EXDIGIT: Excellence in digital Sciences and interdisciplinary technologies

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In 2022, PLUS founded the new Faculty of Digital and Analytical Sciences (DAS) and has combined its competencies in the digital field such as computer science, data science, human-computer interaction and geoinformatics at the Itzling site and strengthened them with a materials science component.

The EXDIGIT project is intended to give the PLUS and its youngest faculty an even stronger presence in European and national excellence programs or other high-level research initiatives. The special feature here is the close inter-institutional cooperation with Salzburg Research and other partners, such as the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences or the PMU, which is anchored in the project.

Key data:

Duration: January 1^st, 2021 to August 31^st, 2027

Funding: Land Salzburg

Project partner:

Lead: Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Salzburg Research (https://www.salzburgresearch.at/)
Innovation Salzburg GmbH Home – Innovation Salzburg (innovation-salzburg.at)

Innovation Salzburg

Salzburg Research

Project goals:

– Creation and establishment of a research and development platform with international visibility for future-oriented interdisciplinary digital topics.

– Building bridges between the interdisciplinary interfaces of PLUS with partners within the Salzburg research landscape.

– Creation of three bridge professorships

– Targeted and efficient closing of gaps in knowledge and research chains at the location.

– Positioning the PLUS and the DAS faculty as a leading institution for digital sciences

– Increasing the attractiveness in the international competition for researchers and students as well as for specialists and corporate partners in digital fields