2. My internship at the IT department at the USYD by Sönke Gissel from the Beuth Hochschule of Berlin

3. Overview: 1. My Project at CHAI: TADA-Ed 2. The German career to study OR ‚Why am I so old again?!‘ 3.Duties for your country 4.German University of Applied Sciences vs German University

4. TADA-Ed An overview: Tool for Advanced Data Analysis in Education Visualize and mine students exercise using: Clustering with K-MEANS algorithm to group the students Association Rules with the Apriori algorithm to try predicting students future marks / mistakes

5. TADA-Ed The Weka problem Props file contains data types Exceptions constantly Props-File not read Problem submitted to the Weka Trac All data types now read inside TADA-Ed

6. TADA-Ed TADA-Ed to the web No need for manual downloads Updates received automatically Problem: TADA-Ed is using external DLL Files

7. The German career to study OR ‚Why am I so old again?!‘ 13 Years of School (Age: 6 – 19) 4 Years Elementary School (Age: 6 – 10) 2 Years Middle School (Age: 10 – 12) 3 Years 4 Years 7 Years Hauptschule (Age: 12 – 15) Realschule (Age: 12 – 16) Gymnasium (Age: 12 – 19 OR 20) Primary School (Age: 6 – 12)High School (Age: 12 – 18) In detail:

8. Duties for your country 9 Month Military Duty (Age: 20 – 21, when completed German Gymnasium) 9 Month Civilian Service Military Duty normally mandatory Paid about 1100Aus$/Month 13 Years of School (Age: 6 – 19)

9. German University of Applied Sciences vs German University University of Applied Sciences Uni 6-8 Semester mixture out of lectures and practical tutoriums (50/50) On the job: teamwork and communication up to 12 Semester many lectures and only some tutoriums (80/20) On the job: Lonesome wolfs BUT better solving of problems Same starting salary for both of them

10. German Uni of Applied Sciences vs German University 9 Month Duties: Age: 22 5 Years 3 Years College: Age 25 University: Age 27 I am here Benefit for University of Applied Sciences students: Finish with the same degree and same starting salary about 2 years earlier

11. My internship at the IT department at the USYD Thank you very much for listening