TUM Department of Informatics

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TUM Department of Informatics
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TypePublic
Established1967 (first courses)
1992 (independent department)
Dean [de]
Academic staff
49 professors
480 research assistants (2020)[1]
Students7,444 (2020)[1]
Location
Garching
,
Bavaria
,
Germany
AffiliationsTUM
Websitein.tum.de
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The TUM Department of Informatics (TUM IN) is a department of the Technical University of Munich, located at its Garching campus. Its field is computer science and related disciplines, with the German term informatics being practically synonymous with the Anglo-American computer science.[2] With 7,444 students, it is the largest department or school at the university.

History[]

The first courses in computer science at the Technical University of Munich were offered in 1967 at the Department of Mathematics, when Friedrich L. Bauer introduced a two-semester lecture titled Information Processing. In 1968, Klaus Samelson started offering a second lecture cycle titled Introduction to Informatics.[3]

By 1992, the computer science department had separated from the Department of Mathematics to form an independent Department of Informatics.[3]

In 2002, the Department relocated from its old campus in the Munich city center to the new building on the Garching campus.[3]

In 2017, the Department celebrated 50 Years of Informatics Munich with a series of lectures and ceremonies, together with the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Bundeswehr University Munich.[3]

Building[]

Interior of the faculty building for the Departments of Mathematics and Informatics

The Department of Informatics shares a building with the Department of Mathematics.

In the building, two massive parabolic slides run from the fourth floor to the ground floor. Their shape corresponds to the equation and is supposed to represent the "connection of science and art".[4]

The Branch Library Mathematics & Informatics

Chairs[]

The department consists of 31 chairs:[5]

  1. Engineering Software for Decentralized Systems
  2. Formal Languages, Compiler Construction, Software Construction
  3. Database Systems
  4. Software & Systems Engineering
  5. Scientific Computing
  6. Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-time Systems
  7. Foundations of Software Reliability and Theoretical Computer Science
  8. Network Architectures and Services
  9. Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence
  10. Computer architecture and Parallel Systems
  11. Connected Mobility
  12. Bioinformatics
  13. Application and Middleware Systems
  14. Theoretical Computer Science
  15. Computer Graphics and Visualization
  16. Computer Aided Medical Procedures
  17. Information Systems and Business Process Management
  18. Decision Sciences & Systems
  19. Software Engineering for Business Information Systems
  20. IT Security
  21. Logic and Verification
  22. Software Engineering
  23. Sensor Based Robot Systems and Intelligent Assistance Systems
  24. Cyber Trust
  25. Data Science and Engineering
  26. Data Analytics and Machine Learning
  27. Robotics Science and Systems Intelligence (joint appointment with the Department of Electrical Engineering)
  28. Visual Computing
  29. Computational Molecular Medicine
  30. Law and Security in Digitization (joint appointment with the School of Governance)
  31. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine (joint appointment with the Department of Electrical Engineering)

Rankings[]

University rankings
By subject – Global & National
QS Computer Science & Information Systems 2021[6] 35  (1)
THE Computer Science 2021[7] 14  (1)
ARWU Computer Science & Engineering 2021[8] 51-75  (1)
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CHE Ranking 2020 – National
Overall study situation ● 1.8 ● 1.6
Research orientation ● 2.1 ● 1.7
Study organisation – –
Support in studies ● 1.9 ● 1.9
Support in the study entry phase ● 10/14 pts.
Coursed offered – –
Teacher support – –
Exam preparation – –
Laboratory internships – –
Teaching of scientific competence – –
Scientific-artistical orientation – –
Graduations in appropriate time ● 69.3% ● 42.8%
International orientation ● 5/9 pts. ● 8/9 pts.
Contact with work environment – –
Job market preparation – –
Citations per publication –
Doctorates per professor –
Publications per professor –
Research reputation –
Third party funds per professor –
Third party funds per academic –
Overall study situation ● 1.7 ● 1.5
Research orientation ● 1.9 ● 1.6
Study organisation – –
Support in studies – –
Support in the study entry phase ● 10/12 pts.
Coursed offered – –
Teacher support – –
Exam preparation – –
Laboratory internships – –
Teaching of scientific competence – –
Scientific-artistical orientation – –
Graduations in appropriate time – –
International orientation ● 7/13 pts. ● 6/13 pts.
Contact with work environment ● 5/12 pts. ● 5/12 pts.
Job market preparation – –
Citations per publication –
Doctorates per professor –
Publications per professor ● top group
Research reputation –
Third party funds per professor –
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The TUM Department of Informatics has been consistently rated the top computer science department in Germany by major rankings.[6][7][8] Globally, it is rated No. 35 (QS),[6] No. 14 (THE),[7] and within No. 51-75 (ARWU).[8]

In the 2020 national CHE University Ranking, the department is among the top rated departments for computer science and business informatics, being rated in the top group for the majority of criteria.[9][10]

Notable people[]

Seven faculty members of the Department of Informatics have been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany with a maximum of €2.5 million per award:

Friedrich L. Bauer was awarded the 1988 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award for inventing the stack data structure. Gerd Hirzinger was awarded the 2005 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award.  [de] and Burkhard Rost were awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in 2011 and 2008, respectively. Rudolf Bayer was known for inventing the B-tree and Red–black tree.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Department of Informatics in Facts and Figures 2020". TUM Department of Informatics. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Are We All In The Same Boat? ACM & Informatics Europe" (PDF). Association for Computing Machinery. 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "History". TUM Department of Informatics. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Sabine (4 October 2002). "Akademiker-Bespaßung: Rutschpartie zum Café Latte". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Chairs". TUM Department of Informatics. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Computer Science & Information Systems". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "World University Rankings 2021 by subject: computer science". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Subject information about Studying Computer Science in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Studying Business Informatics in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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