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Digital future: Students conquer the world of artificial intelligence!
On October 15, 2025, the TU Vienna opened its doors to students to bring technology and natural sciences to life with workshops such as “Understanding AI”.
Digital future: Students conquer the world of artificial intelligence!
On October 15, 2025, the TU Vienna opened its doors to students under the motto “Science sets a school”. The aim of the event is to bring technology and natural sciences to life. The *SHE goes DIGITAL* initiative, which aims to inspire women for technical careers, received particular attention. A highlight was the workshop “Understanding AI – DIY artificial intelligence,” which taught participants basic concepts and gave an exciting insight into the world of artificial intelligence. The workshop leader, Martina Landman, showed the girls how to “plant” a decision tree capable of recognizing fruit. This made the method for categorizing data tangible and clear.
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The participants came from different areas; some already had a background in IT, while others came from different fields. The feedback was consistently positive: the new knowledge was described as accessible and clear, and many girls showed interest in other eduLAB offerings. It was remarkable that the participants even stayed 20 minutes longer to answer additional questions. Landman was pleased with the girls' enthusiasm and emphasized the importance of such events in stimulating interest in computer science.
Understanding artificial intelligence and decision trees
The workshop not only taught the participants how to use decision trees, but also offered an exciting introduction to decision tree learning, a classic method of artificial intelligence. With a Gini Impurity value of 0.21, the decision tree was able to misclassify data with the lowest probability, which was particularly interesting for learners. Through this hands-on experience, the girls learned valuable skills about AI and its application in everyday scenarios. Despite the oversimplifications that are common in decision trees to reduce complexity, the girls were also made aware that such models are not infallible. It remains a challenge, especially with incomplete categorizations in machine learning.
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However, the fascination for technology and digitalization does not only affect the TU Vienna. The construction industry, often viewed as a male domain, also shows how important the integration of new technologies is. Women are still severely underrepresented in skilled trades, with a share of only 2 percent. Nevertheless, the interest in technical know-how is reflected, as shown by the example of Larissa Zeichhardt, who uses a robot dog for documentation purposes in her construction company LAT in Berlin. The use of such technologies could create new fields of work and offer women visibility and career opportunities in construction.
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The Excellence Initiative for Sustainable Human-led AI in Construction, founded in 2020, aims to bring together ethics, artificial intelligence and construction. These developments show that digitalization is not only important for technical industries, but also gives women the opportunity to actively become part of this diversity. Given the skills shortage plaguing the industry, integrating more women and their innovative ideas could be crucial in solving challenges. The positive feedback and interest that girls show at events such as “Science Makes Schools” are a promising sign for the future. Together we can make the digital future more feminine.