CSBME Newsletter

Interested in how paralysis can be overcome with assistive technologies?
Then come to today's BME-Talk followed by a get-together!
BME-Talk #1
Rüdiger Rupp (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg)
June 17th, 2024 | 5:30 pm | Aula, TU Graz

HabilTalk #3
Johannes Wallner: "Computational Aspects of Formal Argumentation"
June 18th, 2024 | 6 pm | Showroom, Data House, 136E

Dragon boat race 2024
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!
June 22nd, 2024 | Seifenfabrik Graz

Talk: "Planning and Acting against Nature" by Lukas Chrpa by Lukas Chrpa
July 2nd, 2024 | 9 am | HSi12

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

The PostDocs Office of Uni Graz organizes events that enable postdocs to expand their network and deepen their knowledge and skills:
PostDoc Social Lunch | June 19th, 2024
Webinar on Community in Academia | June 26th, 2024
Friday Writing Group: PostDoc Office and Online | July 5th, 2024
Networking on motherhood in science | September 26th, 2024
Fiasco Fest 2024 | November 4th, 2024
Should I stay, should I go? | November 6th, 2024

How can AI speak for the mute?
During his master's thesis Thomas Moder researched voice cloning to help non-verbal individuals, which was featured on Servus TV's TM Wissen.

Heinz Zemanek Prize goes to Martin Schwarzl (IAIK)
The Austrian Computer Society (OCG) has honored Martin Schwarzl from the Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications with the Heinz Zemanek Award for their outstanding dissertations in computer science.

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.

CSBME dean's office (Inffeldgasse 10) in summer:
Our office will be closed from August 12-16.

Academic Staff

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

We are looking for a Peer Advisor at CSBME (Student Assistent):
- from 01.10.2024 – 30.6.2025
- 2 hrs per week
- experience with study abroad is an advantage
- Master students from CS, SEM, ICE, CSS and BME are welcome to apply

Grants, Open Calls

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

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.

^{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.}
 

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

Petschenig Horst Alfred
Advances in Neuromorphic Algorithms for Neural Network Optimization, Bio-signal Applications, and Few-shot Learning
Thursday, 25^th July 2024 | SR IGI

Zach Martin
Generative Models as Regularizers in Inverse Problems in Imaging
Tuesday, 27^th August 2024 | 3 pm | tba