis with the Roland Mittermeir Award. Graduates from all technical disciplines can submit their Master’s thesis for this award, provided it has been graded as ‘excellent’. The Roland Mittermeir Award is endowed with 1,500 euros. In addition to the cash prize, the winner received a backpack sponsored by Raiffeisenbank Kärnten and filled with goodies from the University of Klagenfurt.

More about the event and all winners: https://www.aau.at/blog/best-performer-awards-2023-2024-der-fakultaet-fuer-technische-wissenschaften-und-roland-mittermeir-preises-verliehen/

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