Entries by Reinhard Riedl

On the (in)objective use of spanners

Many people are appalled that in the future many jobs will be done with spanners. Some find the use of spanners highly ridiculous. Some expect that spanner use will fundamentally change human thinking and feeling. Scientists even predict that eventually spanners will take over the whole universe. Spanners are a topic that clearly evokes high […]

About the future of the Internet

Researchers have been working on improvements since the Internet was established. The future architecture SCION  is also constantly being improved, among others by specialist Adrian Perrig from ETH Zurich. In this interview he explains how he and his team develop multi-path communication systems and attack defense approaches. What was your original motivation to design SCION? […]

December Issue: Cybersecurity – exemplum docet, exempla obscurant

We are living in times of disagreement. Silicon Valley has turned rule braking into everybody’s practice. “We have to move fast, we have to conquer power as soon as possible, we have to establish us …” that is what many people tend to think these days. Indeed, the digital transformation is increasing heterogenity, transparency, and […]

Can computers make art?

Is AI as great as the glossy brochures promise? Or is it only the bosses of the computer programmers who want art, and the result is only art or meta-art? The question touches on the question of being human. It stirs up fears and hopes. Fears that the machines will take over. Hopes that perhaps […]

April issue: e-government does its homework

E-Government has set out to catch up on its homework. In this issue, you will learn, among other things, how chatbots can also be used in the administration in the future, how the tourism industry is being made fit for higher web semantics and how educational identity is being introduced in schools. It should also […]