My internship at the IT department at the USYD

by Sönke Gisselfrom the Beuth Hochschule of Berlin

Overview:1. My Project at CHAI: TADA-Ed2. The German career to study

OR ‚Why am I so old again?!‘3. Duties for your country4. German University of Applied Sciences vs

German University

TADA-EdAn 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

TADA-EdThe 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

TADA-EdTADA-Ed to the web• No need for manual

downloads• Updates received

automatically

Problem: • TADA-Ed is using

external DLL Files

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:

Duties for your country

9 MonthMilitary Duty (Age: 20 – 21, when completed German Gymnasium)

9 MonthCivilian Service

• Military Duty normally mandatory

• Paid about 1100Aus$/Month

13 Years of School (Age: 6 – 19)

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

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

My internship at the IT department at the USYD

Thank you very much for listening