Master's studies in CoMputer sCienCe at rWtH aaCHen university
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<strong>Master's</strong> <strong>studies</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong> <strong>university</strong><br />
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impr<strong>in</strong>t<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik, Department of Computer<br />
Science, <strong>rWtH</strong> Aachen Universtity<br />
Ahornstr. 55, 52074 Aachen – Germany<br />
www.<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik.rwth-aachen.de<br />
Editorial details<br />
master's Studies <strong>in</strong> Computer Science <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> Aachen University<br />
published by<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik, Department of Computer<br />
Science on behalf of the rector of <strong>rWtH</strong><br />
Aachen University, templergraben 55,<br />
52062 Aachen – Germany<br />
www.rwth-aachen.de<br />
Editorial board<br />
prof. Dr. m<strong>at</strong>thias Jarke,<br />
prof. Dr. Ulrik Schroeder,<br />
Z<strong>in</strong>a petrushyna m.A.<br />
Concept and realiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
AS’C Arkadij Schewtschenko Communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
Frankfurt am ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> close collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with<br />
the task Force market<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik<br />
photography and illustr<strong>at</strong>ions:<br />
Computer Graphics Group, <strong>rWtH</strong> Aachen<br />
University, ESA – CnES – Arianespace/<br />
Optique Vidéo CSG, Florian Heller,<br />
Andreas Hub, Fotolia/Arid Ocean,<br />
Jan-peter Krämer, Dr. Jan Kritzner,<br />
peter W<strong>in</strong>andy<br />
Aachen, October 2010<br />
WelCoMe<br />
dear student,<br />
i am pleased th<strong>at</strong> you are <strong>in</strong>terested<br />
<strong>in</strong> gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>studies</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong><br />
aachen <strong>university</strong>. s<strong>in</strong>ce our technical<br />
<strong>university</strong> is constantly striv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to improve its research and<br />
teach<strong>in</strong>g performance, we want to<br />
<strong>at</strong>tract the best students from all<br />
over the world. <strong>in</strong> return we offer<br />
you top-level study and research<br />
opportunities <strong>in</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ural sciences and other fields<br />
as well as important connections<br />
to German companies.<br />
as you may know, <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> is one of<br />
Germany´s most renowned technical universities. due to its outstand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
performance <strong>in</strong> the excellence <strong>in</strong>iti<strong>at</strong>ive of the German<br />
federal and st<strong>at</strong>e governments, it has further enhanced <strong>in</strong> reput<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
top-level students from asia, africa, america and europe<br />
already benefit from <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong>´s top level achievements<br />
<strong>in</strong> educ<strong>at</strong>ion and research. numerous partnerships between<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> aachen and <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional companies offer you gre<strong>at</strong> professional<br />
and personal perspectives.<br />
the Computer science department <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong><br />
is among the top <strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>in</strong> computer science teach<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
research — not just <strong>in</strong> Germany, but <strong>in</strong> all of europe. and we are<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ed to keep it th<strong>at</strong> way. th<strong>at</strong>’s why we are recruit<strong>in</strong>g top<br />
students with the drive to develop the fasc<strong>in</strong><strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g technologies th<strong>at</strong><br />
will shape the future.<br />
prof. dr. ernst schmachtenberg<br />
rector of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong><br />
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<strong>aaCHen</strong>: a unique plaCe for researCH<br />
the excellent reput<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> <strong>in</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g extends far beyond<br />
Germany. With 31.000 students, over 400 professors and 9.000 staff members, the <strong>university</strong><br />
is the driv<strong>in</strong>g force for research and educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> the entire region. nowhere else does a<br />
computer science department work so closely together with eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, nowhere else are the<br />
collabor<strong>at</strong>ions as varied, <strong>in</strong>tensive, and productive. numerous jo<strong>in</strong>t projects with various eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
departments demonstr<strong>at</strong>e the strength of these connections. f<strong>in</strong>d out more about<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong>’s str<strong>at</strong>egic program “<strong>rWtH</strong> 2020 — Meet<strong>in</strong>g Global Challenges”.<br />
research and <strong>university</strong> rank<strong>in</strong>gs consistently place <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> <strong>at</strong> the top<br />
of their lists. <strong>in</strong> april 2009, for example, a rank<strong>in</strong>g by Human resource directors from across<br />
the country named <strong>rWtH</strong> the best <strong>university</strong> <strong>in</strong> Germany. and <strong>in</strong> september 2009, the German<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional science found<strong>at</strong>ion dfG declared <strong>rWtH</strong> the most successful competitor for its<br />
research grants — and not for the first time.<br />
the technology region <strong>in</strong> and around aachen shows a strong focus on it research:<br />
it’s no co<strong>in</strong>cidence th<strong>at</strong> <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional market leaders such as apple, ericsson, ford, philips,<br />
t-systems, Generali deutschland, and Microsoft have chosen aachen as their loc<strong>at</strong>ion for<br />
research <strong>in</strong> the previous years. Moreover, thirteen technology parks <strong>in</strong>vite startup companies<br />
to establish themselves around the <strong>university</strong> — more than 1200 have been founded <strong>in</strong> the<br />
last two decades alone.<br />
www.excellence-<strong>in</strong>iti<strong>at</strong>ive.com/aachen-2020<br />
top researCH — Here and next door<br />
Just 35 kilometres away from aachen lies the forschungszentrum Jülich, one of the largest<br />
research centers <strong>in</strong> europe. More than 4.000 staff members work to solve the multi-discipl<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
