projects

AI-supported Holographic Environmental Water Monitoring

Funding: Vienna Science and Technology Fund WWTF (2025-2029)
Start Date: 2025
Description: This project combines holographic microscopy and AI to analyze turbidity in drinking water by identifying particles like sediments, plastics, algae, and bacteria. Using IoT tools and digital twin technology, it enables real-time monitoring and early detection of changes in water quality, improving decision-making and response times.
Principal Investigator: Peter Van Oostrum, Co-PI: Ivona Brandić
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency in IT Operations at WienIT

Funding: WienIT GmbH (2024-2025)
Start Date: May 2024
Description: This project investigates data-driven methods to enhance energy efficiency in IT operations, focusing on sustainable computing strategies.
Project Coordinator: Ivona Brandić

Themis - Trustworthy and Sustainable Code Offloading

Funding: FWF Standalone Project (2024-2027)
Start Date: May 2024
Description: Themis explores probabilistic operating systems to enable dynamic code offloading, allowing IoT devices to shift tasks to idle nodes, edge devices, or other computational resources. By integrating edge computing with large-scale real-time probabilistic systems, it aims to improve efficiency and responsiveness in applications such as traffic management, quantum computing, and Microgrids.
Project Coordinator: Ivona Brandić
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LoRaWAN Agricultural Testbench

Funding: SFG Call Ideen!Reich (SFG, 2024)
Start Date: 2024
Description: This project implements LoRaWAN-based agricultural testbeds to optimize environmental monitoring and develop IoT-enabled solutions for smart agriculture.
Project Coordinator: Ivona Brandić

Explaining the Increasing Energy Consumption of IT Infrastructures (TRUST!)

Funding: TRUST! Science Communication for the Next Generation (FWF/ÖAW, 2023)
Start Date: 2024
Description: TRUST! explores the energy consumption of IT infrastructures, focusing on AI models, cloud computing, and large-scale data processing. The project aims to raise awareness about their environmental impact and promote sustainable computing practices.
Project Coordinator: Ivona Brandić

Satellite-based Monitoring of Livestock in the Alpine Region (Virtual Shepherd)

Funding: FFG Austrian Space Applications Programme ASAP 2022 (2023-2025)
Start Date: 2023
Description: Virtual Shepherd integrates satellite-based positioning, edge computing, and geospatial AI to support sustainable livestock grazing in the Alpine region. Using GNSS, LoRaWAN, and 4G/5G, it enables fenceless farming, allowing cattle to be guided via smart collars while minimizing conflicts between hikers and livestock. Edge computing processes data locally, reducing bandwidth use and improving system resilience in challenging alpine conditions. The system also detects anomalies in cattle movement, alerting farmers to potential health issues or predator threats.
Project Coordinator: Johannes Scholz, Co-PI: Ivona Brandić
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Triton - Transprecise Edge Computing

Funding: FWF Standalone Project (2023-2027)
Start Date: June 2023
Description: Triton develops transprecision computing methods to improve energy efficiency and performance in edge computing. By dynamically adjusting computational precision, it enables resource-efficient processing for applications like augmented reality and smart traffic systems, where large data volumes must be handled with minimal latency. The project also explores hybrid architectures, integrating edge computing with quantum systems to enhance computational efficiency.
Project Coordinator: Ivona Brandić
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