From Berlin to Tokyo
After the promotion at the Technische Universität Berlin – Software Campus, since mid-2022, the alumnus Dr. Felix Beierle does research at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) with the IFI-Program funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Tokyo. The IFI-Program of DAAD boosts the international mobility of German experts with scholarships; since 2021, there has been a collaboration between Felix Beierle and the Software Campus.
The Alumni Verein e.V. is increasing its activities within the Software Campus. The main goal of the association is to promote science and research and to support the applicants and participants of the Software Campus program with an advisory service. “Above all, we...
On July 5, 2022, the kickoff of the new class of 22 took place. The 35 participants will soon start with their projects. Ms. Alexandra Hilfer and Mr. Holger Konle from DLR Projektträger briefed the participants with all the necessary information for a successful and...
In 2011, representatives from research and industry, together with Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, launched the Software Campus funding program to counteract the shortage of specialists and managers in the IT sector in Germany. Since then, a total of 452 excellent...
This year’s round of the Writers Workshop provided eight participants of the new class with an enriching exchange on their project descriptions (Vorhabensbeschreibung: VHB) for the Projektträger. The project descriptions are the essential instrument to unlock the...
Let the games begin: the 49 participants of the class of 2021 have been selected and are ready to start the program. On 07.07.2021 they were welcomed at the virtual kickoff in the Software Campus. In order to capture the moment in a group picture despite the...
One of the “Sustainable Development Goals” of the United Nations is “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. They write: “Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable...
Do computer scientists have an impact on the long-term effects of their work? The authors of the Karlskrona Manifesto for Sustainability Design answered this clearly for themselves in 2015: „As software practitioners and researchers, we are part of the group of people...
“More women in digitisation – from classrooms to business to politics.” The Software Campus supports the new initiative She Transforms IT, which presented itself for the first time on the 30th of November 2020 at the German Digital Summit. Social media exchanges for...
In the Software Campus team, we are aware of the gender1 imbalance in IT and in leadership positions in general and would like to create an open and inclusive atmosphere for all within the framework of the program and offer our participants space for exchange. As...
In the summer, 48 master and doctoral students were admitted to the new Software Campus batch. They are now in the process of finalising their project descriptions (VHB) in order to unblock the funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for their IT...
The 49 participants of the Software Campus Round 2019 have started their projects with great enthusiasm and you can have a look at some of them here on the Software Campus website. The spectrum of creative and innovative project ideas ranges from machine learning...
Software Campus Alumni Dr. Ben Hermann and current participant Dr. Lisa Nguyen have qualified for the participation at the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) (22 September to 27 September 2019). Both of them are currently doing research at the specialist group...