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Salzburg is setting course for the future: As of the beginning of 2022, the new Faculty of Digital & Analytical Sciences (DAS) has been established at the University of Salzburg (PLUS).

Faster service, support for employees, and easier compliance with pandemic regulations – all of this has been implemented by the ski rental shop Fun & Pro Sport Pichler in Flachau during the pandemic, with the help of digital funding.

Education Technologies, or EdTech, can make learning more engaging, personalize it, improve success rates, support educators, and foster new skills in learners. The initiative EdTech Austria, within Innovation Salzburg, supports the digitalization of education in Austria.

Dynamic Mobility Nudge: Promoting Sustainable Mobility in Cities with Digital Data-Driven Insights.

Salzburg Research is regularly commissioned to analyze real-time delays in public transportation. With an objective and detailed evaluation based on this data, transport planners can optimize the public transit network.

The digitization has transformed the way we access information, and it has particularly influenced the way young people consume information. As a result, new approaches are needed to communicate socially relevant topics. The Innovation Lab for Education aims to test cooperative and interdisciplinary methods that can be integrated into schools to make them future-ready.

Salzburg Research conducted a study to examine the perceived safety of passengers on board a driverless shuttle without an operator. An appropriate response to concerns and challenges regarding perceived safety will contribute to further promoting the acceptance of automated vehicles in society.

Large online retailers make life difficult for brick-and-mortar retailers. To compete in the fiercely contested market, they must also be present online. That is why Bergspezl, a mountain sports and bike retailer from Salzburg, has not only launched an online shop, but also digitized all sales processes – from ordering to shipping and returns. With approximately twenty employees

Austria’s universities and universities of applied sciences (UAS) are jointly training doctoral students. The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) are funding five new joint doctoral programs with one million euros each in Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna, and Wiener Neustadt.

The 5th generation of mobile communication (5G) is a promising technology. However, how can the added value of the new technology be realized? And will the promised properties actually be achieved? Under the leadership of Salzburg Research, a 5G research infrastructure was established in 2020, which can be used by science and companies to test applications and products.