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AMOS retrospective and testimonial by GRAU DATA
Michael Haag, head of development at GRAU DATA, writes to us: GRAU DATA is a provider of innovative software products for managing your data. Our first AMOS project was in the of summer semester of 2020. We very much enjoyed the experience and have returned every summer since then. Our first AMOS Project, the Meta…
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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…
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AMOS retrospective and testimonial by Siemens Energy
Michael Messner of Siemens Energy sent us this email, reviewing a stream of AMOS projects over the years and their results: Thank you, Mike, for the fabulous projects and for giving our students a chance to learn from you and work with industry and real requirements!
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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…
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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…
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AMOS #23 (winter 2024/25) testimonial by MUMBI
Ezgi Kayhan of MUMBI, an industry partner in the winter 2024/25 AMOS project, writes to us: Collaborating with the AMOS project was a smooth and well-organized experience. The team worked efficiently, communicated effectively, and delivered on time what was within their scope. They provided a solid foundation for our product to build upon, and their…