NewsCyber-Physical Systems NewsAll the news and highlights from the Cyber-Physical Systems research unit.FundingNoctuaNet2 secures €200,000 and advances in Anti-Drone Response Challenge2026-09-10AwardCompetitionAIFocus CEThe funding supports the team from TU Wien in building a robust counter-system that combines AI-driven visual detection with high-speed autonomous drones.Conference#README: 27th RoboRacer Autonomous Racing Competition2026-06-11EventFocus CEFocus VC+HCTThrilling races, vivid discussions, and a bunch of exciting developments for the future of autonomous driving - that was the 27th Autonomous Racing Competition!AwardNEST project selected for funding by the FFG!2026-03-05FFGAIExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSWe’re delighted to announce that the project Neuro-symbolic Ethical Safe Traffic has been selected for funding by the FFG!ReportA2RL Season2: Team Flyby snatches Silver Medal!2026-02-12AwardCompetitionExcellenceStudentsFocus CEWe’re excited to announce that team FlyBy snatched a silver medal in the second season of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League!AwardHonors for Drishti Yadav2025-10-31StudentsFocus CEDrishti Yadav was recognised as a runner-up for the Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award at the European Informatics Leaders Summit 2025.ConferenceBest Paper Award at EMSOFT 2025!2025-10-28AwardExcellenceFocus CEFocus L+CWe’re excited to announce that the paper “Cumulative-Time Signal Temporal Logic” received a Best Paper Award at EMSOFT 2025!AwardWWTF Funding Fever!2025-10-03ExcellenceFocus CySecFocus AI+DSFocus VC+HCTWe are excited to announce that 10 projects from the ICT-call 2025 by the WWTF have been selected for funding!Summer SchoolSummer School on AI and Cybersecurity2025-09-22CybersecurityFocus CySecFocus AI+DSJoin us for the first Summer School on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity from September 22-26 at TU Wien!HackathonTeam flyby wins Best 3D Mapping Award at ENRICH!2025-07-22CompetitionStudentsFocus CEFocus VC+HCTWe’re excited to announce that Team flyby won the Best 3D Mapping Award at ENRICH 2025!AIRobustifAI Launch!2025-07-03ResearchFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSWe’re excited to announce that the research consortium of RobustifAI has officially launched!AIQuantifying Uncertainty in Neural Networks2025-06-30ResearchFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSBringing together expertise from AI, statistics, and formal methods, SecInt has developed a novel approach to verifying neural networks.ProjectFFG Spinoff Fellowship meets Expedition Zukunft!2025-04-10FFGAIExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSWe’re excited to announce that Zahra Babaiee was awarded an FFG Spinoff Fellowship!AwardVincent Kenbeek Receives ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award2024-12-16ExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSOn November 7, Vincent Kenbeek was honored with the ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award for his exceptional Master’s Thesis.ReportTeam flyby qualifies for A2RL Drone Race!2024-12-02CompetitionExcellenceStudentsFocus CERead all about team flyby’s trials and tribulations at the qualification for the first A2RL Drone Race, which will be held in the Spring of 2025.AwardScuderia Segfault wins 2nd place at F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi2024-10-25CompetitionExcellenceFocus CETeam Scuderia Segfault from TU Wien jumps on the podium again with 2nd place at the 21st F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.Competition4th Place at the 15th F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix2024-05-22StudentsFocus CEFocus VC+HCTScuderia Segfault secures a top-five placement yet again!Education OutreachAndreas Brandstätter: Scuderia Segfault2024-05-17StudentsFocus CEAndreas Brandstätter, PhD student at the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Unit, knows that not everything’s about size.TeachingBuilt for Racing2022-07-28StudentsFocus CEFocus AI+DSFocus VC+HCTAt the autonomous racing cars final race 2022, our students’ skills were put to the test.Competition3rd Place at the F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix2022-05-27Focus CEThe race was close, but our team held its own against famous competitors in Philadelphia.AwardHPC Innovation Excellence Award for “Liquid” Machine Learning2022-05-24ExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSRadu Grosu and his team at IST, MIT and TU Wien Informatics won the prestigious award for their research on bio-inspired neural networks.NewsBetter Deep Learning2020-10-15ResearchInnovationAIFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSAI becomes more efficient and reliable if it is more closely oriented to biological models: New approaches in AI research prove themselves in experiments.PeopleLaura Nenzi Wins the 2020 Hedy Lamarr Award2020-10-02AwardNewsWomen in InformaticsExcellenceFocus CEThe City of Vienna honors Laura Nenzi for her outstanding achievements in Cyber-Physical Systems.NewsTU Fast TU Furious Team Wins Autonomous Racing Grand Prix2020-07-16ExcellenceFocus CERacing cars with the same hardware, our team outsmarted international competitors in a battle of algorithms.NewsSecure and Intelligent Human-Centric Digital Technologies2020-07-13ResearchDoctoral SchoolExcellenceFocus CySecFocus L+CFocus AI+DSWith a new interdisciplinary doctoral college, we establish synergies across three different faculties and three research fields.
