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SAP sponsored the TREO Talks (Technology, Research, Education, and Opinion) at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Nashville, reinforcing its commitment to advancing dialogue at the intersection of technology, research, and practice. Representing SAP, Dr. Timo Böttcher… [weiterlesen]

In November, SAP participated in the Strategic Financial Transformation Seminar, discussing the impact of AI on controlling processes and supporting students with interviews for their seminar papers.  In December, the final presentations of three major Project Studies – AI for Financial Closing and… [weiterlesen]

On 02 December 2025, Prof. Ingo Weber held a talk on Engineering AI Systems. It was part of the IUC Applied Research Talks series and was co-hosted by the Predictive Town Hall Meetings. The talk gave practical guidance on building reliable AI, contrasting narrow Machine Learning models with… [weiterlesen]

Beginning of November, SAP sponsored the 3rd iteration of Hack-Nation’s Global AI Hackathon. The event featured over 1,000 participants and hundreds of submitted projects, including 77 participants from TUM who brought their creativity and technical skills to tackle real-world challenges. Supported… [weiterlesen]

Yawri Carr, Strategic Project Lead for GenAI & Sustainability Innovation, was invited as an Industry Partner to TUM’s Circular Economy Project Week. She led a session presenting SAP’s Sustainability Portfolio, Generative AI developments in products, and the strategic project she is currently… [weiterlesen]

The hackaTUM is the official hackathon of the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich, taking place yearly. Over the span of 3 days, 1000 students work on coding challenges provided by the industry partners. This year, SAP sponsored the hackaTUM 2025 as a platinum… [weiterlesen]

On October 23, 2025, the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI), the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), and the AI Hub@LMU organized their first "Munich Career Fair AI & Data Science" together. With the goal of connecting industry… [weiterlesen]

As part of the evaluation of the Excellence Universities funding line under the Excellence Strategy by the federal and state governments, key stakeholders from TUM’s international partner universities visited SAP Labs Munich to learn about our industry–university collaboration. The delegation… [weiterlesen]

Dr. Qinghai Li from Tongji University, currently on a research stay at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, visited SAP Labs Munich on October 15, 2025. Dr. Li showed keen interest in SAP’s collaboration with TUM, particularly in how we inspire student engagement with… [weiterlesen]

Svend Wittern, Global Vice President for Industry Product Engineering at SAP, delivered a guest lecture at TUM Heilbronn on October 13, 2025. He introduced students to SAP’s business model and shared insights into the company’s history, which is inextricably linked to the evolution of ERP.… [weiterlesen]