News about research data management

AI on the rise, new opportunities for HCI

26. March 2026

The picture shows a man sitting in an office chair, holding a small object in his hands. To the right of him is a graphic, and above him a text banner. — © TU Wien / Livia Beck

Prof. Paweł W. Woźniak on human-centred design despite the AI hype, the diversity of methods in user research, and the development and sharing of…

TU Wien goes TU Graz for the 2026 InvenioRDM partners workshop

19. March 2026

Group photo with 28 people. — © Dietmar Herbst

Max Moser from the Center for RDM led sessions on the improvement of the REST API documentation and data curation workflows.

“Data is nothing without purpose”

12. March 2026

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Dr Gabriel Wurzer on purpose-driven data, clashing research-practice cultures, and architecture’s “data bunkers” hostile to AI.

20th International Digital Curation Conference

03. March 2026

The photograph shows a woman at a standing desk in front of a presentation in a festive room with audience. — © TU Wien / Tomasz Miksa

Tomasz Miksa and Suvini Lai represented the Center for RDM and OSTrails at the IDCC26 in Zagreb.

New look and name for the Cluster Forschung+Daten

24. February 2026

Screenshot of the new landing page https://forschung-daten.at/. — © Cluster Forschung+Daten

The former Cluster Forschungsdaten has been renamed during the relocation of its website.

From black box to reproducible AI model

17. February 2026

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Dr Adil Mukhtar on AI-based fault detection and diagnosis, simulation data struggles, and diverse data sharing practices in building physics and…

TU Wien engages in exchange with EOSC Nodes at the Winter School 2026

10. February 2026

Group photo with four women and five men next to an EOSC roll-up banner. — © ostrails.eu

At the end of January, EOSC supporters spent three days in Nice working towards the common goal of "Supporting the EOSC Federation".

Conference on FAIR Digital Objects in Vienna

03. February 2026

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Regular registration is open until the end of February.

Surfaces meet automated data flows

22. January 2026

The image shows a man, the words "I care to make it FAIR" and graphic elements. — © TU Wien/Livia Beck

Markus Valtiner on legacy instruments, how to automate data flows and establish AI-ready metadata infrastructure for the next generation of interface…

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
CookieConsent	Saves your settings for the use of cookies on this website.	1 year	HTML	Homepage TU Wien
SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
fe_typo_user	Is needed so that in case of a Typo3 frontend login the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
staticfilecache	Is needed to optimize the delivery time of the website.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
JESSIONSID	Is needed so that in case of a LectureTube the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien
_shibsession_lecturetube	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
_pk_id	Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID.	13 months	HTML	Matomo TU Wien
_pk_ref	Is used to store the information of the users home website.	6 months	HTML	Matomo TU Wien
_pk_ses	Is needed to store temporary data of the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
facebook	Is used to Enable ad delivery or retargeting	90 days	HTTP	Meta
__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta
fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn