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The Sarntal Valley in South Tyrol is a secluded place. But for 40 years now, the Sarntal has been attracting particularly promising students to spend twelve days here during the summer vacation. Professor Hans-Joachim Bungartz has been the director of the Summer Academy since 2006. [read more]

Fleet management for robotaxis, apps to combat the loneliness of city dwellers or to compare rental cars at lightning speed – this year's "hackaTUM" was once again all about creative solutions to practical problems. [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]

Three students from the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology want to use innovative technology to make life easier for people who are hard of hearing. They will be presenting their student project Sonovision at the electronica trade fair in November 2024. [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]

Professor Luise Pufahl is honored twice for the good supervision of her doctoral candidates in 2024: with the Supervisory Award of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Supervisory Award of the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology. [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]

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]

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]

Major global challenges can only be mastered through collaboration between different disciplines. In the “Interdisciplinary Science Ranking” of the British magazine “Times Higher Education (THE)”, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is at the top in Germany and in 12th place worldwide. [read more]

Fifteen researchers from the Technical University of Munich belong to the world's most frequently cited scientists. Their names can be found in the latest Highly Cited Researchers rankings. Among them is Professor Fabian Theis. [read more]