challenges our society is fac<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the areas of health, energy & environment, and it.<br />
the Jülich– aachen research alliance (Jara ) tightly connects the center to <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen<br />
<strong>university</strong>. four fraunhofer research <strong>in</strong>stitutes conduct applied research and technology<br />
transfer <strong>in</strong> aachen.<br />
www.fz-juelich.de<br />
preMier leaGue<br />
Membership <strong>in</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ional and <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional networks of top <strong>in</strong>stitutions documents the leadership<br />
position of <strong>rWtH</strong>. <strong>in</strong> the idea league, <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> cooper<strong>at</strong>es with four<br />
lead<strong>in</strong>g european technical universities — imperial College london, tu delft, etH Zurich,<br />
and paristech — on shared str<strong>at</strong>egies and quality standards as well as jo<strong>in</strong>t degrees and research<br />
endeavors. With<strong>in</strong> Germany, the tu 9 alliance of the top technical universities is a key<br />
player <strong>in</strong> shap<strong>in</strong>g the n<strong>at</strong>ional framework for excellent research and teach<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
www.idealeague.org/about | www.tu9.de/tu9<br />
Wirtschaftswoche, the lead<strong>in</strong>g German economics magaz<strong>in</strong>e,<br />
wrote <strong>in</strong> their rank<strong>in</strong>g (april 2009):<br />
“never before Was tHere suCH an<br />
overWHelM<strong>in</strong>G suCCess. <strong>in</strong> five C<strong>at</strong>eGories,<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong> <strong>university</strong> Was ranked first:<br />
eleCtriCal enG<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>G, <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>iCs,<br />
MeCHaniCal enG<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>G, n<strong>at</strong>ural <strong>sCienCe</strong>s,<br />
and bus<strong>in</strong>ess enG<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>G“<br />
www.haufe.de/sid41.shfhpeoeha8/personal/newsdetails?newsid=1240502082.84<br />
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europe is riGHt Here<br />
aachen is a young city, with students from <strong>rWtH</strong> and other <strong>in</strong>stitutions, th<strong>at</strong> <strong>at</strong> the same<br />
time has a rich history as a medieval imperial capital. <strong>in</strong> fact, you’ll f<strong>in</strong>d Germany’s first<br />
unesCo world cultural heritage site here. the aachen research region lies <strong>in</strong> the center of<br />
Western europe. the triangle of Germany, belgium, and the netherlands offers a gre<strong>at</strong> quality<br />
of life and excellent research connections to the neighbor<strong>in</strong>g universities. paris, london<br />
and brussels are just a few hours away by tra<strong>in</strong>. perhaps this is the reason why aachen offers<br />
such an open and future-oriented <strong>at</strong>mosphere. europe is right here<br />
LOnDOn<br />
BrUSSELS<br />
pAriS<br />
AACHEn<br />
COLOGnE<br />
all is pretty near<br />
railway Car<br />
paris 2:36 h 424 km<br />
London 3:40 h 455 km<br />
Brussels 1:06 h 144 km<br />
Cologne 0:36 h 70 km<br />
HiGH-end <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>iCs<br />
as one of the most successful and highest-ranked computer science departments<br />
<strong>in</strong> Germany, we particip<strong>at</strong>e <strong>in</strong> three of the Clusters of excellence and<br />
doctoral schools recently awarded with<strong>in</strong> the German excellence competition.<br />
Well ahead of most German computer science departments, <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduced competitive <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional english-language Master’s programs a<br />
decade ago. <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik gradu<strong>at</strong>es about 220 Master’s students per year,<br />
about one third of them <strong>in</strong> our <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional english-language Master’s programs.<br />
twenty to twenty-five doctor<strong>at</strong>es <strong>in</strong> computer science are granted annually,<br />
offer<strong>in</strong>g our gradu<strong>at</strong>es lead<strong>in</strong>g positions <strong>in</strong> universities, research <strong>in</strong>stitutes,<br />
and <strong>in</strong>dustrial r&d around the world.<br />
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<strong>sCienCe</strong> ²<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik offers unique opportunities to do research across traditional<br />
discipl<strong>in</strong>ary boundaries: cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with aachen’s world-lead<strong>in</strong>g eng<strong>in</strong>eers<br />
br<strong>in</strong>gs our <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion and software technologies to the eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g products<br />
th<strong>at</strong> have made Germany the world’s lead<strong>in</strong>g export n<strong>at</strong>ion. the <strong>in</strong>dustrial competence<br />
ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> such projects enhances the qualific<strong>at</strong>ions of our gradu<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
<strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>iCs aMbassador to tHe World<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik <strong>at</strong>tracts top bachelor gradu<strong>at</strong>es from all over the world<br />
through its <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Master’s programs <strong>in</strong> software systems eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and Media <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics. <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional doctoral tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g centers <strong>in</strong> no less than<br />
four areas of computer science offer excellent perspectives for those <strong>in</strong>terested<br />
<strong>in</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g beyond the Master’s degree. the <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional flavor of Master’s<br />
<strong>studies</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> <strong>in</strong>cludes numerous student exchange<br />
programs with lead<strong>in</strong>g universities <strong>in</strong> europe and beyond. and the reput<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> is spread<strong>in</strong>g: <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik also contributes actively to the Master’s<br />
programs of the thai German Gradu<strong>at</strong>e school of eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>at</strong> k<strong>in</strong>g Monkut<br />
<strong>university</strong> of technology, bangkok, and to the new German <strong>university</strong> of technology<br />
<strong>in</strong> oman.
