Strengthening resilience against shocks and crises is a key strategic goal for Europe. Technological sovereignty and a reliable energy supply are decisive factors in withstanding geopolitical tensions and economic pressures, thereby securing freedom, competitiveness, and sustainability for the people of Europe. By funding the competence center ‘Autonomic Resilience in Dynamic […]
The following two papers have been recently published: Dnyandeep Mandaokar and Bernhard Rinner. Distributionally Robust Acceleration Control Barrier Filter for Efficient UAV Obstacle Avoidance. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 11(5): 5914-5921, 2026.https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2026.3677752 We introduce the distributionally robust acceleration control barrier function (DR-ACBF) as an efficient collision avoidance method maintaining safety […]
Aamna Piracha explains her research on collaborative delivery with multiple drones in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Die Presse. Newspaper article (in German): In Klagenfurt lernen die Drohnen, wie man zusammenhilft Photo: Daniel Waschnig, University of Klagenfurt
Our student assistant Daniel Bugelnig received the Digitalisierungsstipendium of the state of Carinthia for his Bachelor thesis entitled “Autonomous Drone System for Dynamic 3D-Object Reconstruction” on November 24, 2025. The Bachelor thesis was conducted in collobortion with the i2CAT research center in Barcelona and co-supervised by Filip Lemic, Prof. Perez […]
Today Rockson Agyeman successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Decentralized Text-Based Person Re-Identification in Multi-Camera Networks. The committee was composed by PD Udo Schilcher (chair), Prof. Senem Velipasalar (University of Syracuse) and Assoc.-Prof. Jan Steinbrener. The thesis was co-supervised by Assoc.-Prof. Klaus Schöffmann. Let’s congratulate our most recent PhD graduate!
The following two papers got published in IEEE Access in December 2024:
New COMET center on resilience in networked systems
Multidrone mission specification and execution
Minimizing idleness in multi-robot patrolling
Multidrone flight demonstration
Multidrone constellation changes
Privacy-protection research in 3sat science show nano
Persistent surveillance with multiple robots
Self-awareness for autonomous systems
More cyber security for intelligent cameras
Self-calibration of visual sensor networks