Technology for People Vienna University of Technology February 11th, 2013 Welcome 13th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Johannes Fröhlich Vice Rector for Research

History 1815:Founded as „k. k. polytechnisches Institut" 1865:First reform restructuring, implementation of faculties, concentration on technological disciplines 1872: Renamed to „k. k. Technische Hochschule" (TH) new organisational statute (lasts until 1945) 1902: First doctorates awarded 1919:Admission for women 1975: Renamed to „Technische Universität" (TU) 1999: Implementation of University Act ´ : Autonomy through University Act ´ :200 Years Anniversary 2

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Facts & Figures Finances ca. 195 Mio. €global budget ca. 69 Mio. €third party funds 63 Mio. €third party funds** Staff 3.367scientific staff thereof 140professors 1.174non-scientific (administrative & technical) staff 4.541total staff 4 Students ca thereof 24,6%foreigners thereof 25,5%women Graduations ca first and second degrees, Bologna System thereof900 BSc, 460 MSc, 520 Diploma Engineer, 260 PhD

Organisation 8 FacultiesBachelor + Master Programmes Institutes Architecture and Planning Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Informatics Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Mathematics and Geoinformation Physics Technical Chemistry (interdisciplinary programs) Total Faculties

TU-Research Matrix: Research Focus Points and Research Fields Computational Science and Engineering Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies Materials and Matter Information and Communication Technology Energy and Environment Additional Fields of Research Computational Materials Science Photonics Surfaces and Interfaces Computational Intelligence Energy Active Settlements and Infrastructures Development and advancement of the architectural arts Computational Fluid Dynamics Quantum Metrology Materials Characterization Computer Engineering Sustainable and Low Emission Mobility The European City – between self- organisation und controllabililty Computational System Design Quantum Modeling and Simulation Bulk Metallic Phases Cognitive and Adaptive Automation and Robotics Climate Neutral Renewable and Conventianal Energy Supply Systems Fundamental Mathematics Research Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations Nano-electronics Non-metallic Materials Distributed and Parallel Systems Environmental Monitoring Mathematical Methods in Economics Computer Science Foundations Design and Engineering of Quantum Systems Composites Media Informatics and Visual Computing Efficient Utilisation of Resources Modeling and Simulation Quantum Many- body Systems Biomaterials Business Informatics Sustainable Technologies and Products Risk Based Design Special and Engineering Materials Telecommunication Structure-Property- Relationship Sensor Systems 6

Activities/Synergies for „Instrumentation“ in the context of Strategies/Development Planning/Collaboration/Infrastructure *) OeAW-HEPHY/TU Wien research activities for LHC *) Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics (“Atominstitut”): - TRIGA nuclear reactor – neutron source (50 years anniversary, additional +25 year with new nuclear fuel, enabled by the Ministry of Science and Research) of international importance - implementation of a working group in collaboration with HEPHY on dark matter, parallel appointment of new HEPHY director as Professor for Particle Physics at TU Wien - construction of the PERC instrument for neutron decay studies, funded within the Priority Programme "Precision experiments in particle- and astrophysics with cold and ultracold neutrons" of the German Research Foundation *) MedAustron: research at particle accelerator for ion beam therapy with TU-participation through appointments of Professors for Accelerator Physics and for Medical Radiation Physics 7

Research Highlights: 13 ERC Grants …. 8 Andrius Baltuska, Cycle-Sculpted Strong Field Optics (MM) Günter Blöschl, Deciphering River Flood Change (EE) Silke Bühler-Paschen, Quantum Criticality, The Puzzle of Multiple Energy Scales (Quantum Puzzle) (QPT) Ulrike Diebold, Oxide Surfaces, Microscopic Processes and Phenomena at Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces (MM) Georg Gottlob, Domain-centric Intelligent Automated Data Extraction Methodology (ICT) Christian Hellmich, MICROBONE, Multiscale poro-micromechanics of bone materials, with links to biology and medicine (CSE) Thorsten Schumm, Nuclear Atomic Clock (QPT) Siegfried Selberherr, Modeling Silicon Spintronics (MM) Stefan Szeider, The Parameterized Complexity of Reasoning Problems (ICT) new in 2012: Franz Schuster, Isoperimetric Inequalities and Integral Geometry (CSE) new in 2012: Karsten Held, Ab initio Dynamical Vertex Approximation (CSE) new in 2013: Jörg Schmiedmayer, QuantumRelax: Non Equilibrium Dynamics and Relaxation in Many Body Quantum (QPT) new in 2013: Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Laser-engineered Biomimetic Matrices with Embeddes Cells (MM) …. within the 5 TU Research Focus Points

Development Plan TU Mission 9 Innovation TeachingResearch