CSBME Newsletter

We are pleased to announce a new series of events: The BME-Talks!
BME-Talk #1
Rüdiger Rupp (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg): "Overcoming paralysis with Assistive Technology"
June 17th, 2024 | 5:30 pm | Aula, TU Graz

Talk: "Model-based reconstruction for quantitative MRI using multi-echo radial FLASH"
June 11th, 2024 | 16 pm | BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16

Austrian Computer Science Day 2024
June 14th, 2024 | University of Vienna

Talk: "A Modular Framework for Multi-Objective Decision-Making" by Kaushik Mallik
June 17th, 2024 | 1 pm | IFEG042, Inffeldgasse 16a 

HabilTalk #3
Johannes Wallner
June 18th, 2024 | 6 pm | Showroom, Data House, 136E

Dragon boat race 2024
June 22nd, 2024 | Seifenfabrik Graz
Besides four other TU Graz boats, our faculty competes with its own boat at this year's Dragon Boat University Cup.
Watch us and cheer for us! Fun guaranteed!

Registration: Summer Party 2024 for employees 
July 2nd, 2024 | 7 pm | Inffeldgasse 10
All employees of the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering are invited to attend. 
Please register here.

HabilTalk #4
Yannic Maus
July 2nd, 2024 | 6:15 pm | Mensa Inffeld der TU Graz, Inffeldgasse 10

Austrian Bioinformatics Workshop 2024
July 3rd, 2024 | 8:30 am - 5:30 pm | MUG, Neue Stiftingstraße 6, 8010 Graz

Graz Security Week
September 23rd - 27th, 2024 | TU Campus Inffeld, Inffeldgasse 25D, 8010 Graz

Annual meeting of the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering (ÖGBMT) 2024
October 24th - 25th, 2024 | TU Graz

New: Human-Centered Computing Labs in the Data House
Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the new laboratory spaces offer the opportunity for interdisciplinary research at the interface between man and machine.

Open Reassembly in the Science Blog “Schrödingers Katze”
The Austrian science blog “Schrödingers Katze” has published a report on the joint project between Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz, for which the fragments of the altar slab from the early Christian bishop's church at Lavanter Kirchbichl have been digitized so that interested amateur archaeologists can help reassemble them on an online platform. To the online puzzle game.

The „Locked-in-Syndrome“ on Ö1
On the Ö1 program "Am Puls - Gesundheit und Medizin," Katharina Posch's story of living with locked-in syndrome was featured, highlighting how Gernot Müller-Putz and his team at the Institute of Neurotechnology used AI to clone her voice.

Austrian Science Fund ‘Cluster of Excellence’ Funding for “Bilateral AI”
"With six top-class scientists from the fields of symbolic and sub-symbolic AI, Graz University of Technology is making a significant contribution to the research work of the Cluster of Excellence," explains Robert Legenstein (IGI).

Implanted computer chips & environmentally friendly surfactants
The program "Terra Mater Wissen" (Servus TV) featured a report on brain implants and visited Gernot Müller-Putz from the Institute of Neurotechnology.

Academic Staff

PhD Position (m/f/d) in Machine Learning, Neuroinformatics and Algorithm Design, Group Leader Robert Legenstein

Are you a Master's student and would like to support Erasmus students and new Master's students?
We are looking for a Peer Advisor at CSBME (Student Assistent):
- from 01.10.2024 – 30.6.2025 for 2 hrs per week
- Master students from CS, SEM, ICE, CSS and BME are welcome to apply
- experience with study abroad is an advantage

Grants, Open Calls

Annual meeting of the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering (ÖGBMT)
- Papers: Submission Deadline extended to 14.06.2024
- Stefan Schuy Prize of the ÖGBMT: Submission Deadline 15th of May 2024
- Student competition "CSBME Award 2024": Submission Deadline 1st of June 2024

Critical Infrastructure Award 
The Critical Infrastructure Award is intended to recognize young scientists in the fields of computer science, (business) informatics, communications engineering, electrical engineering and automation engineering, or similar.
Deadline: September 20, 2024

Nano EHS, 2024
Nano EHS is a research focus of the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and deals with safety and risk-related issues in the field of nanomaterials and advanced materials. Details on two different submission options can be found on the FFG-Website.
Deadline: June 14, 2024 

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.

Scholarships - CSBME

Merit-based Scholarships 2023/2024 "Leistungsstipendien"
The Faculty awards merit-based scholarships once a year to students who have achieved above-average academic success.

Promotional Scholarships 2024 "Förderungsstipendien"
Promotional scholarships are awarded twice a year to degree students to provide support in writing academic theses.

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Bogensperger Lea
Variational Methods for Imaging Meet Machine Learning
Friday, 7th June 2024 | 3pm | SR ICG and webex 

Schinagl David Jakob
From Explanation to Optimization: Advancing LiDAR-based 3D Object Detection
Thursday, 13th June 2024 | 9 pm | SR ICG

Sagbauer Nanna Nora
The Role of Makerspaces in Formal Technical Secondary Education
Thursday, 13th June 2024 | 9 am | webex

Fruhwirth Michael
Designing Support for Data-Driven Business Model Innovation in Offline-Established Organizations
Thursday, 13th June 2024 | 9 pm | DH054

Eder Matthias
Improving Robot Navigation in Unstructured Environments Using Traversability Analysis and Explainable Path Planning
Thursday, 20th June 2024 | 12 am | SR IST

Siddiqi Shafaq
ML-based Data Preprocessing for Large-scale Data
Friday, 21st June 2024 | 4 pm | DH 04040

Ainetter Stefan
Scene Understanding in Robotic Vision
Monday, 24 th June 2024 | 2 pm | SR ICG

Reiter-Haas Markus
Computational Framing Analysis for Polarized Topics Online
Thursday, 27th June 2024 | 1 pm | DHEG 136E and webex

De Bortoli Marco
Coordinating a Multi-Agent System in Intralogistics Domains using Temporal Planning and Flexible Plan Execution
Monday, 1st July 2024 | tba | SR IST

Pilz Christoph
V2X-as-a-Sensor Components, Performance, and Rating the Surrounding V2X Field
Monday, 25th July 2024 | tba | tba