Circular Economy in the EU: Measures and a new Monitoring Framework

The EU has recently published a “Circular Economy Package”, introducing various measures designed to advance the transition to a circular economy. Among these is a monitoring system that can assess progress towards a circular economy. The foundations for this monitoring framework were developed by the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra.

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1+2+4+8 = Happy 70th Birthday

The numbers 1,2,4 and 8 have a very special significance for the department of Applied Informatics today.
We toast Heinrich C. Mayr, who was born on 1.2.48, to his 70th birthday and wish him all the best. We are looking forward to good cooperation also in the coming years.

In Search of a Student Assistant (8h/week)!

The Institute of Applied Computer Science is looking for a student assistant for 8h/week (starting on 1.March 2018).

The goal is the re-engineering of the algorithm visualization tool go2algo (current version at https://syssec.at/download/go2algo_5.2_BETA. jar) and a modularization in which individual algorithms can be quickly added or removed.

The range of functions should grow with the progress of the lecture.

The topic can also be adapted towards software practice/Bachelor thesis  (aprox. 400€ per month).

Expected knowledge: German, SWE, Java and A&D

If you are interested, please contact peter [dot] schartner [at] aau [dot] at .

Department of Applied Informatics: News Blog

Since January 2018, the Department for Applied Informatics (AINF) has been blogging current AINF NEWS on https://www.aau.at/en/ainf/news/ on the following topics, among others:

  • Open topics for students (Master, Bachelor) at the AINF
  • Particularly good student work at the AINF
  • Topics offered for the project semester
  • Offered internships from companies
  • Jobs for students
  • Conference participations
  • Practical semesters and semesters abroad
  • New research projects and current research topics
  • Current guest profs etc.

These news can also be read via RSS feed (e. g. in your eMail) or followed on TWITTER via https://twitter.com/Informatics_AAU.

The German blog version can be found on https://www.aau.at/blog/category/news-fakultaet-tewi/news-tewi-ainf/.

For students, particularly exciting posts can also be found at https://www.aau.at/en/ainf/teaching/

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