Cre<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>G essentials of future teCHnoloGies<br />
as a Master’s student, you particip<strong>at</strong>e <strong>in</strong> the world-class research of<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik faculty and research <strong>in</strong>stitutes <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g fields:<br />
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Fundamentals and Software Systems<br />
basic research complements the strong practice-orient<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>rWtH</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik cre<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g the strong fundamentals on which future breakthroughs<br />
and quality <strong>in</strong> software technology and applic<strong>at</strong>ions are built.<br />
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Inform<strong>at</strong>ion and Communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion management, d<strong>at</strong>a analysis and future communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
technologies go hand <strong>in</strong> hand <strong>in</strong> top research activities such as aachen’s<br />
uMiC excellence Cluster on Mobile Communic<strong>at</strong>ions, funded directly by<br />
the German n<strong>at</strong>ional science found<strong>at</strong>ion, dfG.<br />
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Visualiz<strong>at</strong>ion and Simul<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>in</strong> addition to theory and experiment<strong>at</strong>ion, simul<strong>at</strong>ion has become the<br />
third pillar of science and eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik has taken a<br />
leadership role <strong>in</strong> high performance simul<strong>at</strong>ion and multimedia visualiz<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
not the least through access to europe’s fastest supercomputer <strong>in</strong><br />
the forschungszentrum Jülich.<br />
the next pages illustr<strong>at</strong>e how the competence centers of <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik<br />
benefit all of us.<br />
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Fundamentals and Software Systems<br />
WHo Makes europe’s spaCe Missions safer?<br />
the european space agency esa seeks to reduce the risks of control software defects <strong>in</strong><br />
spaceflight systems by us<strong>in</strong>g methods and software tools th<strong>at</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d such bugs autom<strong>at</strong>ically.<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce february 2009, the software Model<strong>in</strong>g and verific<strong>at</strong>ion Chair <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong><br />
leads a challeng<strong>in</strong>g new project to evalu<strong>at</strong>e error-freeness and performance of spacecraft<br />
hardware and software. together with the italian bruno kessler found<strong>at</strong>ion, the Chair<br />
will develop new software tools th<strong>at</strong> avoid the risks of deadlocks and provably predict the<br />
reliability of a new mission. typical for <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik is the <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary, <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional,<br />
and <strong>in</strong>dustry-oriented research: the result<strong>in</strong>g methods and tools will then be implemented on<br />
modern space systems <strong>in</strong> cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with a french company.<br />
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© 2009 ESA – CnES – Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Inform<strong>at</strong>ion and Communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
WHo Cre<strong>at</strong>es tHe seaMless and safe Mobile <strong>in</strong>ternet?<br />
seamless mobile Wlan access everywhere<br />
<strong>in</strong> the city of aachen and <strong>in</strong> its rural environment<br />
around historic Monschau town<br />
will soon be launched <strong>in</strong> a ground-break<strong>in</strong>g<br />
demonstr<strong>at</strong>ion project.<br />
despite the trend towards mobility <strong>in</strong><br />
our society, fast mobile <strong>in</strong>ternet coverage<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s a problem <strong>in</strong> rural or small-city<br />
areas where the <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />
for centralized uMts or Wifi solutions is<br />
not economically feasible. <strong>at</strong> the same time,<br />
local Wifi community solutions often suffer<br />
from lack of seamless user experience and<br />
security gaps.<br />
the Mobile aCcess approach by <strong>rWtH</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik: with more than 22 million dsl<br />
connections, Germany already has the<br />
potential for wireless broadband access anywhere.<br />
However, an <strong>at</strong>tractive concept for<br />
the shared usage of these capabilities has<br />
still been lack<strong>in</strong>g. assum<strong>in</strong>g the cooper<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
of thousands of network participants,<br />
it must ensure high security, lawful usage<br />
of multiple priv<strong>at</strong>e and public broadband<br />
<strong>in</strong>stall<strong>at</strong>ions, and a seamless user experience<br />
on the move. <strong>in</strong>teraction and communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
services like the Web 2.0 are thus<br />
becom<strong>in</strong>g even more <strong>at</strong>tractive for mobile<br />
users.<br />
Mobile aCcess, a practice-oriented project<br />
<strong>in</strong> the context of the excellence cluster<br />
uMiC, is far more than just mobile <strong>in</strong>ternet.<br />
Highly <strong>at</strong>tractive value-added services, such<br />
as augmented-reality, <strong>in</strong>-town navig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and <strong>in</strong>teraction, are enabled. for example, a<br />
user may take a photo with a mobile device,<br />
and a central localiz<strong>at</strong>ion server determ<strong>in</strong>es<br />
position and direction by compar<strong>in</strong>g with a<br />
d<strong>at</strong>abase or 3d city model.<br />
mobile ACcess cont<strong>in</strong>uously reports on the network quality situ<strong>at</strong>ion by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g measurements<br />
with simul<strong>at</strong>ions how strong the WLAn network is <strong>in</strong> each loc<strong>at</strong>ion. the user can thus<br />
be guided to places <strong>in</strong> the neighborhood, where better access is presently available.<br />
Excellence <strong>in</strong> Visualiz<strong>at</strong>ion and Simul<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
HoW do p<strong>at</strong>ients survive WHile Wait<strong>in</strong>G on<br />
tHeir Heart transplant?<br />
p<strong>at</strong>ients wait<strong>in</strong>g for a suitable heart transplant<br />
benefit from advanced blood pumps.<br />
However, such “ventricular assist devices<br />
(vad )” cannot yet be used cont<strong>in</strong>uously, as<br />
the long-term runn<strong>in</strong>g of blood through the<br />
pump causes toxic reactions <strong>in</strong> the body.<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> researchers from eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics are cooper<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the development<br />
