Improving magnetic resonance imaging with mathematics

The special research area “Mathematics of Reconstruction in Dynamical and Active Models”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, was launched in March 2025. Researchers from the University of Klagenfurt, led by Barbara Kaltenbacher (Department of Mathematics), will be contributing their expertise on inverse problems. The aim is to develop new mathematical tools for active, dynamic and model-based imaging modalities.

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Taking a closer look at electricity consumption with the help of artificial intelligence

Using non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM), it is possible to analyse which devices in a household are currently consuming electricity without having to attach separate measuring instruments to all of the consumers. Emir Sinanović, a university assistant in the Smart Grids working group at the Department of Networked and Embedded Systems, hopes to combine this analysis with a large-language model that works rather like ChatGPT.

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AI-controlled drone swarms to inspect wind turbines in the future

Traditionally, wind turbines have to be shut down before they can be inspected for damage. This means that these wind turbines do not generate energy during the shutdown period. Furthermore, inspection costs for wind turbines tend to be high. The DORBINE project, funded by the FFG, involves a research team from the University of Klagenfurt working with industrial partner AIR6 SYSTEMS to develop a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to control swarms of drones that inspect wind turbines while they are in operation.

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Integrating the circular economy into existing economic models

The circular economy concept aims to use resources sustainably as a way to reduce harm to the environment. Although the notion of the circular economy is well established and frequently invoked in political discourse, its true economic significance and precise definition remain unclear above and beyond the familiar, often superficial statements. Paul Schweinzer (University of Klagenfurt) and Zaifu Yang (University of York) intend to change this: In the FWF-funded project “Circular Competitive Equilibrium”, they are seeking ways to combine the idea of a circular economy with the well-developed economic concepts of decentralized competition and private property.

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