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Final Presentation of the EIT Health Trend Seminar
On October 7, the final presentation day of the EIT Health Trend Seminar 2016 took place at CDTM, a joint institution of the Technical University Munich and Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. In front of many guests including representatives of the universities (LMU and TU Munich), this year’s project partners (Profil GmbH, Air Liquide Healthcare, AG Diabetes & Technologie), lecturers and cooperation partners (EIT Health) 26 international and interdisciplinary students presented their r
12 Oct 2016
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Exchange Program to UC Berkeley
Arriving at the School of Information in Berkeley really felt like coming home. The university lives up to the expectations we had prior to our stay. Besides being one of the best academic institutions in the world, the campus lies in the beautiful scenery of California and the spirit of the vibrant city of San Francisco can be strongly felt. And on top of that, Berkeley is surrounded by inspiring and visionary atmosphere of the Silicon Valley. Being able to study and work in an environment l
5 Jul 2016
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- Anne Greul
- Jann Speyer
CDTM Entrepreneurs visit China with TIE
In order to foster the international relations among young entrepreneurs from China and Germany, the UnternehmerTUM and the Tsinghua xLab organized the TIE^2 program (referred to later as simply "TIE"). In the middle of May, 14 entrepreneurial minded students from Germany flew to Beijing for ten days in order to work on their ideas with Chinese students. The Chinese students in turn will have the pleasure to enjoy Munich for ten days in October and develop their ideas and products for the German
28 Jun 2016
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- Steffen Iwan
- Irman Abdić
Columbia University in the City of New York: A hub for innovation
For many successful years, CDTM has maintained partnership with Columbia University's Institute for Tele-Information - CITI. This year, Centerlings Isabel Poppek and Philipp Rathjen were granted the privilege to study at one of the world's finest institutions, and dive into the diverse research being done at CITI. Under the leadership of Professor Eli Noam, CITI shines the light of academic research on some of the most pressing and or controversial topics in the digital economy. From the challen
23 Jun 2016
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3 min read
- Philipp Rathjen
CDTM plays sport, goes to the Elite Cup
Last Saturday, Augsburg welcomed the most tourists it has seen since a bus full of Australians accidentally booked their Oktoberfest accommodation in the city, as Augsburg University hosted the annual Elite Cup: a soccer tournament for academic programs within the Elite Network of Bavaria. The CDTM contingent was made up of 17 students and two CAs (both named Florian). This group was large enough to divide into two, resulting in a so-called ‘CDTM First Team’ and a rather sadistically-called ‘
12 Jun 2016
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Centerlings go Hiking
Warm spring days are perfect for hiking and so a group of us decided to plan a 2 day hiking trip to Wallberg near Tegernsee. As April and May approaches people on the streets get more friendly as everyone is looking forward to the warm sun and the English Garden sunbaths. The Bavarian mountains also start calling the people from Munich to climb their summits. So we thought it was a perfect time to go hiking! Who are we? When people from the CDTM and Manage & More (M&M) meet, they o
9 Jun 2016
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3 min read
- Martin Patz
Building Radar and its early days in the CDTM
It was one year ago that Building Radar started its operations. Since then the young company has achieved the title of an "award-winning search engine easy to use for construction projects". The company has been winning prizes and recognition such as the Copernicus Masters Competition, Founder Competition of the German Family Offices, the Disruptive Technology Challenge and joining the Founder.org program which it all of won in 2015. The frenzy continued in 2016, where they won the ESA Space App
2 Jun 2016
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3 min read
- Bastian Burger
Google's VP visits CDTM
A few weeks back CDTM once again happily welcomed a top-class speaker at CDTM Future Leadership Series, a fireside chat organized by the Alumni Taskforce. Philipp Justus, Vice President of DACH and CEE at Google visited CDTM to talk about digital transformation and learn about the projects that are being done at CDTM. In his speech he focused on the question of “How to drive digital transformation in businesses?” and offered handy insights in how Google is driving its culture of
2 Jun 2016
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Centerlings Down Under
The Urban Informatics Research Lab at the Queensland University of Technology is one of CDTM’s partner programs for a semester abroad. Some of you might wonder, What is Urban Informatics? Urban Informatics is at the intersection of people, places, and technology. By definition it is an interdisciplinary field drawing from many fields, including computer science, design, and sociology. Located in sunny Brisbane, Australia, the UI Lab offers a wide variety of research topics ranging from urban
25 Apr 2016
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3 min read
- April Moeller
Creating the Circling Centerling: Modding Looping Louie
When Centerling Ferran's birthday was approaching, his classmates of the Class of Spring 2016 were looking for a fun gift. Everybody loves Looping Louie, a game created for small children, and more frequently put to different use by partying students. As innovators, the newest class believed there was yet room for improvement. With zero hesitation, they cancelled their plans for Saturday, and started hacking. It resulted in upgraded Looping Louie with 3D-printed extensions to feature eight playe
7 Apr 2016
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- Laurenz Altenmüller

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