CSBME Newsletter

TODAY: 
HabilTalk #6: "Transparency, Privacy, and Fairness in Recommender Systems" by Dominik Kowald
January 14th, 2025 | 6 pm | Showroom, Data House, 136E

Sample lecture "Introduction to next generation sequencing technologies" by Gerhard Thallinger
January 16th, 2025 | 2 pm | Stremayrgasse 16, HS BMT

Talk: "Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of Neurodegenerative Diseases" by Paola F. Antonietti
January 29, 2025 | 4 pm | Stremayrgasse 16/I, Seminar Room BMT 01046

Acadamic Advising for incoming students:
Computer Science studies (by Christian Gütl): February 28th, 2025 | 9 - 11 am | Room 054 Data Hourse Sandgasse 36
Biomedical Engineering (by Gerhard Sommer): February 24th, 2025 | 2 pm | BMT01046 (Seminarraum), Stremayrgasse 16

BME-Talk #2 by Donatella Mattia
April 7, 2025 | 6 pm | Aula, TU Graz

Open Day TU Graz
April 24th, 2025 | 09:00 - 16:00 | Inffeldgasse Campus

Grazer Linuxtage 2025
April 25th & 26th, 2025 | Inffeldgasse Campus

TECONOMY Graz: The largest careers fair at TU Graz
May 15th, 2025 | 09:00 - 16:00 | Campus Alte Technik

The PostDocs Office of Uni Graz organizes events that enable postdocs to expand their network and deepen their knowledge and skills:
PostDoc Social Lunch | January 29th, 2025
Scientific Writing: From Blank Page to Finished Paper without Burning Out | February 3rd & 4th, 2025
Public Engagement for PostDocs Vol. 2 | February 5th, 2025
Seminar on Master’s Thesis and PhD Supervision hosted by TU Graz | February 25th & 26th, 2025

New structure of CSBME
The new structure of the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering has been approved by the University Council: For a unified appearance, all institutes will have an English name from January 2025 to increase international visibility. As part of our new faculty structure, we are also pleased to announce the establishment of two new institutes at the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering: Institute for Visual Computing (IVC) and Institute for Algorithms and Theory (ATCS).

New directors of BioTechMed-Graz
The new directors of BioMedTech-Graz have been announced: Christine Moissl-Eichinger (Med Uni Graz), Martina Schweiger (Uni Graz) and Thomas Pock (TU Graz).

New podcast "KarriereTalk" by CSBME students
Patrick Krumpl, who is studying ICE at TU Graz, has founded a podcast together with other students from the Circle of Excellence Graz: In "Karriere Talk", students take a look behind the scenes of exciting career paths, talk about challenges and successes and pass on tips from successful and inspiring personalities. 

Faculty Day 2024 - 20 years of the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
On 2 December 2024, the traditional Faculty Day of CSBME took place in the Aula of TU Graz. This year, the event had a special focus: the 20th anniversary of the Faculty. Here is a photo gallery of the event.

Academic Staff

PhD Position (m/f/d) in Human-Computer Interaction and Educational Technology - Group Leader Assoc.-Prof. Viktoria Pammer-Schindler

PhD Position (m/f/d) in the field of Game Lab - Group Leader Johanna Pirker

Postdoc Position (m/w/d) in AI for Electrochemistry

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Group Legenstein

Open positions: Cluster of Excellence "Bilateral AI":

• Post Doc position at the Institute of Software Technology of TU Graz
• PhD position at the Institute of Software Technology of TU Graz

General Staff

Mitarbeiter:in in der Projektkoordination (m/w/d)

Lehre im Bereich Informationstechnologie - Systemtechnik

Grants, Open Calls

New funding programme from Land Steiermark: ‘ERC - Get Started!’
The funding programme aims to provide targeted and efficient support to scientists from Styrian universities and non-university research institutions in applying for a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). 

OCG Förderpreis 2025
The prize is awarded for outstanding master theses in the field of computer science, business informatics and their applications. The prize is endowed with 2,000 euros. 

Scholarship David-Herzog-Fund
The David-Herzog-Fond supports the work of scientists, students and artists through four program tracks and is supported by all Styrian universities since it was established in 2005.

Grazer Linuxtage: Call for Participation
The Graz Linuxtage is an annual conference on open source software and hardware. The next Graz Linuxtage will take place on 25 and 26 April 2025 at TU Graz. The Call for Participation is open!

^{Info: Candidates can take the final examination (presentation and oral exam) online via video conference call (e.g. Webex) if all parties involved agree. The requirement of publicity can be ensured as follows: Candidates may distribute the meeting link; requests to participate in the video exam can also be sent by e-mail to the chairperson of the exam commission.}

Kaufmann David
Simulation- and Model-Based Diagnosis: Approaches and Applications in Cyber-Physical Systems
Thursday, 30^th January 2025 | room: SR IML

Henry Corentin
Towards Robust Road Segmentation in Aerial and Satellite Imagery with High- to Low-fidelity Labels
Friday, 31st January 2025 | room: SR ICG

Steinkogler Michael
On the Straight Skeleton of a Polygon: Practical Algorithms and Other Aspects
Thursday, 24th April 2025 | room: tba