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Past
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organisation
IIASA Committee meets University of Salzburg
Visit of the Austrian IIASA Committee and an IIASA delegation to the University of Salzburg, organised by MATRIS Science Lab. The public afternoon session opened with the keynote "Frontiers of Resilience" by Dimitris E. Simos, followed by talks on research and career opportunities at IIASA.
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panel
Blackout, Sabotage & Co. – wie sicher ist Europa? (Salzburg Europe Summit 2026)
Panel discussion "Blackout, sabotage & co. – how safe is Europe?" with representatives of UKRENERGO, Salzburg AG, VERBUND and the Bundeswehr University Munich, moderated by Martina Salomon (Kurier).
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organisation
Dynamics of Disasters — Hybrid Threats Workshop 2026 (DOD-HT 2026)
The first Dynamics of Disasters workshop held in Salzburg, organised by MATRIS Science Lab: Dimitris E. Simos (General Chair), Bernhard Garn and Klaus Kieseberg (PC Co-Chairs), Martina Marx and Tetiana Mazanko (Organisation). Plenary by Panos Pardalos; talks on hybrid threats, resilience and security. Springer post-proceedings are planned.
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organisation
15th International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing (IWCT 2026)
Bernhard Garn served as General Chair and Dimitris E. Simos chairs the IWCT Steering Committee of the main international venue of the combinatorial testing community.
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public lecture
Underestimating Resilience in a Hybrid World: Why Critical Infrastructure Remains Vulnerable
Public lecture on how natural and digital systems have become tightly coupled: a flood can trigger a data breach, a cyber attack can worsen a natural disaster. Mathematical methods can expose these hidden interdependencies and support a stronger cybersecurity culture.
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outreach
i-Day 26: Information Day for School Students
Information day of the Departments of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Human Interfaces and, for the first time, Geoinformatics, presenting the study programmes in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation–Innovation–Society to school students.
University of Salzburg -
stakeholder presentation
Mathematics for Resilience and Cybersecurity
Presentation for the delegation visit of the Austrian Leadership Programs (ALPS) of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA) at FH Salzburg.
FH Salzburg -
stakeholder presentation
A Research and Transfer Program for the Joint Professorship Cybersecurity
Presentation of the research and transfer programme of the joint professorship, as part of the Science and Innovation Strategy Salzburg (WISS 2030).
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keynote
Complex, Resilient, and Secure Systems: Where Combinatorial Methods and System Testing Meet Cyber Security
Keynote lecture in JMP's Statistically Speaking webinar series on how combinatorial methods and system testing meet cybersecurity.
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inaugural lecture
From Testing Critical Software to Securing Complex Systems – How Mathematics Shapes the Future of Cybersecurity and Resilience
Professorial inaugural lecture for the full university professorship at the University of Salzburg and the joint professorship in cybersecurity of FH Salzburg and the University of Salzburg. HS 240 Europasaal, Edmundsburg.
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keynote
Complex Resilient Systems: Where Combinatorics and Natural Hazards meet Cybersecurity
Keynote lecture in the opening week of the Copernicus Master in Digital Earth (CDE).
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talk
ICTSS 2025: 37th International Conference on Testing Software and Systems
Presentation of "Reverse Engineering for Input Modeling: Input Parameter Model Inference from Network Traces", which extends the protocol reverse engineering tool Netzob to infer input parameter models for combinatorial testing automatically.
Joint