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Settling in, getting off to a great start, feeling part of the community: Welcome Days at TU Wien

04. September 2026

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Starting your studies brings with it lots of questions, new experiences and lots of people you are yet to meet. To ensure a successful start at TU…

Don't trust a computer without proof!

03. September 2026

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How can you prove that a computer chip always provides the right answer? Computer scientist Daniela Kaufmann solves this problem with new mathematical…

Two ERC Grants for TU Wien

03. September 2026

Computer scientist Daniela Kaufmann and physicist Jiří Pavelec have been awarded prestigious, highly funded grants by the European Research Council.

A Robot Teaching Computers to Find Better Catalysts

03. September 2026

How can we design better catalysts for industry? Jiří Pavelec plans to build an autonomous robot that will collect the necessary data – under…

Artificial Intelligence Suggests New Physics Experiments

02. September 2026

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AI has long played an important role in research. Now, an international research team has shown that artificial intelligence can even be remarkably…

New Continuing Education Program - New Learning Platform: TUgether Beyond Limits

01. September 2026

As announced in June, TU Wien's internal continuing education program will launch into the 2026/27 winter semester in September under the motto…

"The gold standard isn’t often necessary at all!"

24. August 2026

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The street is our living space. In our conversation with transport planners Martin Berger and Jonathan Fetka, we learnt how we can transform it into a…

The Quantum Computer Microscope

18. August 2026

Illustration of an electron microscope with a magnified inset: A focused blue electron beam interacts with a row of trapped ions above a chip. One of the ions is shown inside a parabolic electromagnetic trapping field. — © TU Wien

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy: a small quantum computer is integrated directly into the microscope.

The Flood of the Millennium That Wasn't a Single Flood

12. August 2026

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Surprising Findings from Historical Data: the famous flood of 1342 was not an isolated event, but a series of events – providing insights for climate…

Labelling AI images

12. August 2026

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Since 2 August 2026, the labelling of certain AI-generated and AI-edited images has been mandatory. The legal basis for this is Article 50 of the EU…

X-rays: Beyond the Nobel Prize Limit

11. August 2026

Close-up of a metallic experimental setup in a laboratory. In the center of a silver-colored apparatus, a small chamber is visible, in which several intense blue points of light are glowing. Transparent tubes lead into the setup from above; solid metal brackets surround the illuminated area. — © TU Wien

An experiment jointly performed by teams at University of California San Diego and TU Wien has discovered a new quantum regime of coherent X-ray…

The science behind great games

10. August 2026

Portrait of Annalena Ulschmid: a woman with glasses and curly hair, set against a natural backdrop — © Jonas Braukmann

Compelling game worlds don’t just happen by chance. Annalena Ulschmid is researching how computer graphics bring virtual worlds to life and explains…

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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
CookieConsent	Saves your settings for the use of cookies on this website.	1 year	HTML	Homepage TU Wien
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
_shibsession_lecturetube	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
_pk_id	Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID.	13 months	HTML	Matomo TU Wien
_pk_ref	Is used to store the information of the users home website.	6 months	HTML	Matomo TU Wien
_pk_ses	Is needed to store temporary data of the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
facebook	Is used to Enable ad delivery or retargeting	90 days	HTTP	Meta
__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

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