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Is steel fiber reinforced concrete suitable for cyclic loading?

24. February 2026

Meeting with collegues from PORR and VCE

We are excited to address this open research question together with our industry partners PORR Group and VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH…

Participation in the femTUme Women’s Research Congress 2026

24. February 2026

Mitarbeiterinnen von PIM bei femtume kongress

The Research Unit Production and Maintenance Management and the Research Group Logistics and Quality Management were represented at the femTUme…

New look and name for the Cluster Forschung+Daten

24. February 2026

Screenshot of the new landing page https://forschung-daten.at/. — © Cluster Forschung+Daten

The former Cluster Forschungsdaten has been renamed during the relocation of its website.

Reappointment procedure: Transparency, dialogue and responsibility in the Senate

24. February 2026

Group photo of the members of the Senate in the dome hall of TU Wien — © TU Wien | Matthias Heisler

How the Senate fulfills its legal role in the reappointment procedure for the rector.

TUWEL Update 5.1

23. February 2026

On February 17, 2026, TUWEL, the central e-learning platform of TU Wien, was updated to the latest Moodle version 5.1. This overview highlights some…

Day of Fortification 2026

23. February 2026

We are delighted to be organizing and hosting Fastening Day 2026 together with Hilti Austria.
The exchange between research, practice, and industry is…

PRL Collection of the Year 2025...

23. February 2026

Gruppenfoto einiger TUW Autoren am Dach des Freihaus

...and the IAP is a part of it!

Quantencomputers go high-dimensional

23. February 2026

Marcus Huber and Nicolai Friis, in the background a visualization of the experiment — © Alexander Rommel / TU Wien

Together with a team in China a team at TU Wien extends the capabilities of quantum computers: Instead of combinations of 0s and 1s, the new…

Retreat of the Rich? The Impact of High-Income Household Mobility on Income Segregation

23. February 2026

Neuhuber and Schneider (IFIP, TU Wien) together with Banabak (SRF, TU Wien) and Kadi (Cambridge) have published their research article in the journal…

Climate expertise under threat: An open appeal from the scientific community

23. February 2026

Michael Getzner (IFIP) and 1,224 other signatories from the scientific community demand:

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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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_pk_ses	Is needed to store temporary data of the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta
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