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Lectures in a tent

Lectures in a tent

Interim lecture halls seem to be in fashion in Garching. While by definition these facilities were only meant to be used on an interim basis, we now have two permanently on campus. In the coming summer semester, we will have a revolutionary continuation: tents in front of the MW building (mechanical engineering). The two giant auditoriums just to the left when entering the MW building are being renovated for fire protection and therefore the students will move into the tents on the 20th of April 2020.

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Jakob Maier ‐ 3 min read

'Out now: impulsiv 137'

'Out now: impulsiv 137'

The impulsiv issue 137 is now available in the MI Magistrale. This issue’s topic is “Movies”. You will learn more about movie festivals around Munich, movie soundtracks, the technology that is used and get an impression of what happens behind the scenes of the tufilm. Probably you will want to have a movie night after reading, so we also provide you with some movie recommendations from the student council. As the new Mensa is finally opened, we took a look behind the scenes there in cooperation with the Reisswolf, the mechanical engineering student council’s magazine.

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Christoph Wen ‐ 1 min read

Weihnachtsvorlesung 2019
Glownothing 2019

Glownothing 2019

The past year is drawing to a close, in order to celebrate this appropriately and to let the Advent season end properly, there will be this year for the fifth time the GLÜHNIX. Since this is an anniversary, we have spared no effort to offer you from 16th to 18th December on the forecourt of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering everything like various delicacies and hot drinks. There will be beforeglow wine, wayglow wine and Glüh-Weihn after the lectures again, in addition flame cakes, Crepes and other hearty delicacies.

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Fabian Richter ‐ 1 min read

The new issue of the impulsiv is out!

The new issue of the impulsiv is out!

impulsiv issue number 136 is out! In the past weeks, the team of the impulsiv was working non stop on the latest issue. Fresh from the press (thanks to our diligent Printer-unit), the newest issue will be layed out in the MI-magistrale and in the physics departement. This issues theme is ‘Change’. There should be an interesting article for everyone: An interview with the new president of the TUM? We got you.

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Christoph Wen ‐ 1 min read

(In)Accessibility in the MI building?

(In)Accessibility in the MI building?

In our university you can encounter various barriers in everyday life. In the older buildings for example, there are no resources to help students with impairment. These include missing Voice announcements in the elevators, broken door openers and floating stairs in the MI building. But also during lectures you can be confronted with challenges. Poorly chosen colours, red laser pointers, acoustics/noise levels, scripts that are not barrier-free, etc. can all be a challenge.

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Philip Höbler ‐ 1 min read

Winterwonderland in the magistrale

Winterwonderland in the magistrale

For the 6th time, the FSMPI is hosting its annual Winterball. Don your finest and most flattering ball attire, for on the 21st of November the MI Magistrale will be transformed into a dance floor like no other. For a night, forget university life and dance away. As always, we shall offer a selection of light refreshments and snacks for our guests. The calm before the dance Not the most seasoned dancer?

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

Meine erste Uniparty 2019

Meine erste Uniparty 2019

Meine Erste Uni Party” is back! Whether you are a freshman or not, we are calling on all of you party people to join us on October 24th to transform the TUM main campus into one big stage! Your semester break might be over, but parties never are! For one evening in the year, foyers will be converted into dance floors and different music will resonate in each floor. At several bars you will get everything from beer to shots to cocktails.

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

Ready, SET, go!

Ready, SET, go!

At the moment, the introductory study days (SET) of our student body for the new freshmen are taking place. An event that should not be missed as a newcomer! Between precourses and the beginning of lectures, a full program of informative and entertaining events will be offered over 5 days: From IT introduction to campus rallye, from welcome by the deans to volleyball tournament, everyone gets his money’s worth. Pub crawls and barbecues are also part of the program.

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Philip Höbler ‐ 2 min read

Ein verspieltes Ende

Ein verspieltes Ende

It’s that time of the year again, the semester is coming to an end and with it our weekly game night in the MI Magistrale. This semester, we were once again pleased to welcome numerous players who gathered every Monday to fight a new battle, experience the last hours on earth, solve puzzles or learn each other’s most private secrets. A game between kings Fun decoding with Codenames Computer scientists go full risk Somehow the games have to get into the Magistrale, too.

