The two-day conference brought together decision-makers and engineers from across Europe to discuss current developments in the field of decision intelligence and mathematical optimization.

As part of the program, Johannes Prescher, Head of IT & Tools at A1 Telekom Austria AG, gave a keynote speech entitled “A1 Telekom – Automated Preliminary Planning and Cost Optimization in Fiber Rollouts.” In it, he presented A1's fiber optic expansion as a use case and showed how decision-making and optimization technologies developed by Carinthia University of Applied Sciences are being used in practice. This use case clearly demonstrated the strategic advantage A1 gains from using these models in the planning and cost-efficient expansion of fiber access networks.

As representative of the R&D project “NGA,” FH-Prof. Peter Bachhiesl presented the underlying optimization models and their solution process in a technical note. The focus was on models developed in close cooperation with A1 Telekom Austria AG and Data as a system integrator. These models support A1 in systematically comparing different expansion scenarios, evaluating investment costs, and making data-based expansion decisions.

Carinthia University of Applied Sciences' appearance at the Gurobi Summit underscores the importance of its long-standing R&D partnership with A1 Telekom Austria AG: Research results from the university are directly applied to a highly relevant infrastructure issue—the efficient and rapid expansion of fiber optic networks in Austria. At the same time, the invitation to the summit demonstrates the visibility of the “NGA” R&D project in the international optimization and decision intelligence community.