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The DISCO group’s "Banyan: Fast Rotating Leader BFT" has won the Best Paper Award at Middleware 2024. The paper demonstrates how to reduce the latency of modern blockchain protocols.

Students and alumni of D-ITET can now enter the study programme for the teaching diploma for Matura schools in mathematics more easily. With a focus on information technology or mathematics, all requirements can be obtained during the regular studies.

Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar has been awarded the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering 2025 sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies.

At the end of this semester, the best assistants were awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award HS 2024. The winners are Lars Kröger (Analysis 1) und Alina Nekora (Physik 2 / Numerische Methoden).

Albert Gran Alcoz, Martin Strohmeier, Vincent Lenders, and Laurent Vanbever, Head of the Networked Systems Group, won the "CYD Award 2024 for outstanding publication" for their paper "Aggregate-Based Congestion Control for Pulse-Wave DDoS Defense".

Patch-IT, multi-sensor sensor nodes for continuous vital sign monitoring for sepsis detection in neonatal intensive care, has been selected among the best 100 projects as part of the Prototype for Humanity Initiative. The initiative aims to foster partnerships among sectors, institutions, and individuals, all working toward a better world where innovation is at the heart of comprehensive, sustainable development.

Prof. Lana Josipovic has been awarded the Best Reviewer Award at the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design. Congratulations!

Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, doctoral student in the SAFARI Research Group, joins the ACM SIGMICRO MICRO Hall of Fame. The MICRO Hall of Fame recognizes authors who have had eight or more papers published in MICRO. This year’s inductees were announced at MICRO 2024 during the awards ceremony.