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From the 11. - 12. July, there will be the joint A1 Austrian eSports-Festival and Spielefest (with physical/board games), turning the Austria Center in Vienna into a vast entertainment complex, including e-Sports finals and a diverse program (Indie Game Dev Area, Foodfestival, Cosplayevent, Artist Alley, and so on).

The Computer Graphics and Virtual & Augmented Reality groups are organizing a booth to represent the TU informatics and our games-related study programs. That means:

The IEEE VIS 2025 conference, held from 2–7 November at the Austria Center Vienna, brought together more than 1100 international researchers and practitioners for the world’s leading forum on visualization and visual analytics. This edition marked the first time the conference took place in Vienna, further establishing the city as an important center for visual computing research.

The 2025 VGTC Visualization Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Eduard Gröller. He is recognized for a distinguished career marked by novel contributions to the field of visualization and the development of innovative, impactful applications. His leadership within the community and dedication to mentoring emerging researchers have been instrumental in advancing the discipline.

We congratulate Dr. techn. Maath Musleh for successfully defending his PhD on "Guided Visual Analytics for Decision Making under Uncertainty" on November 10, 2025. The defense committee consisted of Dr. Jean-Daniel Fekete (Inria Research Lab Aviz), Dr. Anastasia Bezerianos (Universite' Paris-Saclay), Associate Prof. Dr. Dominik Bork (TU Wien), Prof.

We congratulate Dr. techn. Aron Kovacs for successfully defending his PhD on "3D Style Transfer: Lifting 2D Methods to 3D and Enabling Interactive Guidance" on November 10, 2025. The defense committee consisted of Dr. Thomas Leimkühler (Max Planck Institute), Prof. Stefan Bruckner (Rostock University), Prof.

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