NEW 10.04.2025 Corporate AIT: MEDUSA wins Houska Prize The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology wins first place in the prestigious Houska Prize, the largest private prize for applied research in Austria, in the non-university research category with the MEDUSA project (sustainable multi-megawatt fast charging on the medium-voltage grid). A second AIT project also received an award - the Mariella Schurz Prize honours "Electrical cell lysis for rapid antibiotic resistance tests". Both prizes honour practical research with high economic relevance. 4258 Characters 1 Image
NEW 04.04.2025 Transport Technologies MoSiLIB: Innovative anode materials for more powerful and sustainable batteries Modelling and development of silicon-tin sulphide composite anodes for third-generation lithium-ion batteries The world is facing a key challenge: the increasing demand for energy, particularly through electromobility, requires more powerful and sustainable energy storage systems and a growing share of renewable energies. 4182 Characters 1 Image
NEW 03.04.2025 Corporate Technology Talks Austria 2025: Tickets now available On 11 and 12 September 2025, Austria's most relevant technology conference at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna will focus on the topic of competitiveness. 3861 Characters 2 Images
NEW 28.03.2025 Transport Technologies Titania: Technological leap forward in titanium sheet forming As part of the ProMetHeus sub-project"Titania", the LKR Light Metals Competence Centre Ranshofen of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology recently achieved a technological breakthrough in the forming of titanium sheets (Ti-6Al-4V). Significant energy and time savings have been achieved thanks to a new deep-drawing process at temperatures below 500 °C. A corresponding patent is about to be granted. 4429 Characters 2 Images
NEW 17.03.2025 Digital Safety & Security PASSAT: Paving the Way for the Digital Product Passport in Austria New approach supports companies in their digital transformation With the launch of the bilateral flagship project PASSAT, Austrian and German companies are receiving targeted support in implementing the Digital Product Passport (DPP). This innovative approach promotes sustainable growth through a circular economy and optimized production processes. 3047 Characters 1 Image
NEW 12.03.2025 Corporate AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) strengthens national AI ecosystem A new, large-scale initiative called "AI Factory Austria" (AI:AT) will have a lasting positive impact on the Austrian artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. As officially announced on 12 March 2025, funding has been secured through the EU's European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking Programme. AI:AT is thus making a significant contribution to the European initiatives aimed at increasing Europe's competitiveness and innovative capacity in the field of AI. 5229 Characters 1 Image
NEW 10.03.2025 Digital Safety & Security 4th International Digital Security Forum: Dialogue on digital resilience, cybersecurity, and technology diplomacy comes to Vienna Vienna (AIT) - With the 4th International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) 2025, Vienna will once again be the centre of global discourse on digital security, technological sovereignty and international cyber resilience from 4 to 6 June. Under the motto "Balancing Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age", the IDSF25 invites an international multi-stakeholder community of leading experts from diplomacy, politics, business and science to the MuseumsQuartier to discuss current challenges and opportunities of the digital transformation as well as solutions for a secure, resilient and sustainable digital age. 3511 Characters 1 Image
NEW 04.03.2025 Energy CIRCON - Circular Construction Conference 2025 AIT organises first interdisciplinary conference on the future of the circular economy in construction on 16 June 2025 in Vienna: Insights from research, industry and politics into resource-saving and sustainable solutions for the construction sector 2923 Characters 2 Images
NEW 03.03.2025 Digital Safety & Security AIT leads technology initiative on quantum-optic silicon for cost-efficient deployment of quantum key distribution New photonic chips enable disruptive simplification of future high-security quantum encryption 5924 Characters 1 Image
NEW 19.02.2025 Vision, Automation & Control Project Guardian – paving the way for autonomous machines in public spaces The AIT and its partners are strengthening the safety of autonomous machines through technological innovations, legal requirements and ethical standards. 4788 Characters 1 Image