Mathematics

4. April 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Moraliser, plagiarism engine, miracle machine: How well do we know AI?

The breakneck speed at which artificial intelligence is developing makes it difficult to predict where it is heading. Our researchers say: Instead of getting ever bigger and faster, we should now take the time to really understand AI.

14. November 2023

Materials for the energy transition

Supercomputer, Schrödinger and the energy revolution

How can we sustainably scale up the production of hydrogen and synthetic fuels for the post-fossil energy world? Advances in materials science could hold the key. Physicist Georg Kresse and his team use computer simulations to enable the necessary breakthroughs.

12. April 2023

Tipping points in mathematics, ecology and geography

Today in front of the abyss, tomorrow one step ahead?

All complex systems can reach critical threshold values. If they are exceeded, this usually has grave and irreversible consequences. Understanding these tipping points is essential to saving the relationship between the planet and humans. We have interviewed the mathematicians Sara Merino-Aceituno and Henk Bruin, the ecologist Christina Kaiser and the geographer Harald Sterly.

22. December 2022

Cosmology meets data science

After the Big Bang …

What happened after the Big Bang? Astrophysicist Oliver Hahn is tracing our universe's early development by using supercomputers and clever algorithms. To find out more, our video team visited Oliver Hahn at the Department of Astrophysics of the University of Vienna.

15. January 2020

Cancer Research

The hidden patterns our world is made of

Without understanding "invisible" structures, we will never be able to gain full understanding. Mathematician Sara Merino Aceituno from the University of Vienna examines cell-based phenomena leading to cancer formation, the collective movement of spermatozoa and its link to fertility and tissue formation.