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DLR has 12,000 employees from all over the world and from a wide range of disciplines. As the research center of the Federal Republic of Germany, we develop pioneering and sustainable solutions for the challenges facing humanity.

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The Institute of Software Technology offers students many opportunities to work on exciting research topics: as interns, student assistants, as part of a dual study programme or in the form of student research projects and theses.

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Working at the Institute of Software Technology

"At some point you land somewhere you never thought to land"

A place for individual profiles and enthusiastic researchers - Sophie Jentzsch works at the interface between psychology and computer science at the Institute of Software Technology at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). In an interview, she looks back on the early days of her career, reveals what drives her to work in science and explains why jumping in at the deep end is the ideal scenario for her.

Doing a PhD at DLR: exciting research at the forefront of quantum computing

Thorge Müller is a PhD student at DLR, which puts him at the centre of cutting-edge research into quantum computers. In a short interview, he told us how he came to DLR and what the travelling salesman problem has to do with his work.

A physicist on the move - from cancer research to space travel

New DLR colleague Charlotte Debus made the leap from cancer research to space travel and told us about the wide range of work a physicist does. Initially, Charlotte worked in medical physics for many years. In February 2019, she joined the high-performance computing department at our institute, where her projects focus on machine learning.

Living science - working at the DLR Institute for Software Technology (image film in German)

Living science - working at the DLR Institute for Software Technology (image film in German)

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Living science - working at the DLR Institute for Software Technology (image film in German)

Between two worlds: When psychology meets computer science

The RCE team has grown again. Annika Wohlan will be focusing on user experience for interactive software systems and conducting usability studies for the RCE software system.

"Hello, zoom in!" - Navigation in virtual space

Adrian Stock, a student at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, wrote his bachelor's thesis at the Department of Intelligent and Distributed Systems. His thesis focused on voice-controlled navigation in augmented reality. Adrian developed and evaluated a voice assistant for IslandViz.

Between tractor, trumpet and particle physics

Since April 2019, the Institute of Software Technology has been joined by physicist Simon Schmitz. What his work has to do with space debris and how he wants to make machines learn - a brief insight.