As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, we have set ourselves the goal of making substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.

Our Center for Digital Safety & Security located in Vienna invites applications for an internship. Our Competence Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies is leading in applied research on the development of data-based IT solutions for various application scenarios, including the design of new and innovative solutions supporting communities in increasing their resilience and achieving their sustainable development goals (SDG). As a reliable partner of industry and public authorities, we work on digital tools for a sustainable and resilient society based on current research results and in collaboration with end users and our customers. The focus of our applications is on climate change impact assessment and the protection of society during crises and disasters.

Specifically, our Sustainable & Resilient Societyteam focuses on IT concepts and systems for enabling data exchange in different domains. Specific focus is put on IT solutions for crisis & disaster management, and sustainability management in communities & companies:

• Under the guidance of our interdisciplinary team, you will support in identifying relevant data collection and processing workflows, as well as in advancing aggregation methods to make the relationship between desirable goals and necessary measures more transparent and traceable for a development project aimed at developing AI-based approaches for harmonizing data flows and improving data-driven decision support.
• You will work with modern LLM-based systems, including the use of custom APIs, tools, and multi-agent architectures.
• At the end of your internship you will implement of a small demo, e.g., a prototype that connects to an LLM via a custom API and demonstrates data-driven decision support using a tool.

• You will gain practical experience into the development of a flexible, scalable, and secure data management ecosystem that supports evidence-based decision-making, including in crisis situations.
• You support us in our international project and get exciting insights into our technological environment.
• You will have not only the opportunity to discuss your work experiences and results with experienced scientific peers, but also to connect with other bachelor’s, master’s or PhD students.