#Digital Media

Digital Media create virtual worlds, change our communication habits, the way we live together and how we treat personal data, and they enable new business models and media branches. Research on this topic analyses applications and implications – from social aspects to IT security.

Projects

BorderVis

Improving Information Sharing and Collaborative Emergency Management through Data Visualization in Border Regions.

IID - Village Industries

Exploring Lower Austria’s rural industrial heritage together with citizen scientists.

Elecom

Decoding elephant communication with AI.

JHML - Joint Human Machine Learning for Exploratory Data Analysis

Combining Machine Learning with Methods of Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis.

AI Crowd in Motion

An initiative that helps businesses and society make practical use of AI.

HIINT- Hidden Intermediaries on YouTube

Invisible Actors of Cultural Production on Digital Platforms.

Creator Careers – Coping with Uncertainties in Social Media Entertainment

An economic-sociological perspective on the careers of creatives in social media.

DIHOST 2.0

A platform that brings digital innovations to small and medium-sized companies in Eastern Austria.

Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies

Visual Heritage

Visual Analytics and Computer Vision Meet Cultural Heritage.

E³UDRES² 2.0

Promoting Smart and Sustainable Regions as an Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University.

Publications

Rind, A., Grassinger, F., Größbacher, S., Salhofer, J., & Wu, H.-Y. (2026, April 24). Wie kann man Daten erlebbar machen? [Demo & Poster]. Lange Nacht der Forschung 2026. https://langenachtderforschung.at/station/6513

Labadie-Tamayo, R., Slijepčević, D., Chen, X., Böck, A. J., Babic, A., Freimann, L., Atzmüller, C., & Zeppelzauer, M. (2026). Distilling knowledge from large language models: A concept bottleneck model for hate and counter speech recognition. Information Processing & Management, 63(2, Part A), 104309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2025.104309

Baumann, C., Petrovic-Majer, S., Stegen, C., Semanek, B., Vogt, G., & Lackner, T. (2026, February 24). Industrie im Dorf. In Shortpitch 1 [Presentation]. Österreichische Citizen Science Konferenz 2026. https://www.citizen-science.at/oecsk2026/programm

Passecker, M. (2026, February 20). Die Vergangenheit umgibt uns Digitalisiertes Kulturerbe vor Ort durch situierte Visualisierung erlebbar machen. Book of Abstracts - DHd 2026. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18696148

Passecker, M. (2026, February 20). The Past Is All Around You: Situated Visualization for Cultural Heritage On-Site. Doctoral Consortium. Expanded Conference - Ars Electronica Festival, Vienna, Austria.

Bibtex

Slijepčević, D., Klausner, L. D., Eigner, O., Ladner, S., Kietreiber, T., Belinskaya, Y., Kovac, F., Priebe, T., Judmaier, P., Litschka, M., & Zeppelzauer, M. (2026). TrustAI: Designing and Implementing a Trustworthy and User-Centered AI Platform. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications – DEXA 2025 Workshops, CCIS, volume 2615, 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02003-1_2

Bibtex

Stoiber, C., Filipov, V., Boucher, M., de Jesus Oliveira, V. A., Wu, H.-Y., Raidou, R. G., Amabili, L., Keck, M., & Kriglstein, S. (2026). VisGames 2: Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities. EuroVis Workshop. Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis).

Bibtex

Stoiber, C., Filipov, V., Boucher, M., de Jesus Oliveira, V. A., Wu, H.-Y., Raidou, R. G., Amabili, L., Keck, M., & Kriglstein, S. (2026). Proceedings of EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities 2026. https://diglib.eg.org/collections/9a54a122-16ac-48a5-b7da-878247ecd160

Wintersberger, M., Nagl, A., Spet, C., Rotschopf, R., Passecker, M., & Bešlić-Gál, B. (2025, December 17). "Heavenly Riders – GP≭FF[1914]" - IMPULSE in der Hofburgkapelle [Präsentation, Konzert, Vortrag, Projektion]. IMPULSE in der Hofburgkapelle. https://www.hofmusikkapelle.gv.at/programm/programm-detail/impulse-in-der-hofburgkapelle-31

Wintersberger, M., Nagl, A., Munk, C., Moser, S., Hoth, J., & Passecker, M. (2025). Lucid Dreams ECHO [Ausstellung, Installation, Performance, Interaktion]. https://www.ustp.at/de/stories/news/immersive-medienkunst-im-haus-der-digitalisierung

News

07/31/2026