2024 is almost over - time for a review of the year. Whether inaugural lectures, cooperation with company partners, Dialogtag or graduation ceremony - we look back with pleasure and at the same time look forward to further highlights during the KIT anniversary year 2025.

We wish all students, professors and staff of the KIT Department of  Economics and Management happy and relaxing holidays and a good start into the new year. We are already looking forward to many events and opportunities for exchange on the occasion of KIT's 200th anniversary.

We are pleased to announce that the research group of KIT Information Systems, will be represented with 8 contributions at the Internation Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2024 in Bangkok. Congratulations to all authors

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

We are looking for an internationally recognized personality for the Tenure-Track-Professorship (W1) “Information Systems IV - Digital Platforms & Services”. Through teaching, you will strengthen the offering of the KIT-Department of Economics and Management by active participation in the basic and specialization program in the field of information systems of the interdisciplinary Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs. In particular, you will contribute to the expansion of the English-language specialization program by developing courses on the topic of digital platforms & services, as well as (Gen)AI-based information systems. The commitment for an active industry collaboration and the transfer of research results in business are desired. We are looking forward to your applications by 15th January 2024.

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

As part of the freshman welcome ceremony, KIT honors students every year who, in addition to their academic achievements, can also demonstrate outstanding commitment to a student initiative. This year, industrial engineering students Tessa Buttenberg and Jannik Schwade were among those honored. Both have been active in the student council for economics for years and take on central tasks there. We would like to congratulate them on this award and thank them on behalf of the KIT Department of Economics and Management for their great commitment.

Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Bakker, who has been awarded the dissertation prize of the Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR). In her dissertation "On the interplay between data and decisions in discrete location problems", she presents new methods for solving location problems more efficiently. The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel. Hannah Bakker was also honored with the YoungWomen4OR Award of the WISDOM Forum of the EURO (Association of European Operational Research Societies). We wish her continued success in her scientific career.

On November 6, the inaugural lecture of PD Dr.-Ing. Rebekka Volk and the farewell lecture of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Lützkendorf took place. After interesting lectures on the topics of circular economy and sustainability, there was still enough time for an exchange over snacks and drinks. Among the guests was Prof. Wolfgang Eichhorn, one of the first deans of our department, as well as other emeriti, professors, employees and other interested parties. Many thanks to Mr. Lützkendorf for his decades of commitment and all the best for Ms. Volk at IIP.

Manipulated websites that link to a fake store are difficult to identify. Operators in particular often lack the necessary resources to identify security vulnerabilities on the website or determine whether it has been hacked. Researchers in the INSPECTION project, in which Anne Hennig and Peter Mayer from the SECUSO research group at AIFB were involved, investigated how such attempted fraud can be identified from the outside and how those affected can be effectively informed. The Baden-Württemberg Security Forum has now awarded the INSPECTION project second place in this year's Security Prize. Congratulations!

On October 25, the International Relations Office invited all international students of our department to an introductory meeting to get in touch with other students and to give a few tips on studying at KIT. Over "typical" German snacks, there was a lively discussion about the cultural differences between the higher education landscape of the respective home countries and Germany. We wish you an exciting stay at KIT and will be happy to answer any questions you may have!

We are pleased to welcome the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia in Italy and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece as new ERASMUS+ partner universities of the KIT Department of Economics and Management. An application for a stay abroad in the winter semester 2025/26 is possible until December 01, 2024. Information on this in the IRO office hours or at the ERASMUS+ information event on 04.11.

WISDOM

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Emilia Graß has been chosen as one of this year's Young Women for Operations Research (YW4OR) awarded by WISDOM (Women in Society: Doing Operational Research and Management Science).

WISDOM is a forum within the EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies) that aims to support, empower, and encourage the participation of all genders in Operations Research and Management Science (shortly OR). One of the goals of WISDOM is to promote championing, networking, and mentoring, particularly of women at the early stages of their careers in OR. On Thursday, 14th November Emilia Graß will give insights into her current research at the YW4OR webinar.