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Fabian Richter ‐ 2 min read

Stargazing at the physics faculty

Stargazing at the physics faculty

It’s an old and obviously completely wrong prejudice against mathematicians and computer scientists that they don’t like to leave their house. That they should do just that every now and then is proven by our next event: On Tuesday the 16th of July from 6:30 p.m. until the last train around 2 a.m., the very first Astro Night is happening at the physics department! Listen to one of two interesting talks about everything star-related by Prof.

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

Pen and Paper Abend

Pen and Paper Abend

On Tuesday evening, 2.7, was again the monthly Pen and Paper evening. Again, many (there were really many) brave heroes have gathered to create the evil out of the world. Or rather, I think one group freed the god of death from his shackles… Again, there were some newcomers to get excited about the incredible worlds of PnP. Six masters took players into Dungeon and Dragons, Nightshift, Vampire the Masquerade and other game systems.

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Jonas Erasmus ‐ 1 min read

What's all that noise?

What's all that noise?

Today we would like to present another division, which usually only appears in the background. The Computer Unit, which takes care of the administration and maintenance of the Student Council’s IT. The administrators are organized in the computer department or Compref for short. Among them are experienced system administrators, some of whom do not study anymore, but are always there with help and advice. Our servers are located in the Maths Informatics building.

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 2 min read

'The Last of Us: Campus edition'

'The Last of Us: Campus edition'

You’re still looking for something fun to do this sundy before exam phase eats all your sparetime once again? Look no further, we have the right thing for you! Since we sadly had to postpone the last date, it is finally happening: our annually Human vs. Zombies! HvZ is a version of Playing Fetch, only in cool with Zombies! Become a zombie and help spreading the disease around campus or become a survivor and try to safe humanity by looking for the antidote in one of our exciting new quests!

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

SET is recruiting!

SET is recruiting!

It’s that time of the year again: the summer-SET are quickly approaching and once more, we’re starting to organize them. As our SET instructors cannot do everything on their own, we are again looking for hard-working and motivated employees who want to support us in this task. You want to help shape the SET and thus help us to give the first-years a good start into the everyday uni-life? Then come to our staff meeting on Monday, 24.

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

'Garnix' going on here at 'Tunix'

'Garnix' going on here at 'Tunix'

As you may have noticed last week, the Garnix took place right in front of the MI building. Ruhig und Entspannt … … gemütlich in den Sonnenuntergang … Aber auch mal ganz viel los. Who doesn’t know the Garnix yet: Every year a student festival including music, barbecue and beer takes place on the Garching campus. But what you may not know yet: the Garnix is only the little brother of the Tunix.

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 1 min read

Excellent awards for excellent students

Once again, the faculty for informatics and the student council awards excellent student projects. This project can be anything from projects made during lab courses to research projects to private work. If you’ve worked on some stuff that you wanna show us or you know about a project, please write an email until the 2nd of May to with a short description of your work and a link to your project (e.

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Viktoria Kirchleitner ‐ 1 min read

Die Seuche geht um!
The press is running - again

The press is running - again

One or the other may have seen (some weeks ago) the empty shelves in the lecture notes sales office. But the problem is not that we don’t want to print new scripts - we couldn’t. Our beloved printer had (yet) another problem. This time the printed pages are very blurry and you can hear a high-pitched whistle from the machine. As you may already know from the last blog entry, we have a service contract for the printer: that means a technician is available on call, for exactly such cases.

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 2 min read

Cleaning out the safe

Cleaning out the safe

Soon we will be hosting a big event: the Unity. For our financial department, this also means making room for change. Through the many board game evenings and other events the coins quickly accumulate, especially the small coins. These are particularly impractical at an event, but take up a lot of space in our safe. Our bank offers us a vending machine, where you can insert the coins and then it pleasurably jingles.

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 2 min read

Unity Presale Open

Unity Presale Open

We are sold out! But there are still tickets available at the box office, or helper shifts at https://helfen.fs.tum.de/unity19/ As in the last years we organize the legendary student party UNITY. The presale is open and tickets can be bought at all student councils in Garching as well as at the AStA in the city center. A card in the presale costs 5€. At the box office a ticket will cost 6€.

