Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

3.4 AI at companies
If AI is to be used appropriately at companies, it has 
to be an integral part of their overall digitalisation 
strategy. This includes, in particular, building up cor-
responding technological expertise and an organisa-
tional culture that supports and helps to deliver this 
transformation. Besides availability, the key prerequi-
sites for using AI technologies at companies are, 
above all, the skills available and a corresponding 
level of trust in AI technologies.
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Determining what companies are undertaking 
what AI-related activities in Austria is a challenge. 
For one, there are no representative surveys on the 
use or development of AI at companies; for another, 
the many different ways in which AI terms can be 
defined and combined (e.g. as search words or simi-
lar) prevent a corresponding search strategy from 
delivering clear results without undue effort. An anal-
ysis of AI potential
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Fig. 3-3: Research priority of research institutions with AI activities in Austria
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Vienna University of Technology
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Vienna University of 
Economics and Business
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Medical University of Vienna
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Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
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Austrian Research Institute for 
Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
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Graz University of Technology
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Know-Center
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Virtual Vehicle
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Joanneum Research
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University of Klagenfurt
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Lakeside Labs
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Johannes Kepler University Linz
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Software Competence Center
Hagenburg (SCCH)
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Johann Radon Institute for 
Computational and Applied 
Mathematics (RICAM)
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PROFACTOR
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Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
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Salzburg Research
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Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
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IST Austria
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St. Pölten University of Applied 
Sciences
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University of Innsbruck
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Medical University of Innsbruck
Knowledge-based systems 
Machine learning 
Robotics
Autonomous systems
Pattern recognition,
image understanding 
Natural language understanding
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Source: Prem and Ruhland (2019).

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