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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]

With the start of lectures in the winter semester, chatbot Iris is also back in action. She offers computer science students personalized assistance with programming exercises. Several lecturers are currently using Iris in their courses. She thus supports several thousand students. [read more]

How can a connection be created between the human brain and a computer? This is the question studied by the neuroTUM student club, founded at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The aim is to make neurotechnology more accessible to students and to help people with physical disabilities. [read more]

Whether preparing application documents or tips on career planning: the TUM Alumni & Career Service offers more than 100 career events and numerous services in German and English for students, doctoral candidates and alumni in the winter semester. Brand new: the “Engineers for Germany” program. [read more]

Are you thinking about your career after graduation? Apply by October 31 for the 1,000+ project week at TUM and get to know companies on site. [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]

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]

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]