We welcome all students - especially the first semester students and employees of the KIT Department of Economics and Management in the winter term 2024/25. We wish you an insightful and fun semester. For everyone starting their studies at KIT, we have tried to summarize the most important first steps for starting your degree program at KIT.

The information system students Daniel Hotze, Hannah Heimpel, Levente Mihalyi, and received an IS scholarship funded by Schwarz IT. The scholarship runs for 12 months and supports scholarship holders with 300 Euros per month. The scholarship is awarded by the non-profit association "Die Wirtschaftsinformatik e.V." and serves to promote young people in the field of IS. The scholarship is funded by companies that provide the financial support. For the 2024/25 period, three IS scholarships were funded by Schwarz IT KG at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) supporting students of  the Information Systems program. We congratulate the scholarship holders and thank Schwarz IT for their support. 

The research groups of Professors Satzger, Sunyaev and Weinhardt will be represented with a total of 10 papers at the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2025. Congratulations to all authors!

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven, who took office as President of KIT on October 1, 2024. For the 58-year-old Dane, the focus of his first term of office is clearly on positioning KIT in the international and national knowledge landscape. We look forward to working with him and wish him a good start in his new position.

The 39th symposium of the Angewandte Informatik Karlsruhe e.V. (AIK) association will address and discuss the current status in the research fields of IT security and privacy protection with experts in a total of five presentations, as well as support services and educational measures to increase risk awareness - from psychological factors to behavior in crisis situations. IT security expert Professor Melanie Volkamer from KIT and the SECUSO research group were responsible for organizing the content.

Christine Heinrich

Do you need something to read for cozy autumn days? In 2022, the KIT Department of Economics and Management celebrated its 50th anniversary. On the occasion of this anniversary, a comprehensive chronicle of the department's history was compiled. If you would like to receive one or more copies, please contact Melanie Ungemach.

cbs Corporate Business Solutions Unternehmensberatung GmbH

In this article, Maximilian Thür, Consulting Director at cbs, talks about his career and what makes working at cbs special for him. Max never gets bored, because "every project is unique, as you always have to deal with different personalities and industries."

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Every year, the KIT-Department of Economics and Management awards the science prizes for the best scientific work. During the Dialogtag on July 17, the prizes were awarded for works completed in the period January 01, 2023-December 31, 2023. The prizes were presented by our Dean Prof. Wouters. We congratulate all prizewinners for this special achievement and wish them every success in their future careers. Thanks also to the Schleicher Foundation Baden-Baden, which sponsors the prize.

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Are you starting your studies at the KIT-Department of Economics and Management in the winter term 2024? Based on our information event for applicants, we have collected answers to the most frequently asked questions. You can also find more information about starting your studies here. We wish you a good start to your studies and would like to remind you once again to take part in the O-Phase, which will make your arrival at KIT easier. The information is only available in German.

On July 20, the graduation ceremony of the KIT-Department of Economics and Management took place, organized by the Fachschaft Wirtschaftswissenschaften. KIT-WiWi Alumni Dr. Frank Schlottmann (CEO msg systems ag) was invited as keynote speaker -  thank you very much for your words!

Congratulations to all graduates and much success and joy for your further studies or career. A big thank you also to the Fachschaft Wirtschaftswissenschaften and their tireless commitment to organizing this great event.

In the current ranking of Wirtschaftswoche, KIT once again came in third place in the Industrial Engineering and Management degree program. HR managers at German companies, thus confirm, that KIT-graduates in Industrial Engineering and Management are in high demand on the job market. KIT also recently achieved very good results in the QS World University Ranking and is ranked 102nd worldwide.

Markus Breig, KIT

The Industrial Engineering and Information Systems master degree programs receive extremely positive ratings in the current CHE Master's ranking. The "range of courses" category is particularly highlighted, especially for the "breadth of course content", "opportunities for individual specialization in the degree course" and "digital teaching elements". The Master's in Industrial Engineering and Management also achieved excellent ratings in "General study situation" and "Support during studies". In the Master's in Information Systems, KIT scores above average in "Research orientation of the degree program", with positive ratings for student participation in research projects and integration of current research results into teaching.