of the next gener<strong>at</strong>ion of vad s. these<br />
pumps will cause less damage and will be<br />
small enough to work even <strong>in</strong> children. the<br />
methods for autom<strong>at</strong>ed high-performance<br />
differenti<strong>at</strong>ion developed by <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik<br />
enable eng<strong>in</strong>eers to optimize the necessary<br />
simul<strong>at</strong>ion models of blood flow and<br />
blood toxicity. even then, the simul<strong>at</strong>ions are<br />
so time-consum<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>at</strong> they can only run<br />
on supercomputers like the one <strong>at</strong> forschungszentrum<br />
Jülich. to accomplish this,<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik researchers also developed<br />
methods for the parallel optimiz<strong>at</strong>ion of these<br />
programs.<br />
special <strong>in</strong>teractive virtual reality methods<br />
make the complex d<strong>at</strong>a sets <strong>in</strong>terpretable<br />
by human users. special challenges are posed<br />
by visualiz<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>teraction between the<br />
mov<strong>in</strong>g geometry of the driv<strong>in</strong>g wheel with<strong>in</strong><br />
the blood pump and the deform<strong>at</strong>ion of a<br />
blood cell; with the visualiz<strong>at</strong>ion by <strong>rWtH</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik, the movement of <strong>in</strong>dividual blood<br />
cells <strong>in</strong> the pump can be followed, and we<br />
can observe even the “tank tread<strong>in</strong>g”, a<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ural protection mechanism <strong>in</strong> which the<br />
membrane surround<strong>in</strong>g the blood cell rot<strong>at</strong>es<br />
around its content.<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong>’s credo “meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
global challenges” becomes true only <strong>in</strong><br />
cooper<strong>at</strong>ion across discipl<strong>in</strong>ary boundaries. it<br />
is therefore not surpris<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>at</strong> medical specialists<br />
from europe as well as from the us<br />
are <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> this important project.<br />
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<strong>in</strong> this picture you can f<strong>in</strong>d a twice-elected president of the German <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics society Gi,<br />
director of a fraunhofer <strong>in</strong>stitute, and deputy chair of excellence Cluster uMiC; a former<br />
member of the German science Council and chair of the dfG reviewer panel <strong>in</strong> computer<br />
science as well as Honorary phd from the bulgarian academy; the chairman of the council<br />
of German <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics and eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g faculties 4<strong>in</strong>g and speaker of a collabor<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
research center; the president of the sen<strong>at</strong>e of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> with an honorary<br />
doctoral degree from ecole normale superieure de Cachan, Member of the academia europaea,<br />
also former chair of the dfG reviewer panel <strong>in</strong> computer science; a w<strong>in</strong>ner of the<br />
academics young researcher award 2007 and a w<strong>in</strong>ner of the He<strong>in</strong>z-Maier-leibniz award;<br />
and the deputy chair of the Gauss alliance and member of the it commission of dfG..<br />
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perspeCtives deterM<strong>in</strong>e struCture:<br />
tHe <strong>rWtH</strong> Master’s <strong>in</strong> <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong><br />
the Master of science <strong>in</strong> Computer science, taught mostly <strong>in</strong> German, provides its gradu<strong>at</strong>es<br />
with the competencies for a broad spectrum of opportunities, for example <strong>in</strong><br />
• <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary research<br />
• adm<strong>in</strong>istr<strong>at</strong>ion and f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
• autom<strong>at</strong>ion technology, e.g., <strong>in</strong> automotive and production eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• consult<strong>in</strong>g firms, vendors, and it applic<strong>at</strong>ion enterprises specialized <strong>in</strong> hardware and<br />
software systems, d<strong>at</strong>a and communic<strong>at</strong>ion management.<br />
the regular study dur<strong>at</strong>ion is two years with a total of 120 credits accord<strong>in</strong>g to the european<br />
eCts system. Course modules worth 90 credits can be assembled accord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>in</strong>terests<br />
of students, with certa<strong>in</strong> regul<strong>at</strong>ions to guarantee sufficient breadth. to ensure cross-discipl<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
competence, 18 credits must be achieved <strong>in</strong> an applic<strong>at</strong>ion m<strong>in</strong>or, such as bus<strong>in</strong>ess,<br />
eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, medic<strong>in</strong>e, m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics, the humanities, or a n<strong>at</strong>ural science. the lectures, sem<strong>in</strong>ars,<br />
and lab courses for the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 72 credits are organized <strong>in</strong> the four areas of theoretical<br />
computer science, software and communic<strong>at</strong>ion, d<strong>at</strong>a and <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion management, and<br />
applied computer science; students can take up to 35 credits <strong>in</strong> any of these areas but have<br />
to take <strong>at</strong> least 12 credits <strong>in</strong> theoretical computer science. <strong>in</strong> addition, students choose a research<br />
focus <strong>in</strong> one of the follow<strong>in</strong>g research areas, where they also particip<strong>at</strong>e <strong>in</strong> a research<br />
focus colloquium:<br />
• algorithms and complexity<br />
• autom<strong>at</strong>a and logic<br />
• software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, model<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
and verific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• computer graphics<br />
• multimedia and human-mach<strong>in</strong>e<br />
<strong>in</strong>teraction<br />
• d<strong>at</strong>abases and <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion systems<br />
• knowledge-based systems<br />
• d<strong>at</strong>a explor<strong>at</strong>ion and computer-<br />
assisted learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• embedded systems<br />
• high-performance comput<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• communic<strong>at</strong>ion systems<br />
• p<strong>at</strong>tern and speech recognition<br />
the Master’s thesis (30 credits) reports on a six-month project th<strong>at</strong> demonstr<strong>at</strong>es your ability<br />
