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Cooperation between Informatics and Engineering Disciplines in Germany: Motivation, Activities, and first Results Manfred Nagl "Fakulttentag" Informatics, 4ING Lehrstuhl Informatik 3, RWTH Aachen University


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Lehrstuhl Informatik 3

euroTICS, Zurich, October 16, 2006

Cooperation between Informatics and Engineering Disciplines in Germany:

Motivation, Activities, and first Results

Manfred Nagl "Fakultätentag" Informatics, 4ING Lehrstuhl Informatik 3, RWTH Aachen University nagl@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de

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Contents

  • "Fakultätentag" Informatics
  • 4ING "Fakultätentage"

for Engineering and Informatics

  • Common future problems
  • Landscape of relevant institutions/persons for

E&R at University

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"Fakultätentag" Informatics: Institution

  • Informatics faculties/institutes of

~50 universities in Germany, representing

– 750 professors – 2000 assistants – 50.000 Informatics/CS students

  • Well-defined process to become a member
  • Plenary session every year

– 2005 Braunschweig, 2006 Ilmenau – accompanied by a workshop "Evaluating lectures by students" (2006)

  • Board: 4-6 meetings or phone conferences
  • Commission for studies
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FTI Members

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"Fakultätentag" Informatics: Activities

  • Informatics voice: Common interests of

university faculties

athough universities are in competition (rankings, eval.)

  • Guarantee quality level of university Informatics
  • Study frame for Bachelor/Master curricula

in 2004 (see talk of Prof. Heiß)

  • Current topics

– Accreditation – Bachelor/Master transition

(talk of Prof. Reischuk)

– Evaluation of departments … see below

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"Fakultätentage" for Engineering and Informatics

  • Members:

– Mechanical and Process Engineering – Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Electrical and Information Engg. – Informatics/CS

  • Represents all corresponding activities at

universities and institutes of technology

  • Represents

– 2000 professors – 10.000 assistants – 120.000 students The scientific Engineering / Informatics Power 4ING "for engineers"

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4ING Members

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4ING: Current Activities

Statement Ph.D. studies

Signed by VDMA, ZVEI, VDI, GI, …

Recommendation Ph.D. studies for faculties Statement Capacity Problems 2005 – 2020

demographic problems, changes secondary schools

Organizing ourselves

law, management, financing, …

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Common Problems of 4ING Faculty Conferences

  • Freshmen acceptance test
  • Self assessment for 4ING students
  • Qualification framework & outcome orientation
  • Accreditations: Experiences, organization of this mass

business, uniformity

  • Frames for Bachelor/Master Curricula

and how they are followed

  • Quality evaluation of faculties
  • Quality stamps for faculties
  • Quality evalutation of publications
  • Lecture evaluation by students
  • Further and contd. education (more important due to BaMa)
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The Landscape of relevant Institutions/Persons for University E&R

> 200, not complete

Politicians for Education & Research In Federal and State Parliaments Corresponding Commissions State paid institutions Professional organizations Universities (~85) Rectors "Fakultätentage" (~20) Professors Wissenschaftsrat DHV 4ING AFT TU9 Research sponsors DVT BDI DIHK HDB VDMA ZVEI BITKOM Industrial organizations Ministries BMBF 16 State Ministries for Education & Research Administrative personnel VDI VDE GI Bundesingenieurkammer Landesingenieurkammern Accreditation Council acatec DAAD, ... DFG VW Stiftung Stifterverband ... HRK KMK BLK CHE HIS