In Carinthia, Innovation & Research are of fundamental importance.
An essential part is the promotion and networking of the research institutions that drive the further development of the location.
Green & Digital Research Map
The "Green&Digital Research Map Carinthia" provides an overview of research institutions as well as companies, which research and develop in Carinthia on the topic of "Digitalisation" and "Sustainability".
The map understands itself as a compass for better orientation in
Carinthia´s research ecosystem. Within the two clusters "Green" and "Digital", the assigned units and their key areas are listed. Additionally, the particular research areas can be found.
"Intermediaries and Multipliers" include supporting and infrastructure-providing networks and organisations.
Content:
1. Introduction
2. Intermediaries & Multiplier
3. Digital
4. Green
5. Download "Green & Digital Research Map"
Research and education at the highest international level also need the necessary framework conditions and a functioning infrastructure in order to be successful in the long term. This also requires institutions that provide support, infrastructure and networking. Below you will find an overview of the most important institutions & networks in the Carinthian research landscape.
Intermediaries & Multipliers
- BABEG Carinthian Agency for Investment Promotion and Public Shareholding
- DIH INNOVATE
- build! Gründerzentrum
- Digital Innovation Hub Süd
- Green Tech Cluster
- High Tech Campus Villach
- Kunststoff-Cluster
- Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds
- Lakeside Science & Technology Park
- Silicon Alps Cluster
- Software Internet Cluster
- Timber Innovation Network Alpe Adria
- AAU - M/O/T® School of Management - Organizational Development & Technology
Digitisation is not only a central factor for the development of Carinthia as a business location, but also as a research and education hub. Following, an overview of the institutions and companies as well as their specific research fields on the topic of digitalization. Research is being conducted in four thematic areas, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things and Automation.
Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AAU – Department of Economics – Inflation Measurement, Big Data, Scanner Data
- AAU – Department of Smart System Technologies – State Estimation, Sensing and Perception, Machine Learning
- DEIF Wind Power Technology Austria
Machine Learning, Retrofit of Existing Wind Turbines, Self-Optimizing Systems - Infineon Technologies Austria – Thin-Wafer-Handling, Automated Fab
- Joanneum Research – ROBOTICS – Industrial Robotics, Robot Safety, Sensors/Perception
- KESTRELEYE – Industrial Image Processing, Neural Networks, AI-Training-Pipelines/Software
- PMS – Test Field Development, Digital Twin, Manufacturing Guidance Software
IoT, Sensors, Semiconductor Industry
- CISC Semiconductor – Security, Privacy, Performance
- FH Kärnten – ADMIRE – Additive Manufacturing, Sensors, Robotic Systems
- Infineon Technologies Austria – IoT-Systems, MEMS, System-on-Chip, Packaging
- IoT40 Systems – AI, Sensors, Automation
- J. Pichler – Airflow and Air Quality Sensor Technology, Ventilation System Solutions
- Lam Research
Wet-Chemical Processes on Si-Single Wafers, Sensing / Robotics / Automation, Plant Productivity Optimization - Messfeld – Maintenance, Energy Monitoring, Industrial Measurement Technology
- Ortner Reinraumtechnik – Rapid Decontamination Assessment
- Silicon Austria Labs – Microsystems
Thin-Film Technologies; Integrated Photonics Technologies,
Magnetic Microsystem Technologies - Silicon Austria Labs - Sensorsystems – Photonic Systems; Electronic Sensors, Sensor Applications
IT-Security, Collaborative Systems and Networks
- AAU – Digital Age Research Center (D!ARC) – System Security, Side Channel Attack
- AAU – Karl Popper Kolleg (research and doctoral institute) SEEROSE – Risk Management, Incentive-based Security, ROS Security
- AAU – Department of Informatics Systems
Program Analysis, Automating Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction - AAU – Department of Economics – Public goods provision problems
- AAU – Department of Mathematics
Extremum Seeking Control, Collision-Free Navigation, Stabilization of Autonomous Vehicles, Efficient Implementation of Public Key Cryptography - Bitmovin – Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, Emerging Networked Multimedia Services
- dataCycle – DataHub, DataSpace, Knowledge Graph
- Lakeside Labs – Self-Organizing Systems/Swarm Intelligence, Collaborative Drone and Robot Systems
- TECHNIKON Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft – Hardware/Software entangled Security
Communicaton Technologies and Computer Systems
- AAU – Digital Age Research Center (D!ARC) – Data Analytics & Algorithms in Everyday Life, Speech Recognition & Language Generation
- AAU – Department of Information Technology – Distributed/Cloud/Edge Computing, Green Streaming, Encoding, Video Transmission, Video Playback
- AAU – Department of Networked and Embedded Systems – Mobile Communications, Drones, Sensor Networks
- AAU – Department of Economics – Algorithmic Game Theory, Mechanism Design
- Alturos Destinations – Marketing, Advertising Services, Internet Platforms
- COYERO – Connected Services, Secure Access
- FH Kärnten – CIME - Carinthian Institute for Microelectronics – Integrated Systems and Circuits Design
- FH Kärnten – ROADMAP5G - R&D Center for 5G Use Case Integrations – 5G
- Neptun Data Processing – Media Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence
- Onda TLC – Tracking Systems, Data products
- PiktID – Safe Data Extraction
- City of Villach – Urban Cockpit, Lorwan Sensors in Public Space, Mobility and Environmental Data
- Streamdiver GmbH – Deep Search, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- TECHNIKON Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft – 6G
Sustainability plays a major role in Carinthia's research landscape. A large number of institutions and companies are active in the field of environment and sustainability. This ranges from the topic of mobility to climate-sensitive regional development to the area of Climate Change and Biodiversity. Find the right research partner for your projects in the overview below.
