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IST Austria: Institute of Science and Technology

IST Austria: Institute of Science and Technology. Gerald Murauer November 18, 2011. The Eight Principles behind IST Austria. (Harari, Kuebler, Markl).

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IST Austria: Institute of Science and Technology

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  1. IST Austria:Institute of Science and Technology Gerald Murauer November 18, 2011

  2. The Eight Principles behind IST Austria (Harari, Kuebler, Markl)

  3. Starting From Scratch: Trying to Build the Best of All Worlds

  4. International Scientific Careers

  5. The Spirit of IST Austria • International Institution: Science, scientific support, Kindergarten, schools, etc. • Objectives: • 1. Performing world-class research. 2. Training world-class scientists. • Scientific excellence and promise as only hiring criterion: • No predefined professorial slots or research topics. Centralized admission of PhD students. • No internal hierarchies and boundaries: • No departments; single, multi-disciplinary PhD program. Few scientific support staff: professors supervising students. Sharing of space and other resources.

  6. A New Institution IST created by Austrian law Campus opening (June) 1st lab building (Oct) 2nd lab building 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Professors arriving 50 employees in July 2010 200 employees by the end of 2011

  7. Research Portfolio 2011 Evol Bio Comp Sci Cell Bio Neuro Sci 4 research areas seeded: 20 research groups

  8. Research Portfolio 2011 2016 -person before area -quality before speed Evol Bio Cell Bio Evol Bio Comp Sci Comp Sci Physics Cell Bio Neuro Sci Neuro Sci 6-8 profs Math 4 research areas seeded: 20 research groups 6-8 interacting research areas: 40-45 research groups

  9. IST Austria – Research Clusters Mathematical and Evolutionary Biology Computerscience Cell Biology - Biophysics Neuroscience

  10. Mathematical and Evolutionary Biology Nick Barton Jon Bollback Sylvia Cremer Caroline Uhler

  11. Cell Biology - Biophysics Tobias Bollenbach Calin Guet Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Harald Janovjak Daria Siekhaus Michael Sixt start: 2012

  12. Neuroscience Ryuichi Shigemoto start:2013 Simon Hippenmeyer start: 2012 Jozsef Csicsvari Peter Jonas Gasper Tkacik

  13. Computer Science Krish Chatterjee Herbert Edelsbrunner Tom Henzinger Christoph Lampert Chris Wojtan Krzysztof Pietrzak Vladimir Kolmogorov

  14. Scientific Service Units Patrick Danowski E-Library Ekaterina Papusheva Bioimaging Franz Schäfer Computing & IT Matthias Nowak Life Science Facilities Stefan Hipfinger Machine Shops Michael Schunn Pre-Clinical Facility

  15. IST Scientists from 31 Nations* * per September 2011

  16. IST Austria Graduate School Biology, Computer Science, Neuroscience and interdisciplinary areas Application Deadline:January 15, 2012 Bachelor's or Master's degree required Program language: English Internationally competitive PhD salaries Campus Visit Day: November 26, 2011

  17. IST Austria Graduate School First, unaffiliated phase: Courses; lab rotations; qualifying exam. 1 year for MS students; 1-2 years for BS students. Second, affiliated phase: Research; annual progress reviews; PhD thesis. 3-4 years. IST is committed to support scientific careers: Independence of students from projects. Thesis committee formed early to accompany student Our students’ success will be our success!

  18. The Budget 2007-2016 Public Funding • 290 million from Federal Government, thereof 195 million guaranteed • (95 million from Federal Government conditioned on third-party funds) • 140 million from Lower Austria for construction Science Funding (ERC, FWF, HFSP): until 2011 about 20 million Euro • ERC Advanced Grants for Nick Barton, Tom Henzinger, Peter Jonas • ERC Starting Grants for Sylvia Cremer, Krzysztof Pietrzak, Krishnendu • Chatterjee, Jozsef Csicsvari, Michael Sixt Donations: currently 17 million Euro • Bertalanffy Foundation: 10 million • Voestalpine, Raiffeisen: 2 million each • OMV, Mondi: 1 million each Long-term: licensing of Intellectual Property

  19. Research Grants * *Oct. 2011

  20. IST Austria Donors Mondi Seminar Center Bertalanffy Foundation Laboratory Building voestalpine Administration Building Raiffeisen Lecture Hall

  21. The Campus in 2016/2017

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