University of Klagenfurt team is the only group to complete drone competition in London without accident

Explore and map an area, detect objects and find people in need and then provide them with first aid kits: These are the challenges involved in three competitions in the SAPIENCE project. Four research teams from four universities compete against each other in the competitions to learn from each other. At the first competition, which took place in London at the end of August, the Klagenfurt team was the only team to complete every task without an accident. What makes this special: The team, coordinated by doctoral student Luca Di Pierno, consisted exclusively of Bachelor’s students from the University of Klagenfurt’s Robotics & Artificial Intelligence programme, in addition to Luca and a Master’s graduate.

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Intercultural challenges of academic terminology

Nassikhat Utemgaliyeva is an Ernst Mach Fellow from Kazakhstan and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Klagenfurt. She investigated academic terminologies and their use in educational discourse and identified semantic differences in Kazakh, English and German.  Read more

KARRIEREWEGE: “Artificial intelligence is currently all the rage”

In the latest edition of the panel discussion KARRIEREWEGE about 50 students dove headfirst into the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence with all its advantages and challenges. With great interest, successful graduates from various technical study programmes of the University of Klagenfurt talked about their career entry and gave valuable tips for career planning. The event was moderated by Aya Safan, software engineer and informatics student of the University of Klagenfurt.

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Book flea market

For the Long Night of Research 2024, the UBK is once again organizing its big book flea market!

On Thursday, 23.5. and Friday, 24.5. from 9.00 – 17.00 you can browse, rummage and buy again – at kilo prices:

1/2 kilo of books for 1 euro!

As always, the flea market is located in the assembly hall in front of the library entrance.

On Thursday, mainly textbooks and academic literature will be on sale, followed on Friday by fiction, children’s/young adult literature, illustrated books and general specialist literature.

 

There is something for everyone – guaranteed!

We are happy when our books find a new home!