to solve a problem of computer science on your own, us<strong>in</strong>g scientific methods.<br />
desiGn<strong>in</strong>G your oWn Master’s proGraM<br />
the structure of the <strong>rWtH</strong> Computer science Master’s degree pursues two aims. on the<br />
one hand, it enables specializ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> a particular direction: comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a bus<strong>in</strong>ess m<strong>in</strong>or with<br />
a specializ<strong>at</strong>ion on d<strong>at</strong>abases and <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion systems complemented with software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
provides an it-oriented bus<strong>in</strong>ess eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g degree. other foci can be def<strong>in</strong>ed: e.g.,<br />
<strong>in</strong> the field of mobile <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion and communic<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>in</strong> comb<strong>in</strong><strong>at</strong>ion with a m<strong>in</strong>or <strong>in</strong> electrical<br />
eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, or <strong>in</strong> bio<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics. on the other hand, you can also pursue a generalist<br />
approach where credits are distributed more evenly across the four areas.<br />
Master’s thesis<br />
30 credits<br />
90 credits<br />
Course modules<br />
“upon Gradu<strong>at</strong>ion our students tell<br />
us aGa<strong>in</strong> and aGa<strong>in</strong> HoW proud tHey<br />
are of everytH<strong>in</strong>G tHey Have aC-<br />
CoMplisHed Here. our proGraM<br />
presents siGnifiCant CHallenGes<br />
– Master<strong>in</strong>G tHeM Can be HiGHly<br />
s<strong>at</strong>isfaCtory. if you suCCeed<br />
Here, you Can also pass otHer<br />
Hurdles, and students and<br />
professors really Work to-<br />
GetHer. tH<strong>at</strong> Helps – and it<br />
Cre<strong>at</strong>es bonds tH<strong>at</strong> often Go far<br />
beyond tHe study tiMe.”<br />
prof. Wolfgang thomas<br />
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120 credits <strong>in</strong> two years<br />
Applic<strong>at</strong>ion m<strong>in</strong>or<br />
18 credits<br />
Computer science<br />
72 credits<br />
Theoretical CS<br />
m<strong>in</strong>. 12 credits<br />
Up to 35 credits <strong>in</strong><br />
software and communic<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
d<strong>at</strong>a and<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion management,<br />
and applied<br />
computer science
<strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Master’s proGraM <strong>in</strong><br />
softWare systeMs enG<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>G<br />
the Master’s program <strong>in</strong> software systems eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g is primarily <strong>in</strong>tended<br />
for <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional students hold<strong>in</strong>g a bachelor’s degree <strong>in</strong> Computer science,<br />
Computer eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, or a closely rel<strong>at</strong>ed field. the program aims to <strong>at</strong>tract excellent<br />
students from all over the world. Courses are offered entirely <strong>in</strong> english.<br />
to successfully complete the program, students are required to earn 120 eCts<br />
credits, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 30 credits for the Master’s thesis and 10 credits for German<br />
language classes. German is not an entrance requirement.<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g on the strengths of <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik,<br />
the program focuses on the design and<br />
implement<strong>at</strong>ion of complex software systems,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g their embedd<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> technical and<br />
socio-technical systems.<br />
the degree program is organized very<br />
similar to the Master <strong>in</strong> Computer science, with<br />
one notable difference beyond the language of<br />
teach<strong>in</strong>g: <strong>in</strong>stead of the 18 credit applic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
m<strong>in</strong>or, students follow a special curriculum of<br />
lectures and a team lab course focus<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
development str<strong>at</strong>egies projects for large-scale<br />
software-<strong>in</strong>tensive systems and their project<br />
management.<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik is <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> numerous networks with <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional universities<br />
and cooper<strong>at</strong>es closely with the daad exchange service. W<strong>at</strong>ch out for<br />
scholarships or research assistantships available as f<strong>in</strong>ancial support to our best<br />
students.<br />
www-i5.<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik.rwth-aachen.de/msc<br />
b-it <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Master’s proGraM <strong>in</strong><br />
Media <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>iCs<br />
the bonn-aachen <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Center for <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion technology (b-it) is a<br />
jo<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong>stitute of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> and the <strong>university</strong> of bonn, offer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Master’s programs <strong>in</strong> Media <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics and life<br />
science <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics s<strong>in</strong>ce 2003. Currently, about 180 Master’s students from<br />
more than 40 countries study <strong>at</strong> b-it; gradu<strong>at</strong>es have an excellent placement<br />
record <strong>in</strong> the software, media, communic<strong>at</strong>ions, and life science <strong>in</strong>dustries as<br />
well as <strong>in</strong> lead<strong>in</strong>g research <strong>in</strong>stitutions worldwide. s<strong>in</strong>ce 2008, the b-it research<br />
school offers the opportunity to cont<strong>in</strong>ue gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>studies</strong> beyond the Master’s<br />
towards a doctor<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
the <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Master’s program <strong>in</strong> Media <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics will educ<strong>at</strong>e you<br />
to successfully master the novel technical and economic challenges <strong>at</strong> the<br />
crossroads of computer science, software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, next-gener<strong>at</strong>ion communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
systems, and media. 90 course credits must be obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> three ma<strong>in</strong><br />
blocks:<br />
• Computer science and m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical found<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
• Multimedia technology<br />
• Media science and bus<strong>in</strong>ess aspects.<br />
