Self-aware computing systems

Knowledge about oneself and how this influences one’s behaviour are well-established concepts from the fields of psychology and cognitive science. Over the past five years, an international team of researchers has studied how these concepts can be applied to computing systems, and the results have recently been published in a book.

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Rückblick: Mathematik in der Praxis (M. Deutschmann)

Am 15. Juni 2016 eröffnete Dr. Martin Deutschmann (Technikon Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH) die Vortragsreihe „Mathematik in der Praxis“, die gemeinsam von der Studienvertretung Technische Mathematik und unserem Institut (mit Dank an Romana Boiger!) organisiert wird.

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Highly prominent product placements tend to benefit from 3D movies, while placements with low prominence lose out

Product placements in movies are omnipresent. But how do modern film technologies, particularly the 3D technology, influence the memory of brands placed in movies? A new study has revealed that only brands placed very prominently benefit from 3D as compared to 2D technology, while the memory of less prominent and more subtle placements tends to dwindle. In the case of 4D movies (3D enhanced with scent), the memory was weakest.  

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Sustainability science: New book on society-nature interaction

A new book, which is published just in time for the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology 2016 in Vienna, comprehensively presents the current state-of-the-art of the Vienna School of Social Ecology. The conceptual repertoire of Social Ecology is exemplified by a cornucopia of empirical studies presenting exciting new research.

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