Category: Announcement

  • How we improved The AMOS Project over the years

    How we improved The AMOS Project over the years

    You may be familiar with The AMOS Project, our university course in which student programmers develop open-source software for our industry partners. The effort is substantial: Student teams are of size 7-10 computer science students (usually Master’s students); each student has to put in 270-300 hours of work over the course of the project (three…

  • Now looking for AMOS #25 (winter 2025/26) project partners

    Now looking for AMOS #25 (winter 2025/26) project partners

    We are now looking for industry partners to provide requirements and sponsor Scrum projects with our students in Erlangen-Nuremberg and Berlin. In The AMOS Project, 7-10 students of computer science (or similar degree programs) develop open-source software based on the project partner’s requirements. Student teams follow a Scrum process. Our students hail from FAU Erlangen, FU…

  • The Summer 2025 AMOS projects

    The Summer 2025 AMOS projects

    We are happy to report that the summer 2025 AMOS projects are off to a good start. This semester’s industry partners Siemens Energy, BUILD.ING, Meisterwerk, and GRAU DATA are working with our computer science student teams of size 8-10 people each to develop open-source software they’d like to see and use. The projects are: Demo…

  • Invitation to the Winter 2024/25 AMOS Demo Day

    Invitation to the Winter 2024/25 AMOS Demo Day

    On February 5th, 2025, starting at 10:15 CET, our AMOS student teams will show the results of three months of hard work in four projects with our industry partners. The demo day is open to the public, but please register to receive the Zoom link the day before. If you would like to sponsor a Scrum project, in which…

  • The Winter 2024/25 AMOS Projects

    The Winter 2024/25 AMOS Projects

    We are happy to report that the winter 2024/25 AMOS projects are off to a good start. This semester’s industry partners Shell, SEP, e.solutions, and MUMBI are working with our computer science student teams of size 8-10 people each to develop open-source software they’d like to see and use. The projects are: Demo day registration…

  • Further R2S-2025 program information sessions

    Further R2S-2025 program information sessions

    The research-to-startup workshop program for wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:innen (Ph.D. students) teaches graduate students how to turn their research into a startup. It covers all fundamentals using 12 half-day workshops, giving graduate education and technology transfer offices the freedom to focus their resources on the strengths and opportunities of their university. On the heels of the first successful information…