the program is dist<strong>in</strong>guished by a significant proportion of research lab courses<br />
embedded <strong>in</strong> basic and applied research of the fraunhofer <strong>in</strong>stitutes of applied<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion technology (fit), and <strong>in</strong>telligent analysis and <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion systems<br />
(iais ), as well as <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry. Major topics <strong>in</strong>clude, e.g.: <strong>in</strong>ternet <strong>in</strong>frastructures<br />
and d<strong>at</strong>a Communic<strong>at</strong>ion, digital <strong>in</strong>teractive Media, Management of <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
Computer Graphics/anim<strong>at</strong>ion/visualis<strong>at</strong>ion, speech/image/video<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g and technology, security and Cryptography, Cooper<strong>at</strong>ive Work<br />
environments, e-bus<strong>in</strong>ess and knowledge Management, virtual and augmented<br />
reality, and Game design.<br />
the program also <strong>in</strong>cludes methodological aspects of design<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>teractive systems<br />
from the perspectives of software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, human-computer <strong>in</strong>teraction<br />
(HCi) and usability, media design, and bus<strong>in</strong>ess requirements. the f<strong>in</strong>al six<br />
months of the program are dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to the 30 credit Master thesis, which can<br />
be completed <strong>in</strong> cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with <strong>in</strong>dustry.<br />
www.b-it-center.de<br />
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Former <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional master's Student<br />
Z<strong>in</strong>a petrushyna from Ukra<strong>in</strong>e is now aim<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>at</strong> her phD <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik with<strong>in</strong> an<br />
<strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional research project on technologyenhanced<br />
learn<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
a Master’s deGree is not enouGH for you?<br />
<strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional doCtoral tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>G opportunities<br />
the Master’s degree is an excellent start<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t for your <strong>in</strong>dustrial career. but<br />
some students are look<strong>in</strong>g for more scientific challenges. as a lead<strong>in</strong>g research<br />
<strong>university</strong>, <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> offers numerous opportunities for doctoral<br />
<strong>studies</strong>, either as a research assistant work<strong>in</strong>g on challeng<strong>in</strong>g projects or as a<br />
doctoral student supported through a fellowship or scholarship. <strong>in</strong> addition to<br />
supervision <strong>in</strong> writ<strong>in</strong>g your doctoral thesis, <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik provides structured<br />
guidance <strong>in</strong> the process through no less than four focused research schools, each<br />
geared towards specific <strong>in</strong>terests:<br />
if you are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> fundamentals of computer science and rel<strong>at</strong>ed discipl<strong>in</strong>es,<br />
the dfG-funded doctoral tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Group for algorithmic synthesis is a<br />
gre<strong>at</strong> resource.<br />
if you like m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and high-performance comput<strong>in</strong>g, the Jülich-aachen<br />
Gradu<strong>at</strong>e research school for simul<strong>at</strong>ion sciences offers many challenges.<br />
Candid<strong>at</strong>es with <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the boundary of m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics, computer science,<br />
and eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g meet their peers <strong>in</strong> the aachen <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional Gradu<strong>at</strong>e school<br />
for Comput<strong>at</strong>ional eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g sciences.<br />
if you are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> applic<strong>at</strong>ion-oriented it research, the bonn-aachen<br />
<strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional research school on applied <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics offers specializ<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>in</strong><br />
Media and Human-Computer <strong>in</strong>teraction, Computer Graphics, d<strong>at</strong>a M<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and<br />
p<strong>at</strong>tern recognition, software and <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, software for Communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
systems, it security, life science <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics, and formal found<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
“While<br />
study<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> odessa polytechnic<br />
<strong>university</strong>, i got a daad brochure th<strong>at</strong> helped me learn<br />
a lot about Germany and its universities. i chose <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong>.<br />
it is situ<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the center of Western europe. the <strong>university</strong> has high rank<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong><br />
s<strong>at</strong>isfaction of students, level of staff proficiency and the number of research projects. also,<br />
it has an impressive record of high-quality public<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>in</strong> technical fields.<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g my first half six months <strong>in</strong> aachen i learned a lot: to be responsible, <strong>in</strong>dependent,<br />
discipl<strong>in</strong>ed. i found out th<strong>at</strong> students acquire knowledge differently from the students <strong>in</strong> my<br />
country. such observ<strong>at</strong>ions helped me study more efficiently myself.<br />
although i was far away from my family, i didn’t feel alone. i got acqua<strong>in</strong>ted with guys<br />
and girls from all over the world: it was amaz<strong>in</strong>g to work together <strong>in</strong> such multi-cultural<br />
groups and to figure out the solutions <strong>in</strong> practical and theoretical courses. the <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
office of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> does not give <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional students an opportunity to<br />
feel lonely, dull or confused. there are always people th<strong>at</strong> can help you to solve the day-today<br />
problems and there are always <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>at</strong>ions to excursions and other meet<strong>in</strong>gs. those were<br />
very helpful to learn about Germany, its history and cities as well as about other countries,<br />
