“itCampus establishes cooperation with University of applied sciences Leipzig Oberseminar out student of media Informatics take advantage of practice-oriented teaching with the beginning of the summer semester 2009 starts at the Department of mathematics, Informatics, and natural sciences the HTWK Leipzig the upper seminar software ergonomics and eBusiness”. The course is as practice partners: The itCampus software – and Systemhaus GmbH. organized by Prof. Dr. Michael Frank (HTWK Leipzig, FbIMN) together with the Department of itCampus software ergonomics and design. Diploma and master’s students develop in particular practical issues of software development and optimization in the context of software ergonomics of Web applications. The close interaction between science and industry is integral to the philosophy of itCampus’, explains Maik Szmatulewicz, design of head of and communication.
“We appreciate the cooperation with the HTWK Leipzig and are sure that both students as itCampus also will benefit.” Specifically by the students in the form of itCampus puts the issues, by Lectures will be elaborated. “” These include such as design rules for dealing with audio signals”form of the digital product placement”or senior citizens when dealing with Web applications”. It is also planned that students given the opportunity to continue rendering certain topics in the form of theses. The seminar participants and attendees have the chance to develop very realistic current research questions, in this form of cooperation emphasizes the HTWK Leipzig. “ItCampus is also the practical benefits in the Center in addition to the promotion of young scientists: we hope to see concrete evidence of our development work”, so Maik Szmatulewicz. Background: to harness science practically has itCampus tradition.
in 1999 a spin-off founded the University of Leipzig and the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, itCampus has until today have close links to leading research institutes and universities. Software AG is also convinced this research competence: the second largest Software companies in Germany is as of 1 April 2009 majority shareholder at itCampus. We invest in minds and knowledge”, says Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of software AG, to the commitment of the company in Central Germany. “” Current research focus: itCampus in the project developed in co-operation with the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the IFU Hall CoachOST “a coaching software for the optimization of speaking expression characteristics in telecommunications by using latest technologies of emotion detection, as well as with Endotelligent” a software database-based quality control in Arthroplasty. Together with the University of Leipzig, Cepheus itCampus works in the project”on a framework for the automatic generation of web-based user interfaces from declarative descriptions. And together with the TU Darmstadt, a software to semantik – and behavior-based interview support in customer service is the University of Kassel, the CAS Software AG and TEMIS Germany GmbH. In addition supports itCampus students in its Bachelor’s degree – master’s theses, and promotions. So Dr. Andreas Lassmann graduated example CEO 2008 on the subject of collaborative browsing for Internet-based service and support processes”. Currently, itCampus supervised three PhD students and more than ten diploma or master thesis.