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TUM Students Graduating in Informatics – Survey Proves Excellent Career Opportunities
In November and December 2005 the »Bayerische Staatinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung« interviewed alumni of Bavarian universities (academic year 2003/04). The results of the alumni panel of TUM Informatics is available now. Here are the main results:- All of the TUM Informatics alumni who participated in the survey hold a job.
- 20% of them started immediately in executive or leading positions.
- TUM Informatics alumni start with the highest salary compared with other TUM alumni.
- The absolvents of Informatics at TUM are—in accordance with those of Mechanical Engineering— most satisfied with their first occupation. This is particular true with respect to job content, position, and salary.
- 95% of the TUM Informatics alumni would recommend prospective students to go for studies at TUM Informatics.
BITKOM: 20 000 open positions in the IT sector!
Presentation of the study (PDF, 522 MB)2007 Intel + UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
First Prize Winner: Navaris Medical, Germany: Business_Creators@UnternehmerTUM
(L.t.r) Dr. William A. Swope (Intel); Thomas Wendler (Navaris Medical);
Prof. Jerome S. Engel (UC Berkeley); Eric Soehngen (Navaris Medical); Dr.
Martina Ruth (Intel), Prof. Mark Harris (Intel)
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Doctorands of TUM's Informatics Department developed the TechnologyOn November 15, 2007 the German Life-Science spin-off venture Navaris Medical, founded by entrepreneurs and biomedical researchers of the Technische Universität München (TUM), won the 3rd annual business plan competition at the University of California in Berkeley, with more than 1000 international participants. Navaris Medical is a spin-off project of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) that introduces a breakthrough method in breast cancer surgery. For further information, please visit: |
Access to 100 Millionen Dollar Venture Capital – Award for TUM Computer Scientists through the Business-Competition at the University of Oxford
Instead of winning the prize money of 5000 Pounds for the business-competition at the University of Oxford, Karlheinz Toni (Ph.D. student at the TUM Informatics department), Richard Schreiber (student of Applied Informatics (TUM)), and Thomas Whitfield (Ph.D. student for Biochemistry at Oxford) received a blank check for a 100 million dollar fond. Two of the five jurors, Dan Wagner und Sháá Wasmund, were so convinced by the business idea, that they provided the team with the »whatever it takes« support. If the
development of the business idea requires it, the young entrepreneurs have unlimited access to the capital through BrightStation Ventures.
The Idea: Design the time—Creation of a virtual reflection of time
At a website, everybody can publish a personal moment for one dollar; this moment is linked to a specific point in time: the first kiss, the birth of a child—anything that personally affects you. Whether it is funny, sad, or moving—a potpourri of events and experiences is created, each at a specific time.
Furthermore, historic facts will be inserted into the website, which will put the personal experiences in a global, historic context. This is how global history can be newly written and experienced.
The creators sell a piece of the past, the present, and the future. The investors believe this business idea to have a similar potential as other successful Web2.0-applications, such as YouTube or MySpace.
However, we're not quite there yet. Currently, the webportal at www.design-the-time.de is up and running. In another two months' time, the enabling technology in the background will be implemented as well. Then, anyone can place his piece of history on the web.
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