cultures and people.<br />
When i had f<strong>in</strong>ished my Master’s thesis, i had many job offers <strong>in</strong> Germany and other<br />
countries. However, i was so excited by my Master’s thesis th<strong>at</strong> i decided to cont<strong>in</strong>ue my<br />
research <strong>in</strong> the doma<strong>in</strong> of e-learn<strong>in</strong>g, web media and social networks. Work<strong>in</strong>g is surely different<br />
from study<strong>in</strong>g but i’ve always liked how friendly and open people are here.”<br />
Z<strong>in</strong>a petrushyna<br />
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if you Haven’t Got it yet, you’re bound to C<strong>at</strong>CH tHe<br />
<strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong> virus Here!<br />
“<strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong> offers Me tHe CHanCe to CoMb<strong>in</strong>e My passion for<br />
M<strong>at</strong>HeM<strong>at</strong>iCs and loGiCal tH<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>G WitH exCit<strong>in</strong>G praCtiCal appliC<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>ik proMotes My Cre<strong>at</strong>ivity tHrouGH tHe Many different<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>G Groups i Can Cooper<strong>at</strong>e WitH<strong>in</strong> My researCH field, it seCurity.<br />
it seCurity deMands a HiGH deGree of CoMMuniC<strong>at</strong>ion and netWork<strong>in</strong>G<br />
abilities. i Hope to Convey My entHusiasM for teaCH<strong>in</strong>G and researCH,<br />
espeCially to br<strong>in</strong>G More WoMen <strong>in</strong>to our field.”<br />
Ulrike meyer, professor of it Security with<strong>in</strong> the UmiC research Center<br />
“study<strong>in</strong>G <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong> presented CHallenGes to Me i Had<br />
never iMaG<strong>in</strong>ed before. <strong>in</strong>itially, it Was touGH — tHe proGraM deMands<br />
full effort. be<strong>in</strong>G <strong>in</strong>volved early <strong>in</strong> a researCH proJeCt, HoWever, enabled<br />
Me to iMMedi<strong>at</strong>ely apply WH<strong>at</strong> i Had learned; obviously, tHis Motiv<strong>at</strong>ed Me<br />
a lot for advanCed <strong>studies</strong>.”<br />
“study<strong>in</strong>G <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong> already<br />
Gives Me tHe feel<strong>in</strong>G of be<strong>in</strong>G ideally prepared<br />
for Work life. touGH first MontHs <strong>in</strong> tHe pro-<br />
GraM, tHe CHanCe to CHoose a fasC<strong>in</strong><strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>G<br />
area of speCialiZ<strong>at</strong>ion and to Jo<strong>in</strong> researCH<br />
Work, proMoted My abilities a lot. and espe-<br />
Cially <strong>in</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong>, i f<strong>in</strong>d stronG <strong>in</strong>terfaCes to<br />
soMe of tHe Most iMportant <strong>CoMputer</strong><br />
<strong>sCienCe</strong> appliC<strong>at</strong>ions.”<br />
Daniel Schmitz, master's Student <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> Aachen University<br />
mart<strong>in</strong> Lang, <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g master's Student from <strong>rWtH</strong> Bachelor<br />
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as <strong>in</strong> a Good faMily: all belonG toGetHer<br />
as the program has high demands on students, there is a strong team spirit<br />
throughout the <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> aachen. there are duties, but also<br />
freedoms: no top-down <strong>at</strong>titude, but a nice, almost family-like <strong>at</strong>mosphere. this<br />
holds for both the students and the rel<strong>at</strong>ionships among the different research<br />
groups. the age structure of the 27 professors is well distributed, lead<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
many jo<strong>in</strong>t activities.<br />
you cannot just switch off the enthusiasm for computer science after a day of<br />
study<strong>in</strong>g. the joy of research and experiment<strong>at</strong>ion reaches far <strong>in</strong>to the free time.<br />
Jo<strong>in</strong>t sports activities are pursued regularly — study<strong>in</strong>g hard and hav<strong>in</strong>g fun go<br />
hand <strong>in</strong> hand.<br />
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for tHe Hr direCtors of tHe 500 larGest GerMan CoMpanies<br />
<strong>in</strong> GerMany <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>ik is tHe first CHoiCe<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik is constantly found among the top three computer science departments<br />
<strong>in</strong> the most important German research rank<strong>in</strong>gs. Human resource managers of the top 500<br />
German companies rank <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik gradu<strong>at</strong>es as number one.<br />
rank<strong>in</strong>G WirtsCHaftsWoCHe 2009 — <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong>*<br />
1 <strong>rWtH</strong> Aachen 33,3<br />
2 munich (tU) 31,7<br />
3 Karlsruhe 26,9<br />
4 Darmstadt (tU) 24,7<br />
5 ilmenau (tU) 18,3<br />
tHe fun of researCH<br />
6 Dresden (tU) 15,6<br />
7 Stuttgart 14,5<br />
8 munich (LmU) 13,4<br />
9 Berl<strong>in</strong> (tU) 12,9<br />
10 mannheim 11,3<br />
for several years, students from <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik have consistently won the d<strong>at</strong>a M<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
Cup competition — <strong>in</strong> 2008, they occupied the top 8 places among several hundred participants.<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> students and young researchers also excel <strong>in</strong> other competitions, w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
two first homecare robotics competitions with<strong>in</strong> the famous roboCup world championships,<br />
and reach<strong>in</strong>g top-three placements <strong>in</strong> competitions for autonomously-driven model cars.<br />
www.d<strong>at</strong>a-m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g-cup.com/2008/Wettbewerb/preise<br />
www.robocup.rwth-aachen.de<br />
www.galaxis.rwth-aachen.de<br />
the “oldeurope” team from <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik won the “capture-the-flag” hacker competition<br />
2009, distanc<strong>in</strong>g second-placed “Hackerdom” team from ural st<strong>at</strong>e <strong>university</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
russia. the team won <strong>in</strong> all three c<strong>at</strong>egories (offensive, defensive, and ethical) among the 34<br />
<strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional particip<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g teams.<br />
www.cipher-ctf.org/cipher5<br />
* Best gradu<strong>at</strong>es by op<strong>in</strong>ion of Human rescource Directors, numbers <strong>in</strong> percent<br />
“study<strong>in</strong>G <strong>CoMputer</strong> <strong>sCienCe</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong> Has Given Me tHe<br />
understand<strong>in</strong>G of lead<strong>in</strong>G<br />
edGe teCHnoloGy WHiCH i<br />
need to steer r&d. i Cont<strong>in</strong>ue<br />
to profit today froM tHe<br />
MetHods WHiCH i Have learnt<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>aaCHen</strong>.”<br />
