SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
End of September, our colleague Georg Goldenits, researcher at SBA Research, presented his talk, “Kleine Modelle, große Wirkung? Lokale LLMs in der Phishing-Erkennung”, at the Mittwochseminar KI Modelle in der Praxis at Statistik Austria, following his presentation at the YoungStat Meetup in May this year. Read More
Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, served as a Guest Editor of ERCIM News No. 146, dedicated to the special theme “Quantum Technology.” Read More
In July, our colleague Rudolf Mayer, senior researcher at SBA Research, has published a paper titled “Identifying and Protecting Records at Risk for Membership Inference Attacks Against Synthetic Data” in the proceedings of the 40th IFIP WG 11.3 Annual Conference, DBSec 2026, in Arlington, VA, USA, from July 28-30, 2026. Read More
The latest issue of the OCG Journal 02/26, dedicated to “Sustainability and Computer Science – The Potential of AI for Ecology and Climate,” highlights how digital technologies can contribute to a more sustainable future. Our researchers and experts contributed to this discussion by exploring the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in different domains. Read More
Kevin Mallinger, researcher at SBA Research, recently delivered a guest lecture on “Sustainable AI Applications” at Institut Agro Rennes-Angers in France. The lecture brought together students, researchers, and faculty members interested in the role of artificial intelligence in addressing sustainability challenges. Read More
Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, has published a journal article titled “Fractals in Neural Networks: Introducing a New Class of Activation Functions” in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations in collaboration with the CD lab AsTra. Read More
Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research, gave a talk titled “Fraktale Aktivierungsfunktionen in neuronalen Netzen” at the Social Artificial Intelligence Night (SAINT) 2026. Read More
In Episode 147 of the Zukunft Denken – Podcast, Alexander Schatten, senior researcher at SBA Research, address this question under the title: “Digital Colony or Sovereignty?” ... Read More
Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, has published a journal article titled “Mean Reversion and Heavy Tails: Characterizing Time-Series Data Using Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Processes and Machine Learning” in MDPI’s Journal Sensors in collaboration with the CD lab AsTra. ... Read More
On December 2, 2025, the OCG Working Group on Sustainability & Computer Science marked the beginning of a new phase of collaboration with an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary kick-off meeting. Chaired by Kevin Mallinger, lead of the CORE Research Group at SBA Research, the meeting focused on the central theme “AI and Farming” – an area where sustainable computing has the potential to create significant impact... Read More
A new paper, “Systematization of Knowledge: The Design Space of Digital Payment Systems with Potential for CBD,” led by first author Judith Senn, research assistant at the University of Innsbruck, and co-authored by Aljosha Judmayer, researcher at the University of Vienna, Nicholas Stifter, researcher at SBA Research, ... ∞
Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. ∞
A group of dedicated young researchers presented their work at the 22st ICT Security Conference on 16 and 17 September 2026, which was organized by the Austrian Armed Forces. ∞