On October 29, 2024, the ÖWGP doctoral prizes were awarded at the Graz University of Technology as part of the autumn conference of the ÖWGP, the Austrian Scientific Society for Production Engineering, at its ÖWGP doctoral colloquium.

Eleven excellent PhD theses in the field of production science, written at Graz University of Technology, University of Innsbruck, Montanuniversität Leoben, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Vienna University of Technology, were presented at the colloquium of the doctoral prize, which is awarded annually, and then evaluated by a jury of experts from various disciplines.

We would like to congratulate our Lisa Sonnleithner on winning the 3rd place for her work "Analyzing and Improving Control Software Quality in Cyber-Physical Production Systems".

Rick Rabiser was invited to give an interview in the Scholarly Communication Podcast, New Books Network, talking with Daniel Shea about academia-industry collaboration in the systems and software product line community and more generally in software engineering.

You can find the interview here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/think-outside-the-community-about-improving-interaction-between-academia-and-industry-for-better-practice-and-better-research