After bachelor <strong>studies</strong> <strong>at</strong> Cambridge University (UK) and his <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics degree <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik, peter möckel is<br />
currently Director of the Deutsche telekom Labor<strong>at</strong>ories <strong>in</strong> Berl<strong>in</strong>, where he heads an r&D team of over 300 people<br />
towards novel telecommunic<strong>at</strong>ion technologies and applic<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
tHe <strong>rWtH</strong> Master’s deGree:<br />
open<strong>in</strong>G doors and knitt<strong>in</strong>G netWorks<br />
the success of your personal career is predic<strong>at</strong>ed through the <strong>rWtH</strong> challenges you have<br />
mastered. each <strong>in</strong>dividual Master degree has a special value: acquir<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>rWtH</strong> Master’s<br />
documents shows th<strong>at</strong> you are a master <strong>in</strong> your field. alumni of <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong><br />
know this. as decision makers <strong>in</strong> large projects or <strong>in</strong> similar jobs, they hold the value of an<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> Master’s or doctoral degree <strong>in</strong> high esteem. Many <strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik gradu-<br />
<strong>at</strong>es have been <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the found<strong>in</strong>g of the more than 1200 startup companies, which<br />
have cre<strong>at</strong>ed over 40.000 jobs <strong>in</strong> the aachen region over the past 20 years. special courses<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the Master’s programs and by the <strong>rWtH</strong> entrepreneurship Center will provide you<br />
with the necessary background if you consider this excit<strong>in</strong>g perspective.<br />
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f<strong>in</strong>anCe<br />
your expenses, compris<strong>in</strong>g tuition fees, rent, health <strong>in</strong>surance and food, will be <strong>at</strong> least 700 €<br />
per month (if you enroll <strong>in</strong> a public Master’s program).<br />
ManaGeable f<strong>in</strong>anCial load<br />
if you have demonstr<strong>at</strong>ed strong academic performance, you can apply for a scholarship<br />
which helps you fund your gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>studies</strong>.<br />
you can also cover the costs of your study program by work<strong>in</strong>g as a research or teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />
assistant <strong>at</strong> a <strong>university</strong> department. such a position is often l<strong>in</strong>ked to ongo<strong>in</strong>g research<br />
projects, provides an excellent complement to your degree program, and frequently serves as<br />
a spr<strong>in</strong>gboard to doctor<strong>at</strong>e level <strong>studies</strong> l<strong>at</strong>er on.<br />
lanGuaGe<br />
if you wish to enroll <strong>in</strong>to a German-taught Master’s program, you will have to provide<br />
evidence of your German language proficiency. if your program is taught <strong>in</strong> english, good<br />
German language skills are not mand<strong>at</strong>ory. it is highly recommended however th<strong>at</strong> you are<br />
able to communic<strong>at</strong>e <strong>in</strong> German – for study, work, or socializ<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
German language skills will help you feel <strong>at</strong> home <strong>in</strong> aachen and <strong>at</strong> <strong>rWtH</strong>, and facilit<strong>at</strong>e<br />
your social particip<strong>at</strong>ion and professional <strong>in</strong>teractions, enabl<strong>in</strong>g you to get the most out of<br />
your study abroad experience.<br />
GerMan lanGuanGe support<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> aachen <strong>university</strong> offers a variety of German language courses, specifically designed<br />
for <strong>in</strong>tern<strong>at</strong>ional students. registr<strong>at</strong>ion for all of these courses is free of charge.<br />
Cre<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>G essentials of future teCHnoloGies<br />
<strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>forM<strong>at</strong>ik faCulty<br />
Erika Abraham theory of Hybrid systems<br />
thomas Berlage life science <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ics<br />
paolo Bient<strong>in</strong>esi autom<strong>at</strong>ion and High performance Comput<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Christian Bischof scientific Comput<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Jan Borchers Media Comput<strong>in</strong>g and Human-Computer <strong>in</strong>teraction<br />
Jürgen Giesl programm<strong>in</strong>g languages and verific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Erich Grädel M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical found<strong>at</strong>ions of Computer science<br />
James Gross Mobile network performance<br />
Klaus <strong>in</strong>dermark (em.) software Model<strong>in</strong>g and verific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
m<strong>at</strong>thias Jarke <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ion systems and d<strong>at</strong>abse technology<br />
Joost-pieter K<strong>at</strong>oen software Model<strong>in</strong>g and verific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Leif Kobbelt Computer Graphics and Multimedia<br />
stefan Kowalewski software for embedded systems<br />
thorsten Kuhlen virtual reality<br />
Gerhard Lakemeyer knowledge-based systems<br />
Bastian Leibe Mobile Multimedia process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Horst Lichter software Construction<br />
Ulrike meyer it-security<br />
manfred nagl (em.) software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Uwe naumann software and tools for Comput<strong>at</strong>ional eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Hermann ney Human language technology and p<strong>at</strong>tern recognition<br />
Walter Oberschelp (em.) logic and theory of discrete systems<br />
Wolfgang pr<strong>in</strong>z Cooper<strong>at</strong>ion systems<br />
thomas rose process Management<br />
peter rossmanith theoretical Computer science<br />
Bernhard rumpe software eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Ulrik Schroeder Computer-supported learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
thomas Seidl d<strong>at</strong>a Management and d<strong>at</strong>a explor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Otto Spaniol Communic<strong>at</strong>ion systems<br />
Wolfgang thomas theory of discrete systems<br />
Berthold Vöck<strong>in</strong>g algorithms and Complexity<br />
Klaus Wehrle distributed systems<br />
Felix Wolf parallel programm<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong>ever field of activity you are aim<strong>in</strong>g <strong>at</strong> — <strong>rWtH</strong> <strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik is always outstand<strong>in</strong>g, if<br />
your way leads you <strong>in</strong>to research. become a <strong>rWtH</strong> Master — get <strong>in</strong> touch with us: master@<br />
<strong>in</strong>form<strong>at</strong>ik.rwth-aachen.de<br />
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