40 years of Computer Science at the University of Klagenfurt – a special occasion to celebrate four decades of research, education, and innovation, and to look ahead to the future. We cordially invite you to join us for this celebration on 20 November 2026, starting at 2:00 p.m., at Lakeside Spitz in Klagenfurt, Austria. Highlights […]
Title: From Pixels to Semantics: Edge AI for UAV-Based Critical Infrastructure Inspection Journal: IEEE Internet Computing Authors: Reza Farahani(TU Wien), Naser Hossein Motlagh (University of Helsinki, Finland), Zoha Azimi (AAU), Christian Timmerer (AAU), Lorenzo Carnevale (University of Messina, Italy), Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki, Finland), Schahram Dustdar(TU Wien) Abstract: Critical infrastructure assets such as bridges, tunnels, dams, […]
Kseniia´s paper, “You have a long way to go”: Migrant and Displaced People as Authors in a Storytelling Game Jam, was selected as one of the Honourable Mention recipients for CHI PLAY 2026. The Honourable Mention Award at ACM CHI PLAY (The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play) is a prestigious distinction given to […]
On 7 October, Dr Felix Schniz participated in the opening panel discussion to this semester’s Ring Lecture Visuelle Kultur: Mensch – Bild – Maschine. The talk featured representatives of various AAU departments and academic traditions as it aimed to provide an overview of contemporary research perspectives on the relation of digital imagery, human creators and […]
The Visual Signal Processing and Communications (VSPC) Rising Star Program was established in 2023 by the CAS Society VSPC Technical Committee (TC) to annually recognise an expert(s) in emerging domains of visual signal processing and communications for his/her accomplishments and vision. This year, Hadi was nominated and will give a 30-minute presentation, followed by a […]
The Book, the Board, and the Lantern in the Dark Violence, Vulnerability, and Intermedial Player Immersion in Kingdom Death: Monster Where: Cologne University Conference: Annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung, September 17-19 Immersion is often understood as an enthralling concept, reserved for complex virtual worlds that veil reality behind an integral mediated experience. […]
Kseniia & Tom gave talks at the Replaying Japan 2026 – August 2026 Replaying Japan 2026 also released “conference proceedings”, which include all extended abstracts of talks presented in the conference: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rwx0uaOOsluPYUPUlin4Wa-ugW8yRnDW/view The Character and the Card: Affective Database Consumption and Ludology in the Japanese TCG Market by Tom Tucek and Shivi Vats August 20, […]
Four Talks Presented at This Year’s VGC in Klagenfurt, 3–5 September 2026 Demystifying the Black Box: Teaching Generative AI Literacy Through Interactive Prototypes by Tom Tucek September 3, 2026 This talk explains the black-box system of generative AI, argues for the need for genAI literacy education, and shows various prototype video game implementations that aim to increase genAI […]
4 papers got accepted for VCIP 2026, Singapore, December 13-16, 2026 3D Gaussian Splatting Rendering Performance Trade-offs on the Meta Quest 3 – Authors: Milad Ghanbari, Hadi Amirpourazarian, Christian Timmerer Bitrate Ladder Analysis for UHD Adaptive Streaming: From AVC to AV2 – Authors: Kamran Qureshi, Hadi Amirpourazarian, Christian Timmerer Efficient Quality Controller for Video […]
Dr. Kurt Horvath has been elevated to IEEE Senior Member. An IEEE Senior Member is the highest professional grade for which an IEEE member can apply. This distinction requires extensive professional experience and demonstrated accomplishments that reflect technical expertise, leadership, and professional maturity. Fewer than 10% of IEEE’s nearly half a million members worldwide have […]