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 1 min read

Women in CS at TUM Spring Event 2019

Women in CS at TUM Spring Event 2019

We are excited to invite all women and men in the informatics department to join us at our Spring Event! It will be held at the top floor of the TUM Institute For Advanced Study and will feature a speaker, a soft skills workshop, discussions and refreshments. You will also get to know Informatik Forum Frauen (IFF) and the opportunities we offer. Please register to attend (registration opens 2 weeks before), and bring your ticket with you on the day.

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Hanya Elhashemy ‐ 1 min read

Maintenance for our printer

Maintenance for our printer

The new semester is about to start, which means one thing for our printing department: we have to print the new lecture notes in order for them to be available on time for you. As we have to print a lot of pages (which is not possible with an ordinary office printer) we own an production-grade printing machine. Our printer is a Canon VarioPrint 110, but it’s broken and prints multiple nasty stripes all over every page.

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 2 min read

3D printed spare wheel for our dishwasher

3D printed spare wheel for our dishwasher

Recently, a guidance wheel of our dishwasher went missing. This led to the tray of the dishwasher getting out of control if in movement. Clearly, we needed a solution. Luckily, we own two Ultimaker 2 and a Formlabs Form 2. Therefore, printing spare parts is no problem. We hit up the 3D printing division and got cracking. A short search for “Siemens dishwasher” on Thingiverse led to results. We therefore had the model, the next step was to print the wheel.

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Albert Stark ‐ 2 min read

Mit einer Offset Druckmaschine perforieren
SET-Tutor registration

SET-Tutor registration

The registration is full. Thank you to all volunteers! Dear students, We are planning the study introduction days for the upcoming summer semester. Therefor we need your help as SET-tutors. The registration for the SET-tutors will be opended on Saturday January 26th, 6 pm. More information at https://fsmpic.de/set-tutoren

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Jakob Schäffeler ‐ 1 min read

The 132nd impulsive is here!
Formlabs 3D Drucker

Award for Excellent Student Projects

The informatic student council and the faculty will award excellent student projects. The projects can be from an internship, a research work or even your freetime work. If you have such a project or you know one, write us until 10 Sunday 10.06 per Mail ( ) with a short description of your project and according references (ex: Github-Link). By the way: you can see you has been awarded last year on the following page: https://mpi.

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Andrea MatéE9csa ‐ 1 min read

Welcome to the new semester!

Welcome to the new semester!

We are happy to welcome you (back) at TUM! Get ready for the big TUM anniversary summer. This summer term offers you: The maiTUM of the AStA (Executive Student Council) in front of the MI-building on May, 3rd and 4th. Helpers wanted: http://helfen.fs.tum.de/maiTUM/ Our LAN-Party at the Campus in Garching-Hochbrück on May, 9th. More information coming soon! The big party UNITY in the MI-building on May, 17th, organised by us together with the Departmental Student Council of Chemistry.

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Tutors wanted!

The Department of Informatics is looking for Tutors for next semester. If you are interested, don’t hesitate checking out the offers on https://ddi.in.tum.de/tutor/

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Good luck for your exams

Good luck for your exams

We wish you all the best for upcoming exams! Of course the Departmental Student Council wil be happy to help you even during the lecture free time. If our offices in the MI-building and Physics Department aren’t open, just write us a mail at !

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Reminder for semester fees payment

Don’t forget paying your semester fees until February 15th. The current amount is 129,40€. You can either transfer the money or pay it in cash at the bursar’s office. For first enrollers other deadlines count. More information are avalable here: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/studies/fees-and-financial-aid/payment-of-fees/

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Reminder for exam registration

The new Year has just begun and the exams are already coming up again. Don’t forget to register for them. For the Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics the general deadline for the first exam period is Jan 15th. There can be different deadlines for some exams or seminars. More information are available on the websites of the faculties or at the study advisors. Registering after the deadlines is usually not possible!

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

GLÜHNIX 2017

To end this year off with another highlight and have a nice ending of the Advent time, the GLÜHNIX will take place again. For the third time the GLÜHNIX will take place in front of the building for Mechanical engineering! With christmas-style food and drinks, we’re going to lighten up the long last lecture week of this year. From Dec 18th to 20th we offer hot drinks and food, like Mulled Wine, Crêpes and tarte flambée, so no one has to freeze.

