Bernhard Rinner

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:

Daniel Bugelnig received the Best Performer award of the Faculty of Technical Sciences for his achievements in the study program “Informationstechnik”. The award was presented to Daniel by Bernhard Rinner and Michael Kollienz (Förderverein der Fakultät für Technische Wissenschaften) on November 28, 2024.