Günter Hommel
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
[email protected], http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/
Welcome at TU Berlin!
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Historical Development of TU Berlin (1)
• 1770 Foundation of the Mining College by Frederick the Great
• 1799 Foundation of the Academy of Architecture
• 1821 Foundation of the Industrial Institute
• 1879 Foundation of the “Königlich Technische Hochschule“ unifying the Academy of Architecture and the Industrial Institute
• 1916 Integration of the Mining College
• 1899 First university of technology to get the privilege to award the doctoral degree “Dr.-Ing.”
• 1909 First admission of women
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Historical Development of TU Berlin (2)
After the war
• 1922 Implementation of Faculties
• 1933 During Fascism important research facility for National Socialists
– elimination of Jewish and critical scientists– leading part in military research
• Closed after the second world war
• 1946 Reopened as “Technische Universität Berlin”
• Today the largest University of Technology in Germany
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Students and Staff (2004)
• 30 706 students in winter term 2003/2004
• 20 % of foreign students (highest percentage in Germany)
• 347 professors
• 1 732 academic staff
• 2 244 administrative staff
• 1821 student helpers
• 126 apprentices
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Student Statistics
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Semester
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Structure of TU Berlin
• 8 FacultiesMore than 100 Institutes
I Humanities
II Mathematics and Natural Sciences
III Process Sciences
IV Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
V Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems
VI Civil Engineering and Applied Geo Sciences
VII Architecture - Environment - Society
VIII Economics
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Campus of TU Berlin
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Offered courses
• More than 50 courses lead to different Diploma or Masters degrees
• Within those courses more than 100 specializations are possible
• Courses comprise all fields of Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economics, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
• Diploma courses are divided into two parts
– 2 years of basic studies (Grundstudium)
– 2 - 3 years of advanced studies (Hauptstudium)
• Grundstudium: Scientific foundations (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, ...)
• Only after completion of all examinations it is possible to start with the second part
• Hauptstudium: Research oriented specialization, completed by final examinations (Diploma, Masters, ...) and a thesis
• Currently additionally introduction of Bachelor and Master courses
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Partnerships with Universities around the World
• TU Berlin cooperates with over 200 foreign universities
• Strong focus on partners from technologically advanced countries
• In recent years more and more scientific exchange programs with universities in Eastern Europe
• Partnership agreements also exist with Asian universities (China, Korea, Indonesia,...)
• These agreements cover
– joint research projects
– exchange of scientists and students
– sponsorships for young scientists
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International Cooperation
Western Europe and Turkey
40%
Asia24%
Eastern Europe13%
North America11%
Australia and Oceania
1%
Africa (south of Sahara)
2%
North Africa/Middle
East 4%
Latin America5%
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Famous Researchers
First Electron Microscope 1929
Ernst Ruska
Nobel Price in 1986
First programmable computer (relay)
Z1 in 1936, Z3 in 1941
Konrad Zuse
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• 41 Professors
• 265 Scientific Staff
• 1774 Computer Science Students
• 1224 Electrical Engineering Students
• 753 Computer Engineering Students
• 6 Institutes
– Energy and Automation
– High Frequency and Semiconductors
– Telecommunication Systems
– Computer Engineering and Microelectronics
– Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science
– Commercial Information Systems and Quantitative Methods
New EE building
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Research Network of the Faculty
Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
FhG- FIRST
Computer Architecture and Software Technology
FhG-FOKUS
Open Communication Systems
FhG- IZM
Reliability and Microintegration
FhG-HHI
Telecommunications Heinrich-Hertz-
Institut
FhG-ISST
Software- and Systems Engineering
Ferdinand-
Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
(microwaves)
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Budget and Funding Faculty
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Funding/ Mill. €
• 30 Mill. € / year university budget + 14.7 Mill. € / year third-party funding
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Budget of Research Facilities (2003)
• Total budget: 110.5 Mill. €
44,70
24,70
7,70
18,40
10,30 4,70
Faculty EECSFhG-IZMFhG-FOKUSFhG-HHIFhG-ISSTFhG-FIRST
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Institute for Energy and Automation
• Control Systems, N.N.
• Drives Technology, N.N.
• Electrical Machines / Renewable Energies, Hanitsch
• Electronics and Medical Signal Processing, Orglmeister
• Electronic Measurement Technology, Gühmann
• High Voltage Engineering, Kalkner
• Lighting Technology, Kaase
• Microsensor and Actuator Technology, Obermeier
• Power Electronics, Bernet
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Institute for High-Frequency and Semiconductor System Technologies
• High Frequency Techniques / Photonics, Petermann
• Optoelectronics, Tränkle
• Specialfields (Antennas + EMC), Mönich
• RS and Microwaves Electronics, Böck
• Semiconductor Devices, Boit
• Reliability and Microintegration, Reichl
• Microelectronics / Microsystems Technology, N.N.
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Institute for Telecommunication Systems
• Formal Models, Logic, and Programming, Mahr
• Mobile Communications, Boche
• Communication Systems, Sikora
• Telecommunication Networks, Wolisz
• Open Communication Systems, Popescu-Zeletin
• Intelligent Networks and Distributed Systems Management, Geihs
• Communication and Operating Systems, Heiß
• Next Generation Networks, Magedanz
• Design and Testing of Telecommunication Systems, Schieferdecker
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Institute for Computer Engineering and Microelectronics
• Electromagnetic Field Theory, Henke
• Microelectronics, Klar, Manck
• Processor Technology, Post
• Architecture of Embedded Systems, N.N.
• Real-Time Systems and Robotics, Hommel
• Computer Graphics, Lemke
• Computer Vision, Hellwich
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Institute for Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science
• Software Engineering, Jähnichen
• Parallel and Distributed Programming, N.N.
• Software for Embedded Systems, N.N.
• Language Design and Compiler Construction, Pepper
• Data Bases, N.N.
• Computation and Information Structures (CIS), Weber
• Distributed Information Systems, NN.
• Theoretical Computer Science/ Formal Specification, Ehrig
• Theoretical Computer Science, N.N.
• Artifical Intelligence, Wysotzki
• Machine Learning, N.N.
• Neural Information Processing, Obermayer
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Institute for Commercial Information Technology and Quantitative Methods
• System Analysis and IT, Krallmann
• Agent Technologies in Business Applications and Telecommunication, Albayrak
• Knowledge-based Systems, Konrad
• Industrial Psychology, Volpert
• Legal Problems and Data Protection, Lutterbeck
• Econometrics and Statistics, Friedrich
• Statistics, Kockelkorn