FundingNoctuaNet2 secures €200,000 and advances in Anti-Drone Response Challenge2026-09-10AwardCompetitionAIFocus CEThe funding supports the team from TU Wien in building a robust counter-system that combines AI-driven visual detection with high-speed autonomous drones.
Conference#README: 27th RoboRacer Autonomous Racing Competition2026-06-11EventFocus CEFocus VC+HCTThrilling races, vivid discussions, and a bunch of exciting developments for the future of autonomous driving - that was the 27th Autonomous Racing Competition!
AwardNEST project selected for funding by the FFG!2026-03-05FFGAIExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSWe’re delighted to announce that the project Neuro-symbolic Ethical Safe Traffic has been selected for funding by the FFG!
ReportA2RL Season2: Team Flyby snatches Silver Medal!2026-02-12AwardCompetitionExcellenceStudentsFocus CEWe’re excited to announce that team FlyBy snatched a silver medal in the second season of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League!
AwardHonors for Drishti Yadav2025-10-31StudentsFocus CEDrishti Yadav was recognised as a runner-up for the Informatics Europe Best Dissertation Award at the European Informatics Leaders Summit 2025.
ConferenceBest Paper Award at EMSOFT 2025!2025-10-28AwardExcellenceFocus CEFocus L+CWe’re excited to announce that the paper “Cumulative-Time Signal Temporal Logic” received a Best Paper Award at EMSOFT 2025!
AwardWWTF Funding Fever!2025-10-03ExcellenceFocus CySecFocus AI+DSFocus VC+HCTWe are excited to announce that 10 projects from the ICT-call 2025 by the WWTF have been selected for funding!
Summer SchoolSummer School on AI and Cybersecurity2025-09-22CybersecurityFocus CySecFocus AI+DSJoin us for the first Summer School on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity from September 22-26 at TU Wien!
HackathonTeam flyby wins Best 3D Mapping Award at ENRICH!2025-07-22CompetitionStudentsFocus CEFocus VC+HCTWe’re excited to announce that Team flyby won the Best 3D Mapping Award at ENRICH 2025!
AIRobustifAI Launch!2025-07-03ResearchFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSWe’re excited to announce that the research consortium of RobustifAI has officially launched!
AIQuantifying Uncertainty in Neural Networks2025-06-30ResearchFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSBringing together expertise from AI, statistics, and formal methods, SecInt has developed a novel approach to verifying neural networks.
ProjectFFG Spinoff Fellowship meets Expedition Zukunft!2025-04-10FFGAIExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSWe’re excited to announce that Zahra Babaiee was awarded an FFG Spinoff Fellowship!
AwardVincent Kenbeek Receives ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award2024-12-16ExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSOn November 7, Vincent Kenbeek was honored with the ESBS-Austria Young Academics Award for his exceptional Master’s Thesis.
ReportTeam flyby qualifies for A2RL Drone Race!2024-12-02CompetitionExcellenceStudentsFocus CERead all about team flyby’s trials and tribulations at the qualification for the first A2RL Drone Race, which will be held in the Spring of 2025.
AwardScuderia Segfault wins 2nd place at F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi2024-10-25CompetitionExcellenceFocus CETeam Scuderia Segfault from TU Wien jumps on the podium again with 2nd place at the 21st F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.
Competition4th Place at the 15th F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix2024-05-22StudentsFocus CEFocus VC+HCTScuderia Segfault secures a top-five placement yet again!
Education OutreachAndreas Brandstätter: Scuderia Segfault2024-05-17StudentsFocus CEAndreas Brandstätter, PhD student at the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Unit, knows that not everything’s about size.
TeachingBuilt for Racing2022-07-28StudentsFocus CEFocus AI+DSFocus VC+HCTAt the autonomous racing cars final race 2022, our students’ skills were put to the test.
Competition3rd Place at the F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix2022-05-27Focus CEThe race was close, but our team held its own against famous competitors in Philadelphia.
AwardHPC Innovation Excellence Award for “Liquid” Machine Learning2022-05-24ExcellenceFocus CEFocus AI+DSRadu Grosu and his team at IST, MIT and TU Wien Informatics won the prestigious award for their research on bio-inspired neural networks.
NewsBetter Deep Learning2020-10-15ResearchInnovationAIFocus CEFocus L+CFocus AI+DSAI becomes more efficient and reliable if it is more closely oriented to biological models: New approaches in AI research prove themselves in experiments.
PeopleLaura Nenzi Wins the 2020 Hedy Lamarr Award2020-10-02AwardNewsWomen in InformaticsExcellenceFocus CEThe City of Vienna honors Laura Nenzi for her outstanding achievements in Cyber-Physical Systems.
NewsTU Fast TU Furious Team Wins Autonomous Racing Grand Prix2020-07-16ExcellenceFocus CERacing cars with the same hardware, our team outsmarted international competitors in a battle of algorithms.
NewsSecure and Intelligent Human-Centric Digital Technologies2020-07-13ResearchDoctoral SchoolExcellenceFocus CySecFocus L+CFocus AI+DSWith a new interdisciplinary doctoral college, we establish synergies across three different faculties and three research fields.
