Although data privacy is a crucial topic, given how many digital technologies we use every day, assuring it from a technical perspective can still be a challenging task. While data protection regulations such as the GDPR provide a legal mandate and guidance for...
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New MOOC: „Eco-Tech: Decoding IT’s impact on a sustainable future”
What contribution can technologies make to tackling the climate crisis? We are exploring this question in a newly produced online course (MOOC), which is available since April 2024 at iversity.org. 9 experts from various fields provide insights into the connections...
Alumnus Felix Beierle as Postdoc in Tokyo with the German Academic Exchange Service
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.
Stahl-Holding-Saar is the first sponsor of the Software Campus Alumni Verein e.V.
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...
Summer is Kickoff time
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...
From research lab to leadership position: Software Campus celebrates 10th anniversary
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...
The new class in collaboration at the VHB Writers Workshop 2021
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...
Introducing our new class of 2021
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...
Equality & Diversity – Initiatives of the Software Campus Partners
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...
Sustainability starts with the code
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...
Software Campus supports #SheTransformsIT
“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...
„Isn’t that a stereotype here?“ – A conversation about equality and Male Allyship
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...
New SWC batch 2020 in the wings
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 new projects of the Software Campus round 2019 are online
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...
Dr. Ben Hermann and Dr. Lisa Nguyen participating at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019
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...