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For the eighth time, highly motivated coders gathered at "hackaTUM" to work on exciting future-oriented projects with leading industry partners. [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is celebrating the official launch of the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI). As an integrative research institute, MDSI will pool the expertise of more than 60 professors in the fields of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. [read more]

In the future, master's students from both universities will be able to obtain a master's degree in Data Science at the University of Queensland in addition to their degree in Informatics at TUM. The aim of the double degree programs is to incorporate the strengths of the study programs of the… [read more]

The chair for Human-Centered Technologies for Learning (Prof. Enkelejda Kasneci) offers a course on "AI-assisted writing: the new way to get ahead" as part of the TUM Project Weeks. [read more]

Epidemics have immediate and long-term effects on people worldwide. In March 2023, young researchers from Africa and Europe will deepen their understanding of the mathematical fundamentals of infectious disease modeling. [read more]

Companies around the world consider graduates of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to be exceptionally well qualified. This is seen in the latest edition of the Global University Employability Ranking. TUM is 13th worldwide and is number four in Europe. [read more]

TUM is among the top 10 universities in three subjects in the Shanghai Rankings. In remote sensing, agricultural sciences and biotechnology, the rankings place its research achievements at the very top of the global list. In five other subjects, TUM achieved excellent positions in the top 50. [read more]

Michael Jungmair from the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT) has been awarded one of the coveted Google PhD Fellowships 2024 in the field of Software Systems. He wants to develop a new, powerful method to integrate and optimize user-defined code in database queries. [read more]

Professor Gudrun Klinker and Professor Nassir Navab from the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology receive the Career Impact Award of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2024 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [read more]

The Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (The MICCAI Society) presents Professor Daniel Rückert with the Enduring Impact Award 2024. He received the award at the MICCAI conference, which took place from October 6 to 10, 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco. [read more]

From personalized recommendations to voice assistants – technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are already affecting our everyday lives. But what developments will come along in the coming years? Professor Daniel Cremers offers insights into the future of AI. [read more]

In the SwingBots project, Prof. Alin Albu-Schäffer aims to construct an energy-efficient industrial robot that utilises natural oscillations. With the Proof of Concept Grant, he plans to identify the most promising applications, develop a prototype, and assess the potential for market introduction. [read more]

Every year, the Bavarian Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) honors outstanding theses. Two of the awards went to members of the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT). [read more]

The European Research Council (ERC) will be funding five researchers at the Technical University of Munich with a Consolidator Grant. Among them is Professor Matthias Nießner from the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology with the project Gen3D: Learning to Create Virtual Worlds. [read more]

An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: three promising start-up ideas from researchers have been honored with the TUM IDEAward. First place goes to a team from the Department of Computer Engineering. [read more]