We are a (still) young and growing institute with innovative projects and motivated junior researchers. Our research and teaching focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. We develop and study computational models and algorithms that allow computers to perceive and 'understand' aspects in the external world, and where we interpret 'perception' in the widest sense of the word as extracting useful, high-level information and knowledge from complex, possibly low-level data (audio, video, image, text, sensor data, and user-item interaction data).

Our pursuits require conducting fundamental and applied research in AI, machine learning, pattern recognition, text / data / social media mining, signal processing, statistical data modeling, and classification.

Our current research focuses particularly on intelligent audio and music processing. We are among worldwide leading research groups in the fields of Music Information  Research (MIR), Sound and Music Computing (SMC), and Acoustic Scene & Event Recognition (DCASE). Additional research topics include image processing, biometrics, cryptography, and personalization.

Embedded within the Institute of Computational Perception, the Multimedia Mining and Search (MMS) and Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI), opens an external URL in a new window groups target research in Recommender Systems (RS), Information Retrieval (IR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Affective Computing, focusing strongly on ethical considerations (such as fairness aspects, explainability, and trusting AI technology).

Our goal is to offer state-of-the-art research and university-level courses in this area, as well as create an educational environment that allows students to get involved in hands-on, real-world research projects as early as possible.

If you would like to visit us, we have offices in both Linz and in Vienna (see the info box to the right).