On 3 and 4 December, the Software Campus network gathered at the Fraunhofer Forum in Berlin for its annual summit. The event was opened by Stefan Jazdzejewski (Software Campus project lead), Alexander Nouak (Fraunhofer ICT Group) and Patrick Schubert (Federal Ministry...
Events
Training about “Distributed Leadership & Self-Organization” at Deutsche Bahn
On September 23 and 24, DB Systel, Deutsche Bahn's IT service provider, held its first training at the Software Campus on “Distributed Leadership & Self-Organization”. DB Systel started its transformation process around ten years ago and operates now with fully...
Workshop on Entrepreneurship: From Research to Market
To support Software Campus participants in their start-up activities, we once again invited them to an entrepreneurship workshop in Berlin. We also joined forces with AI Grid, which connects master's and doctoral students in the field of AI. A total of 20 participants...
New cohort of 2025 kicks off in Berlin
The newly admitted cohort of the Software Campus met for the first time in Berlin on the 7th of July, 2025. We were hosted by the Einstein Center Digital Future for the half-day event, followed by an evening event. As every year, it was important to us to warmly...
Software Campus projects and founders at the GITEX Europe tech fair
The tech and start-up community and investors gathered at GITEX Europe in Berlin from 21 to 23 May 2025. The trade fair, a spin-off of GITEX Global in Dubai, took place in Europe for the first time. It was expected to attract 1,400 international tech companies, 750...
Communities of Practice continue to grow with the onboarding of the new cohort
Around 100 participants and graduates of the Software Campus are already engaged in the nine Communities of Practice. They have continued to grow with the onboarding of the 41 doctoral students from the 2024 cohort, who are currently starting their projects. The...
Kicking Off 2025 with Celonis into Conflict Management
Conflict is inevitable—but when handled well, it can boost growth and build a stronger team. This week, Software Campus participants had the privilege of participating in Celonis’ first-ever training in our network, marking the start of this year’s training season....
Summit 2024: Software Campus network meets in Berlin
From November 18th to 19th, 2024, the Software Campus community met for the annual summit event in Berlin. Dr Stephan Pfisterer from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research welcomed programme participants, alumni, partners and representatives of the DLR Project...
Training ‘Successful negotiating in a professional context’ at TRUMPF
Negotiating is part of everyday life as well as work life, sometimes on a small scale or over major subjects. While some do already have the right tools for negotiating successfully, for others, it's a struggle. Software Campus participants learn how to navigate...
New 2024 cohort in the starting blocks
IThis year, we are welcoming a total of 44 new doctoral students in computer science to the Software Campus. After spring 2024 was dedicated to the application and selection process, the new cohort has now been accepted into the programme. On 2 September, all...
First Workshop at Bosch
Building Bridges
Since Bosch became our industry partner earlier this year, it is exciting news that their Software Campus training season has finally started.
From the 9th to the 10th of July,2024, 12 Software Campus participants attended the training “Fit for Business with the big 5: ABBA, Change, Pitch, Innovation & Entrepreneurship” at the Bosch headquarters in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.
Entrepreneurship Workshop at K.I.E.Z.
Ready to take off
For the first time, we did organize an entrepreneurship workshop in collaboration with K.I.E.Z. in Berlin for 20 participants from the 15th to the 16th of May 2024.
The first day began with a short Q&A Session, to visualize and substantiate every participant’s expectation, and to make the workshop more individual and interactive. Followed by an introduction into the topic entrepreneurship.
Summit at ZEISS: Broad program from science slam to founder pitches to leadership discussion
On 29 and 30 June 2023, program participants, partners and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the DLR project management agency met for the summit at the ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT. A total of 21 participants presented their research projects as...
New application phase starts with online event
The Software Campus is seeking its new class! Our application platform will be open again from 1 February to 17 March 2024. If you are a PhD student in computer science or a related subject and want to enhance your leadership skills, the Software Campus offers you a...
Next Generation 2023
On September 12th, 2023, almost 30 participants and representatives of the DLR-Projektträger participated in this year’s kick-off in Berlin.The initial warmth and inspiring welcome by Stefan Jazdzejewski (Project Initiator) and our host Marc Reznicek (Forum Digital...
Exchange and knowledge transfer again in the spirit of the Software Campus
The Software Campus Summit finally took place again on site on May 19 and 20 after a long break of more than two years. DATEV as one of the industry partners of the program sponsored the event and invited to the IT Campus in Nuremberg. There, nearly 120 visitors came...
Software Campus Summit June 29/30, 2023 in Karlsruhe
Der Summit ist die zentrale Veranstaltung des Software Campus, um alle Beteiligten des Programms zusammenzubringen. Eingeladen sind alle Teilnehmenden – ob das Projekt 2023 erst startet, gerade läuft oder bereits abgeschlossen ist. Der Projektträger sowie...
Software Campus Summit 19. and 20.05.2022
The Summit is the central gathering of the Software Campus to unite all stakeholders of the program. All participants are invited – whether the project is just starting in 2022, is currently running, or has already been completed. The project management and...
Workshop: The Sustainability Awareness Framework
How does your research effect sustainability? Not just technically, but also from the social, individual, environmental and economic perspective? For example, what does it do when the number of users increases or a tool is used by someone not meant for him/her? We...
Lecture series of the SWC Alumni Association: Efficient Data Stream Processing in the Internet of Things
On 07.12.2020, the lecture series of the SWC Alumni Association will start with a lecture by Jonas Traub. Anyone interested can take part by clicking on the zoom link below. Titel: Efficient Data Stream Processing in the Internet of Things Abstract: The Internet of...



















