The latest buzzword in society and economy is
digitalisation: Everybody talks about the
digitalisation of society, the
digitalisation in manufacturing/industry 4.0 and
digital business models. At this point, a smart phone interface is a stronger selling point for a car than a turbo charger or a motor boasting four-valve technology.
This
digitalisation of everything is mainly based on two technical fields:
- More and more every-day products – from high-quality to low-cost are equipped with mini- and microcomputers - also known as embedded systems.
- These embedded systems execute programs which generate, process and transfer data. Data that is then received and further processed by other computers.
The Faculty Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers studies in both
embedded systems and
data processing. And a lot more! If it wasn’t for the software installed on servers and terminals (from desktop computers and smart phones to smart watches), the large
web servers of
social networks couldn't fulfil the requests. These large systems require programming just as microcomputers in embedded systems.
Another issue we are dedicated to at the Faculty Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is the
energy transition. This transition is mainly based on electrical power, which makes electrical engineering play a crucial part in this social, economic and technical change.
Power-to-gas,
renewable energies and
electric drives are mere a few examples of future technologies that will keep the world going around.
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