#Digital Heritage

Research in the field of Digital Heritage preserves, analyses and passes on the cultural heritage of humankind.

Projects

ADAL

AI server for large-scale data driven research.

Visual Heritage

Visual Analytics and Computer Vision Meet Cultural Heritage.

E³UDRES² 2.0

Promoting Smart and Sustainable Regions as an Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University.

Trust AI - A platform for interactive and trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Explainable and trustworthy AI solution in an easy-to-use platform for SMEs.

PEUAFLEU – Analysis of Fleuronnee

Investigating book illustrations with machine learning.

AniVision

Animation in Ephemeral Films from Austria, East & West Germany between 1945 and 1989: A Combined Film Analysis and Computer Vision Approach

CliMeF - Climate Media Frames

Combining methods from different disciplines to investigate communication strategies on climate change.

ESOZA - Encampment in the Soviet Occupation Zone in Austria: Post-War History and Memory

The situation in camps during the post-war period of occupation.

Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research

WTZ Ost 3.0 – Wissenstransferzentrum Ost

Platform that promotes knowledge transfer between universities but also in business, society and politics.

Publications

Proksa, F. (2025, July 3). Interdisciplinary Alliances with Artistic and AI-Driven Research [Vortrag]. Tricky Women – Best Practice, International Forum, Vienna, Filmmusem. https://online.trickywomen.at/p/25_Sup_Pro_Best_Practice

Apellaniz Portos, M., Labadie-Tamayo, R., Stemmler, C., Feyersinger, E., Babic, A., Bruckner, F., Öhner, V., & Zeppelzauer, M. (2024). Analysis of Hybrid Compositions in Animation Film with Weakly Supervised Learning. Vision of Art - Workshop at the European Conference of Computer Vision (ECCV), 14.

Bibtex

Stemmler, C. (2024, October 9). AniVision: New Technology-assisted Approach to Studying Animation History. CAGA Conference, Viborg.

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Schmiedl, K. (2024). Animationen in Signations des ORF von 1960 bis 1989 [Masterthesis]. Fachhochschule St. Pölten.

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Apellaniz Portos, M., & Stemmler, C. (2024, May 6). AniVision: Using AI for Studying Animation Aesthetics. Animafest Scanner XI, Zagreb.

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Feyersinger, E., & Stemmler, C. (2024, May 24). AniVision: Animation im deutschsprachigen Lehrfilm [Vortrag]. Lehrfilm erforschen. Theoretische und methodische Zugriffe auf den edukativen FIlms, Online - Paderborn.

Bibtex

Apellaniz Portos, M., & Stemmler, C. (2024, May 6). AniVision: Using AI for the Study of Animation History [Symposium - Panel 4: Authorship In/Of AI Animation]. Animafest Scanner XI, Zagreb, Croatia. https://www.animafest.hr/en

Feyersinger, E., & Stemmler, C. (2024, December 4). AniVision: Machine Learning als Analysetool von Animation im Gebrauchsfilm [Vortrag]. DiCi-Hub: Digitale Methoden und die Zukunft der Filmwissenschaft, Marburg.

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Feyersinger, E., & Stemmler, C. (2024, July 3). A (Self-)Critical Perspective on Computer Vision as a Digital Humanities Tool [Vortrag]. The Interactive Gaze: Surveillance Images in Digital Games and Other Media, Tübingen.

Bibtex

Bruckner, Franziska, Feyersinger, Erwin, & Lechner, Patrik. (2023, June 14). AniVision: Machine Learning as a Tool for Studying Animation in Ephemeral Films [Vortrag]. Society for Animation Studies 34th Annual Conference – The Animated Environment, Online – Glassboro. https://research.fhstp.ac.at/projekte/anivision

Events

02/01/2024

Official Opening

News

05/08/2025

Doctoral Program Showcased at FFH 2025

09/10/2024

First Doctoral Colloquium: Deepening problem understanding in world-heritage surroundings

04/05/2024

General Assembly Kick Off Meeting: A Day of Introductions and Collaborative Discovery

Blog posts

Unlocking Cultural Heritage: Successful Launch of "Visual Heritage" PhD Program

In an event held yesterday, the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) and St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (FH St. Pölten) officially inaugurated the collaborative PhD program, "Visual Heritage." Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and in partnership with the Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG) under the doc.funds.connect program, this initiative brings together TU Wien and Fachhochschule St Pölten to delve into the analysis and exploration of large-scale media collections from our cultural heritage.