In 2007 one of Europe’s leading schools for graduate and post graduate studies in informatics, ISI www.isi-hagenberg.at, run by the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, started the International Master’s Program in Informatics, based at Softwarepark Hagenberg, a business and research campus just a short drive from Linz. 

For the academic year 2008/09 the school is seeking scholarships for talented undergraduates in exchange for an 11 month working schedule at sponsoring enterprises. 

The candidates are carefully selected top level students from all continents with excellent records. The program’s leader is Bruno Buchberger, internationally renowned researcher in Symbolic Computation, creator of the Groebner Bases and winner of numerous academic awards.

Click for more information here!

More questions? Mail to ITBeurope for details!

On April 29, 2008, Content Industries, a Vienna based association at the crossroads of content and technology, celebrated the City of Vienna’s decision to build up an extensive fibre to the home network in the next few years. Vienna city counsellor Barbara Novak, FTTH representative Christian Rein of blizznet and other guests spoke on the importance of FTTH for Vienna’s international competitiveness.

Evolaris manager Christian Kittl presented the first study on Web 2.0 content in Austria. Content Industries’ president Roman Tolic, public TV veteran and creator of Herkules Film Network, pointed out that content is as important as technology for Vienna’s ambitious goal to become Europe’s “content valley”.TV icon and actor Dieter Chmelar added a highlight in his show act. The event was moderated by Guenther Krumpak of ITBeurope.

The conference took place in downtown Vienna’s cosy “Kruger’s American Bar” whose owner Hedi Zinoecker also owns a multimedia agency and is member of Content Industries. Sponsors were ZIT, blizznet and VITE.

Watch a summary of the event here and the full panel discussion below (In German):

2nd ECSS Workshop - Future dialogues on software services challenges

April 3, 2008 / Budapest, Hungary

Grid Computing is opening new horizons for the software and software service industry. The 2nd ECSS Workshop on April 3, 2008 in Budapest, Hungary, fathoms the challenges the European Union will have to face. Experts from research and industry are invited to an open dialogue and to contribute to a joint White Paper for the EC, showing the necessary steps towards a strong, flexible, distributed computing technology development.

The workshop will give the participants the opportunity, to have direct influence on the White Paper, to play a part in the strategic planning of resources in FP7 and to be published at a European level.

Don’t miss this chance!

Participation is free of charge but subject to online registration. Places are limited and preference will be given to ECSS Community Members and early registrants.

For more information and registration please visit:

www.eu-ecss.eu/events/2nd-ECSS-workshop

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