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Quantum systems: Same, but different

08. November 2018

[Translate to English:] Der Atomchip der TU Wien

When quantum particles swirl about, they still obey universal laws. Different quantum systems can show the same behaviour – this has been…

The car is becoming communicative thanks to antennas in the roof

05. November 2018

Telecommunications is becoming ever more important for vehicles. At TU Wien, a new antenna concept has now been developed for cars.

QME News: November 2018

01. November 2018

Tomas Sikorsky joins TU Wien Thorium Team!

Obituary Dr. Peter Varga (1946 –2018)

31. October 2018

With great sadness we announce that our colleague, Peter Varga, has passed on October 27, 2018.

Christiana HÖRBIGER Award – promoting the international mobility of young scientists

29. October 2018

Twice a year, the Rector of TU Wien presents the Christiana HÖRBIGER Award – promoting the international mobility of young scientists.

Excursion Semmering base tunnel

29. October 2018

Photo of the group — © TU Wien, Institute of Geotechnics

As part of the rock and tunnel construction lecture, a group of interested students visited the construction lot SBT 2.1 – intermediate attack…

VSC Training Courses: Parallel programming with OpenMP and/or MPI, Parallel I/O, and Node-Level Performance Engineering

23. October 2018

Want to boost your computer simulations by writing parallel code that runs efficiently on modern compute clusters? Join in for our courses in English…

Artificial Intelligence: Parking a Car with only 12 Neurons

22. October 2018

[Translate to English:] Ein kleines Fahrzeug wird in eine Parklücke gesteuert – mit einem neuronalen Netzwerk aus nur 12 Neuronen, angelehnt an das Gehirn eines Wurms.

Computer scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) are improving Artificial Intelligence by drawing inspiration from biology. The new approaches achieve amazing…

Nanocages in the lab and in the computer: how DNA-based dendrimers transport nanoparticles

18. October 2018

[Translate to English:] DNA-basiertes Dendrimer der fünften Generation, eingetaucht in eine Gegenionenlösung. Regelmäßige Hohlräume im Inneren dieses neuartigen Makromoleküls können als Nanoteilchen-Träger eingesetzt werden.

How to create nanocages, i.e., robust and stable objects with regular voids and tunable properties? Short segments of DNA molecules are perfect…

Smartphones blurring the lines between the personal and the professional sphere

15. October 2018

TU Wien and the Lower Austria Chamber of Labour have conducted a study into smartphone use. The lines between work time and free time are often…

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SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
fe_typo_user	Is needed so that in case of a Typo3 frontend login the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
staticfilecache	Is needed to optimize the delivery time of the website.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
JESSIONSID	Is needed so that in case of a LectureTube the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn