How Large Language Models work: Workshop
On April 24, 2025, the VCLA organized a workshop for project Transformer as part of the Future Fit Festival. This workshop was designed to make the participants understand the basics of large language models (LLMs), their capabilities, limitations, and the conceptual differences between human creativity and machine learning.
First, the participants shared practical applications of large […]
Jugend-Videowettbewerb: Mensch und Maschine im Jahr 2035
Keine Frage: Künstliche Intelligenz wird unsere Gesellschaft nachhaltig verändern. Arbeit, Bildung, Medizin und Verkehr sind nur einige Bereiche, die davon betroffen sind. Doch welche Chancen und Risiken bringt die Technologie mit sich? Zeigt uns eure Vision vom Leben im Jahr 2035 in einem Kurzvideo (maximal 60 Sekunden)! #menschundmaschine
Die besten und kreativsten Beiträge werden mit Geld- […]
Visit us at the Vienna Research Festival!
Discover the world of data science! Visit the joint station of the VCLA and TU Wien Informatics eduLAB at the Vienna Research Festival (Forschungsfest) at the City Hall on March 21-23 for fun activities for all age groups. Admission-free!
This is an event for the whole family, and there will be a special area dedicated to […]
AI made in Austria: Kick-off Meeting of the FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence “Bilateral AI”
On February 26, 2025, around 300 researchers, industry professionals, and decision makers gathered at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) to discuss the project’s vision and goals. Two Vice Rectors of TU Wien, Peter Ertl (Vice Rector Research, Innovation, International Affairs) and Wolfgang Kastner (Vice Rector Digitalization and Infrastructure), attended the event, as did Gerti Kappel, […]
Women in Logic Online – Talk with Sonja Smets
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Sonja Smets is professor of Logic and Epistemology at both the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. She established herself as an expert in the domain of non-classical Philosophical Logic, and especially its applications to the logical-philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics, and to the reasoning about knowledge […]
Call for Nominations: VCLA International Student Awards
The deadline for submission of (self-)nominations expired on April 30, 2025! The winning theses are expected to be announced in mid-August.
The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms at TU Wien calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding theses and scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science, in the following two categories:
Outstanding […]
Talk by Guillermo Badia: Codd’s Theorem for Databases over Semirings
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Guillermo Badia is a Lecturer in Logic (continuing position) in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland, Australia. From 2022-2025, his research is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE220100544). He serves as an editor of Archive for Mathematical Logic and Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic […]
Obituary for Anna Prianichnikova
Dr. Anna Prianichnikova, beloved coordinator of TU Wien’s computer science doctoral programs, has passed away after a short but serious illness. She dedicated her career to supporting and nurturing future PhD students through multiple prestigious doctoral programs at TU Wien.
From the first FWF Doctoral College “Logical Methods in Computer Science” to the current Marie Skłodowska-Curie […]
Workshop on Foundations of Databases and AI
The Workshop on Foundations of Databases and AI (FADA) was a focused, two-day gathering of some of the leading international scholars working on the theoretical underpinnings of databases and artificial intelligence. The event was held on January 29–30, 2025, at TU Wien in Vienna and featured forward-looking talks and discussions on topics such as the […]
Vienna Ball of Sciences 2025
What a night! The Vienna Ball of Sciences 2025 celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Saturday, January 25, at Vienna’s city hall (Rathaus). As part of the many attractions of the event, ball guests had the opportunity to put their logic skills to the test with our logic puzzle “The Revenge of Schrödinger’s Cat (the solution […]
