From 22 to 25 September 2026, TU Dresden will become the centre of the German-speaking computer science community. The Informatik Festival – the annual conference of the German Informatics Society (GI) – will focus this year on the theme of ‘Digital Resilience’ and...
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Kick-Off 2026
Kick-off! On July 8, the new class of the Software Campus met for the first time. Many thanks to the Forum Digital Technologies for inviting us to their facility. Once everyone had arrived and been served snacks and drinks, our program director, Stefan Jazdejewski,...
Registration for the Kickoff 2026
At the central kickoff event for the current class, you will get to know other participants from all research partners and their projects. Applying for funding for your Software Campus project will also be part of the kick-off. The kickoff will take place in...
Beyond Academia: Career Transition Workshop for AI Researchers
When computer scientists collaborate with our Software Campus corporate partners on projects, they gain valuable insights into the practical applications of their research. However, if they decide to pursue a non-academic career after completing their PhD, they often...
Training sessions for participants will start in April
As in every year, with the beginning of spring, our training season starts as well. This year, out of 43 diverse training days, our participants can freely choose their fours preferred trainings from the fields of methods, leadership, and social and self-competence....
New industry partner at Software Campus: Snowflake strengthens the program
The Software Campus is pleased to welcome Snowflake as a new industry partner. The program's partner network has grown to include 20 universities, research institutions and companies with the addition of this cloud-based data and AI platform provider. Snowflake's...
2 February to 15 March: New application phase for the Software Campus
Online information event on 3 February Software Campus is looking for PhD students in computer science! It supports you as a computer science Ph.D. student in enhancing your leadership skills. During this 2-year program, you will lead a project team to conduct a...
Fabian Karl
About me: Who are you, and what do you do professionally? Since when are you Software Campus participant, and with whom are you collaborating (Industry Partner)? I am Fabian and I am a PhD student at the Technical University of Munich, where I am conducting research...
Henning Duwe
Interview with our Software Campus participant Henning Duwe.
Jonas Weidner
About me: What is your IT-Project about – core topic – and how could it be used in the long run? We do develop AI-supported simulations that do recreate the growth of brain tumors. The aim of this project is to better understand how tumors spread in the brain and to...
Benedikt Dietrich
About me: Who are you, and what do you do professionally? Since when are you Software Campus participant, and with whom are you collaborating (Industry Partner)? My name is Benedikt Dietrich. I’m a research associate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). At the...
Rene-Pascal Fischer
My name is Rene Fischer and I am pursuing a doctorate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern.











