It is our pleasure to announce that the 8th edition of the Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master’s Students in Computer Science (submission period end of November 2023) has concluded with the selection of four recipients! Seeing that the committee received an unprecedented number of qualified applications (180 submissions in total), it seemed impossible to select only one candidate. In light of this, the Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI) has kindly decided to increase its co-funding of the stipend, thereby adding substantially to the existing funds of TU Wien. This generous support of the WPI is designed to boost gender mainstreaming in STEM disciplines as per the goals set by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), which co-funds such WPI activities. The award ceremony will be held in autumn 2024.

The four recipients of the Helmut Veith Stipend are:

Tatiana Beliaeva has just completed her Bachelor studies of Information Security at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow (Bachelor thesis: “Developments for improving the company’s information security based on predictive analytics methods”). Through volunteering and participating at science conferences, she has developed a profound interest in cyber security and data science. Consequently, she has chosen to pursue a Master’s in Data Science at the Faculty of Informatics of TU Wien. To finance her studies, Tatiana worked as a junior analyst and specialist in cybersecurity at major companies, and she has been awarded scholarships due to her excellent academic records and her engagement in volunteering and student’s activities.

Esther Mugdan completed her Bachelor studies in Computer Science at the University of Basel in 2022 (Bachelor thesis: “Optimality Certificates for Classical Planning”). During her studies, she developed a strong interest in theoretical computer science. As she could not specialize in this field in Basel, she decided to move to Austria to pursue a Master’s degree in Logic and Computation at TU Wien. Esther has been employed as a student teaching assistant in Basel and is currently working on a research project with the Databases and Artificial Intelligence Group at TU Wien. The Helmut Veith Stipend will allow her to focus on her Master’s thesis in the field of scheduling and planning.

Ivana Bocevska graduated from high school in North Macedonia and then commenced her Bachelor studies of Software and Information Engineering at TU Wien (Bachelor thesis: “Gentzen-type Refutation Systems for Connexive Logics”). Her profound interest in logic and verification has led her to pursue a Master’s degree in Logic and Computation at TU Wien. Ivana works as Solutions Engineer at an international company and is also a student research assistant at the Faculty of Informatics at TU Wien. She has volunteered as a mentor for the Diary of the Female Computer Scientist and has won a number of awards, most notably the Siemens Award for Excellence in 2020 and 2023.

Raquel Panadero Palenzuela received her Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Technologies and Services Engineering with a major in Audiovisual Systems from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain. As part of the Erasmus+ program, Raquel moved to Austria, where she developed a machine learning-based approach for predicting cyclist trajectories in urban environments as part of her Bachelor thesis at the Computer Vision Lab of TU Wien. Subsequently, she was admitted to the Master’s program Data Science at TU Wien, where she looks forward to pursuing AI-driven projects with social impact. At UPC, Raquel was an undergraduate research fellow at the Database Technologies and Information Management Group, and she also interned as a software engineer at a leading company in the management of large volumes of data in the music industry.

Helmut Veith Stipend

The Helmut Veith Stipend is awarded annually to motivated female students in the field of computer science who pursue (or plan to pursue) one of the master’s programs in Computer Science at TU Wien taught in English.

The recipients of the Helmut Veith Stipend receive a grant of 7000 EUR annually for a duration of up to two years and a waiver of all study tuition fees at TU Wien. The annually awarded scholarship is funded by TU Wien, the Wolfgang Pauli Institute, and by the Friends and Family of the late Helmut Veith.

The Helmut Veith Stipend is dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith, an outstanding computer scientist who worked in the fields of logic in computer science, computer-aided verification, software engineering, and computer security. Helmut Veith, who tragically passed away in March 2016, was a strong advocate and mentor for women in computer science.

Find out more about the Helmut Veith Stipend. (Annual deadline is November 30).

The list of the recipients of the Helmut Veith Stipend is to be found here.