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Info Talk Master of Science in Computer Science Prof. Dr. Alexander Wolff Chair for Computer Science I – Efficient Algorithms – University of W¨ urzburg These slides are available at www1.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/slides/master-en.pdf

Frankfurt W¨ urzburg Munich

Frankfurt W¨ urzburg Munich

W¨ urzburg. . . Frankfurt W¨ urzburg From Frankfurt Airport: 1 1 2 hrs by train Munich

W¨ urzburg. . . Frankfurt W¨ urzburg From Frankfurt Airport: 1 1 2 hrs by train Bavaria From Munich Airport: 3 hrs by train Munich

Main Concern of Colombian Students –

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . .

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . . The Weather!

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . . The Weather! . . . in Bucaramanga

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . . The Weather! (c) www.wetterkontor.de . . . in Bucaramanga . . . in W¨ urzburg

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . . The Weather! (c) www.wetterkontor.de . . . in W¨ urzburg . . . in Irkutsk

Main Concern of Colombian Students – . . . with respect to W¨ urzburg. . . The Weather! (c) www.wetterkontor.de . . . in W¨ urzburg . . . in Irkutsk

W¨ urzburg?

W¨ urzburg? . . . baroque architecture!

W¨ urzburg? . . . good beer! . . . baroque architecture!

W¨ urzburg? . . . Franconian wines! . . . good beer! . . . baroque architecture!

The University

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties – math & computer science

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties – math & computer science – life sciences

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties – math & computer science – life sciences . . . – physics

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties – math & computer science – life sciences . . . – physics – no engineering :-(

The University founded in 1583 roughly 25 000 students 10 faculties – math & computer science – life sciences . . . – physics – no engineering :-(

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs:

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 Human–Computer Systems 30–40 Business Informatics 40–60

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 Human–Computer Systems 30–40 Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!)

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: Master programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 Human–Computer Systems 30–40 Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!)

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: Master programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 � “SpaceMaster” � � Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 (in English!) Human–Computer Systems 30–40 � (soon) � Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!)

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: Master programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 � “SpaceMaster” � � Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 (in English!) Human–Computer Systems 30–40 � (soon) � Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!) PhD program:

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: Master programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 � “SpaceMaster” � � Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 (in English!) Human–Computer Systems 30–40 � (soon) � Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!) PhD program: Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST)

Institute of Informatics www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de Bachelor programs: Master programs: # first-year students Computer Science 50–80 � “SpaceMaster” � � Space and Aerospace C.S. 30–50 (in English!) Human–Computer Systems 30–40 � (soon) � Business Informatics 40–60 (All taught in German. . . sorry!) PhD program: Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST) each of our 8 chairs (with 1–2 profs) has 2–5 PhD positions (in total ≈ 40 PhD student, including third-party funded positions)

Why a Master Degree?

Why a Master Degree? Deepen your understanding, focus on speciality!

Why a Master Degree? Deepen your understanding, focus on speciality! Average salery* of a computer scientist (Germany, univ. deg.) 3.932 e (before taxes) *) from http://www.gehaltsvergleich.com

Why a Master Degree? Deepen your understanding, focus on speciality! Average salery* of a computer scientist (Germany, univ. deg.) 3.932 e (before taxes) 18.000 free positions in 2009** *) from http://www.gehaltsvergleich.com **) Society of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)

Why a Master Degree? Deepen your understanding, focus on speciality! Average salery* of a computer scientist (Germany, univ. deg.) 3.932 e (before taxes) 18.000 free positions in 2009** Preparation for PhD (lots of research! some teaching!) *) from http://www.gehaltsvergleich.com **) Society of German Engineers (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)

Why W¨ urzburg?

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-)

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-)

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-) interesting research areas (= topics for your master thesis!)

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-) interesting research areas (= topics for your master thesis!)

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-) interesting research areas (= topics for your master thesis!) free choice from a broad variety of lectures

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-) interesting research areas (= topics for your master thesis!) free choice from a broad variety of lectures attractive focus areas

Why W¨ urzburg? beautiful old town :-) nice professors ;-) interesting research areas (= topics for your master thesis!) free choice from a broad variety of lectures attractive focus areas Algorithmics und Theory Intelligent Systems Software Engineering Embedded Systems Internet Technology Space and Aerospace Technology

W¨ urzburg – but how?

W¨ urzburg – but how? ECTS 5 – seminar Mandatory subjects – project 10 75 Elective subjects Master thesis 30 120 total

W¨ urzburg – but how? ECTS 5 5 – seminar Mandatory subjects – project 10 10 30 75 Elective subjects (from focus area ) Master thesis 30 30 (from focus area 75 ) 120 total

W¨ urzburg – but how? ECTS 5 5 – seminar Mandatory subjects – project 10 10 30 75 Elective subjects (from focus area ) Master thesis 30 30 (from focus area 75 ) 120 total It’s up to you whether you want to study a focus area. If you want, your focus area will be mentioned in your final report.

W¨ urzburg – but how? ECTS counting 5 5 – seminar Mandatory subjects 0 – project 10 10 30 75 75 Elective subjects (from focus area ) Master thesis 30 30 45 (from focus area 75 ) 120 120 total It’s up to you whether you want to study a focus area. If you want, your focus area will be mentioned in your final report.

W¨ urzburg – but what? Computational Geometry Complexity Theory II Approximation Algorithms Cryptography & Data Security Visualization of Graphs Compiler Construction Algorithms for GIS Embedded Systems Databases II Artificial Intelligence Deduktive Databases E-Learning Data Compression Information Retrieval Programming of Distributed Systems Language Process. & Text Mining Computer Arithmetics Medical Informatics Program Design & Analysis Robotics Evaluation of Distributed Systems Robotics II: Networked Robots Techniques for Performance Eval. Advanced Automation Automata and Formal Languages Advanced Space Project Computability and Logic Spacecraft Systems Design