This year’s dissertation prize went to mathematician, Dr. Markus Hittmeir, for his outstanding work on the factorization problem.

At the SchülerUNI, “Syrian Conflict. What makes a solution so difficult?” It was soon clear how complex the war reality is in Syria. The Department of Political Science of the of Salzburg brought light into the darkness together with the Salzburg Peace Office. On the 2 workshop dates: PG St. Ursula, HLWM Salzburg-Annahof, BG Seekirchen, ABZ St. Josef, Sport Realgymnasium Salzburg.

The Gasteiner Robert Knapp was awarded the 2018 Mathematical Statistics Award by the Austrian Statistical Society for his Master’s thesis on mathematics. This event took place during the Statistical Week in Linz.