Green Mobility
- AAU – Department of Mathematics – Micro Public Transport, Demand-Responsive Transport, Resource-Efficient Logistics Planning
- AAU – Department of Operations, Energy and Environmental Management – Resource-Saving Transport, Efficient Production
- Economica Inst. for Economic Research Carinthia – Digital Technologies in the Mobility Sector
- Infineon Technologies Austria – Power Electronics, Energy Efficiency, Wide-Band-Gap-Semiconductors
- Joanneum Research – LIFE - Competence Group Urban Living Lab
Agent-Based Traffic Modeling, Mobility as a Service , Digital Twin
Green Heating and Electricity
- AAU – Department of Science & Technology Studies – Energy Transformation, Energy Transition
- AAU – Department of Economics – Vehicle to Grid Problems, Energy Supply Assurance
- Encome Energy Performance – Photovoltaics, Predictive Maintenance
- FH Kärnten – Research Group ABMS - Advanced Battery Management Systems
Storage Technologies, Li-ion Batteries - GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie – Solar Thermal Collectors, Solar Water Heaters
- KNG-Kärnten Netz – Distribution Networks, Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Communities
- Kelag – Energy Communities, Climate Neutral Community, Renewable Energy
- KEW - Kelag Energie und Wärme – High Temperature Heat Pumps, Geothermal Energy, Digital Twin
- PMS – Thermoprocessing, Photovoltaics&Solar Application
Climate-sensitive Regional Development
- AAU – Department of Geography and Regional Studies – Sustainable regional industries, Agriculture, Forestry
- AAU – Department of Science & Technology Studies
Smart Farming / Climate-Smart Farming, Smart Cities & Regions - FH Kärnten – Research Group TransSpace - TRANSformative Societal Political AND Cultural Engagement
Demographic Change, Globalization, Interculturality - Kärntner Inst. für höhere Studien – Regional Economic Effects, Trade-offs, Energy Efficiency
- City of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee – Climate Change Adaptation Measures, Energy Communities, Mobility as a Service
- City of Villach – Climate Neutral Cities, Smart Cities, Sustainable Urban Development
Climate Change and Biodiversity
- AAU – Department of Philosophy – Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Environmental Ethics
- AAU – Department of Science & Technology Studies – Citizen Science, Public Participation
- AAU – Department of Economics – Equilibria with incomplete specification, Big Data, Argo-Daten
- E.C.O. Institut für Ökologie – Development of Protected Areas, Carbon Storage, Biodiversity Monitoring
- ExAqua Forschungs GmbH – Climate Change Adapted Plant Breeding, Biological Vegetation Control
- FH Kärnten – Research Group SIENA - Environmental Monitoring – Environmental Data, Unmanned Systems, Smart Data
- FH Kärnten – UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Management of Conservation Areas Biodiversity, Life on Land, Protected Areas
- Fraunhofer Austria Research – Fraunhofer Innovation Center for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence KI4LIFE KI4WALD - Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Monitoring
Circular Economy
- AAU – Department of Economics – General Equilibrium with Externalities
- AAU – Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship – Emission-Reduced/Climate-Neutral Business Models
- Europlast Kunststoffbehälterindustrie – CO2-Neutral Production, Smart/Digital Containers
- KIOTO Photovoltaics/Sonnenkraft – Recycling & Development of Photovoltaic Modules
- Lindner Recyclingtech – Intelligent Sorting, Shredder Technology
Sustainable Industry
- AAU – Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship – Digital Technologies & Sustainable Value Creation
- AAU – Department of Statistics – Boundary Layer Meteorology, Pollutant Dispersion Simulation, Environmental Sensor Networks
- FH Kärnten – AMAVIS – 3-D Printing, Additive Manufacturing
- FH Kärnten – CISMA – Integrated piezoelectric sensors, Acoustic metamaterials, Phase-changing materials
- FH Kärnten – Research Group SIRaD – Transdisciplinary, Sustainable Innovations
- FH Kärnten – TripleE - Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurship Education – Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
- Fundermax – Sustainable Products, Green Electricity & District Heating, Upcycling/Recycling
- HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER – R&D Department, Norms & Certification
Sensors, Autonomous Production Plants, Forest of the Future - Joanneum Research – LIFE - Sustainable Energy Systems and Lifestyles
Climate Neutrality, Circular Economy, Life Cycle Analysis - Kompetenzzentrum Holz – Wood K plus – Surface technology, Wood-Based Materials, Composites
- M T I – Process Engineering, Electroanalytics
- Sensolligent – SPS Circuits, Artifical Intelligent Systems
- Treibacher Industrie – Steel Refining Alloys Ferrovanadium and Ferromolybdenum, Hard Materials
- Tribotecc – Green Hydrogen, Additives for Wear Protection for Brake Pads
- w&p Zement – CO2-Neutral, Energy-Efficient Cement Production
Sustainable Construction
- ARCH+MORE Ziviltechniker – Revitalization, Brownfield Development, Material Flows
- FH Kärnten – Research Group CONNA - Construction needs Nature – Nature Protection, Space Consumption, Resource Scarcity
- FH Kärnten – Research group FuCoSo - Future Concret Solutions
High-performance Concretes, Material and Analysis Technologies, Resource-Saving Construction Methods - J. Pichler – Heat Pump Technology, Fire Protection and Smoke Extraction Technology
- nonconform – Participatory Development, Climate Neutral Building Culture
- PSP – Stochastic Analysis, Structural Health Monitoring
- Schwing GmbH – Development of Products, Automatisation, Process Development
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