Faculty of Computer Science

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Here you will find all the latest news about the faculty, including updates on research and teaching. Keep up to date with lectures, awards, events by the Students' Representatives and more.

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Women* remain underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11 draws attention to this. On the “Women* in Science” page, women* researchers from our faculty introduce themselves and their work.

Women* in Science – Faculty of Computer Science

New HCI Tenure-Track Professorship – Welcome, Sijia Xiao!

04.11.2026 Research

Sijia Xiao has been an Assistant Professor at our Faculty since November 2026, exploring how technology affects people and society.

Graduate Lukas Hinterleitner nominated for the TÜV AUSTRIA Science Award 2026

29.10.2026

Lukas Hinterleitner smiling at the camera against a white background.

In his master's thesis, Lukas Hinterleitner investigates how the decisions made by large language models (LLMs) can be better understood with less…

PHP2Shell: Edgar Weippl and Sebastian Schrittwieser Discuss Critical Vulnerabilities

28.10.2026 Research

Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, known as PHP2Shell, raised worldwide security concerns in October 2026.

Our faculty donates 135 monitors

23.10.2026 Studies

Three black monitors are arranged on a wooden bench in front of a flower bed.

As part of the upgrade of our PC labs, our faculty has donated 135 decommissioned monitors to a school in Vienna and a social organisation in Lower…

#UnisRetten – future first, not cuts

20.10.2026 Research

Maintain high quality in research, teaching and administration, and prevent long-term damage to Austria as a place of academia and studying.

New Governance of the Faculty since 1 October 2026

01.10.2026 Research

With the beginning of the new term of office in October 2026, a new Dean’s team has taken over responsibility for the governance of the Faculty. The…

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Upcoming events

The subunit VDA warmly invites everyone interested to this talk on 14 October 2026.

Talk by Holger Theisel – "Optimal Camera Paths in 3D Visualizations"

14.10.2026

10:30

The subunit VDA warmly invites everyone interested to this talk on 16 December 2026.

Talk by Narges Mahyar – "Visualization for Collective Empowerment and Societal Transformation"

16.12.2026

10:00

The Faculty of Computer Science invites you to the inaugural lectures of Prof. Han van der Aa (Process-Oriented Information Systems) and Prof.…

Inaugural Lectures by Han van der Aa and Bernhard Standl

21.06.2027

16:00

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New HCI Tenure-Track Professorship – Welcome, Sijia Xiao!

Graduate Lukas Hinterleitner nominated for the TÜV AUSTRIA Science Award 2026

PHP2Shell: Edgar Weippl and Sebastian Schrittwieser Discuss Critical Vulnerabilities

Our faculty donates 135 monitors

#UnisRetten – future first, not cuts

New Governance of the Faculty since 1 October 2026

Talk by Holger Theisel – "Optimal Camera Paths in 3D Visualizations"

Talk by Narges Mahyar – "Visualization for Collective Empowerment and Societal Transformation"

Inaugural Lectures by Han van der Aa and Bernhard Standl

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