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Election of the Appointees of the Departmental Student Council for the winter term 2017/18

Next monday (13th Nov) the Election of the Appointees of the Departmental Student Council for the winter term 2017/18. We elect the Appointees for the Units for this semester. The election is a great opportunity to get to know the Units of the Departmental Student Council. If you have ideas for new Units or groups at the Council, this is the place to go to! The Elections takte place at 6 p.

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Full Assembly of the Departmental Student Body on Nov, 8th

Full Assembly of the Departmental Student Body on Nov, 8th

On Nov, 8th the Full Assembly of the Departmental Student Body takes place! We inform about the work of the Departmental Student Council in the past semester and about upcoming changes in the studies and on the campus, as well as on upcoming events. The Full Assembly takes place in Mathematics: MI HS 2 Physics: Rudolf-Mößbauer-HS, PH Informatics: MI HS 1 in english: MI 00.08.038 Afterwards you can meet the Units of the Departmental Student Council in the Magistrale of the MI-Building.

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Welcome to the new semester!

Welcome to the new semester!

We are happy to welcome you (back)! We wish you the best for your studies in this semester. For our new students we offer our Study Introduction Days, as every semester. The first events for Bachelor students are already taking place, the main events will be from Thursday, 12th Oct, until Monday, 16th Oct. The programm for the days is available here. Everyone else is welcomed back to TUM! If you still have to exams coming up: Good luck for those!

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 2 min read

Meine erste Uniparty 2017

We start off the new semester with a highlight, organised by the AStA (executive student council)! On Oct 19 the main campus becomes the location of the Meine erste Uniparty 2017, a party for everyone! On 4 floors you will be able to enjoy great music, drinks and food. Our every year highlight, the bobby car race, will take place again, too. Tickets are just 5€ in pre-sale at our Departmental student council in MI 00.

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Good luck for your exams!

We wish you good luck for your exams and afterwards a nice lecture free time. Of course you can still purchase lecture notes and printing quota in the next few months. Please consider that the opening times of the lecture notes sale. All other services of the Departmental Student Council (sport equipment rental, 3D-Printing, general consultance and much more) will be available during the summer as well. Please consider that our office won’t be staffed the entire time and request replies could take a while.

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

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Golden Circles for the Winter Semester 2016/17

Golden Circles for the Winter Semester 2016/17

On Friday June 30th the graduation celebration of the Department of Mathematics took place. Angela Gleißl and Norbert Rümelin awarded the best evaluated lectures and excercise classes with the Golden Circle in the name of the Departmental Student Council of Mathematics. The Top 3 of the three categories are: Best Basic Lecture: Algebra 1, Prof. Dr. Christian Liedtke and M.Sc. Daniel Boada De Narváez Linear Algebra und Discrete Structures 1, Prof.

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

New operator of the bistro in the MI-Building

The present operator Loske of the bistro in the MI-Building will quit doing this at the end of this month. The followship will be done by the company Wilhelm. During the exams, until August 18, they will continue serving food at the present bistro. Afterwards the bistro will be renovated. Due to this, the bistro will be closed for about a month. During this time hot food can be purchased at the counter (in front of the lecture hall 3).

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

in.tum.summerparty 2017

You’re all invited to the in.tum.summerparty 2017! Get to know other people from the Informatics Department with good food, drinks and music. The summerparty is for all students and employees of the Informatics Department. At 3 p.m. the table soccer tournament starts. The tournament is organized by us, registration is required at . Afterwards the Dean, Prof. Hans-Joachim Bungartz, will greet you all to the evening. At 5 p.m. the traditional barbeque starts, including a jubilee burger.

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

Results of the University Elections 2017

Results of the University Elections 2017

The results for the University Elections 2017 have been released! Your representatives fpr the Departmental Council in the upcoming winter and summer terms are: Mathematics: Julia Kowalczyk and Jamico Schade Physics: Nepomuk Ritz and Benedikt Krammer Informatics: Arian Mehmanesh and Frederic Naumann In the TUM senate the student representatives will be Franziska Ochsenfarth and Paul Maroldt. All of the above belong to LitFaS - Liste der Fachschaften für die Studierenden (Literally: List of the Depatmental Student Councils for students)

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Angela Gleißl ‐ 1 min read

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