RIAT is an independent research institute specializing in privacy, cybersecurity, and open source. Our mission is to make things verifiable and reproducible. We foster, document, and support reverse engineering as method for cultural and technological advancement.
RIAT Institute is a multidisciplinary research organization focused on the intersection of art, design, technology, and society. Established in Vienna, Austria, RIAT has partner organizations and projects worldwide.
RIAT fosters innovation and collaboration by bringing together artists, technologists, and scientists to explore and address societal challenges. The institute is renowned for its commitment to open-source culture, decentralized technologies, and fostering critical discourse on the implications of emerging technologies such as web3 and artificial intelligence (AI). Key areas of research include open source and open design practices, Open Source Hardware & IoT (internet of things) and verifiable and reproducible systems.
RIAT is an independent organization established in Vienna in 2012. The institute consists of an international network of researchers, developers, and members who seek to advance the adoption of research methodology, open source, cryptography, and privacy technology across disciplines.
You can read about our history on Wikipedia or get an overview of event-based work on the GitHub archive. Publications can be found in /publications and via academia.edu.