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Group picture of all participants of the Wintergraph 2026.Presentation of the Lab at Wintergraph 2026.Skiing at Wintergraph 2026.

Wintergraph 2026

January 11, 2026 - January 12, 2026

Richardo and Anna, together with Prof. Mandy Keck from our university, participated in the 19th Visual Computing Winter Workshop Austria, held from January 11 to 13, 2026 in Kaprun. The workshop provided a great opportunity for presenting our work and engaging in discussions with researchers from other Austrian, German and Swiss universities in the field of visual computing.

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Screenshot of the social media post.

Algokind video featuring the BAMBI project

December 10, 2025

Algokind by Wiener Zeitung created a video featuring the BAMBI project including an interview with David, highlighting the projects objectives and activities. The full video is available on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSDRffIjp7Y/?hl=de

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Group picture after the dinner.

Dinner and Crime

October 14, 2025

Over a tea-time–inspired dinner, we tried to solve the mystery — who was the murderer? A fun evening filled with intrigue, discussions and great food at the lab.

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Christoph, David and Andreas at the International Wildlife Congress 2025.

International Wildlife Congress 2025

September 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025

Christoph, David and Andreas attended this year’s International Wildlife Congress in Lillehammer, Norway. Together with research partners, they presented the poster “Drone-Based Sampling for Roe Deer Density Estimation”. In their contribution, they explored the potential of drone-based surveys for estimating roe deer densities and compared the results with camera-trap–based approaches commonly used in wildlife monitoring.

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Joel presenting their work at ICECET 2025.

ICECET 2025

July 3, 2025 - July 6, 2025

Andreas and Joel presented their paper “Are AI Agents interacting with Online Ads?” at ICECET 2025 in Paris, where Joel made his first conference appearance. Their study tested how AI agents respond to online ads in simulated travel and hotel booking scenarios. This opportunity also provided ample chances to connect with global researchers, exchange insights, and build professional relationships at an international gathering of academics and industry experts.

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A part of the DML team at the FH Upper Austria Summer Party.

FH Upper Austria Summer Party

July 1, 2025

Eyy we managed to take a lab group picture at the FH Upper Austria Summer Party :)

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Andrea, Sam and Anna in front of the Langbathsee.Andrea, Sam and Anna in front of the Gmundner Keramik Factory.

FH Hagenberg staff outing 2025

June 26, 2025

This year the staff outing took us (Andrea, Sam and Anna) to the beautiful Salzkammergut region. We started the day with a visit of the 'Gmundner Keramik' Factory and after a great lunch we finished with a walk around the Langbathseen.

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David and Anna in front of the conference logo.David and Anna presenting their work at CVPR 2025.

CVPR 2025

June 11, 2025 - June 15, 2025

David and Anna had the joy of participating in this year’s CVPR in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They presented the results of Anna’s master’s thesis, which focused on pose estimation in sport climbing and introduces a dataset for detecting hold usage, at the CVSports workshop. The conference offered a great opportunity to explore exciting new research and connect with fellow researchers from around the world.

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The team after finishing the marathon.The team as action figures.

Linz Marathon 2025

April 13, 2025

David, Sam, Joel and Anna represented the DML in the Linz Marathon 2025 relay competition with Katrin supporting them as a pacemaker. They finished the 42.195km in 3:37:45.

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The lab group at the retreat.

DML FE-Retreat

February 11, 2025 - February 12, 2025

This year, the DML FE-Retreat took place in the beautiful natural surroundings of St. Stefan am Walde. The retreat was a great opportunity to get to know each other better and to work on our joint projects.

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