Data & Society

Summary

• Engineering education of the future: “Transfer of scientific findings into societal value creation will take place across disciplines”.
• TUM as a hub for Human Centered Engineering.
• Additional „21st Century Skills“-offer for TUM students.
• Solution-oriented interdisciplinary tackling of the "grand societal challenges“.
• Characterized by a positive vision of the future.

• Levels of data and technology-oriented applications: Human + Society + Planet.

Starting 2024, new modules will be created in the following areas:

Data Perspectives: Computational Social Science, Critical Data, Algorithms & Society,  Empirical Methods at Scale
Human & Society: Human Behavior, Group Dynamics, Social Movements, Global Dynamics
Regulatory: AI Regulation, Policy Practices, Ethics, Philosophy / Fundamental Rights
Sustainable Development: Sustainable Transition, Climate Financing, Responsible Innovation, Public Interest Research

Method Orientation: Social Network Analysis, Choice Behavior, Text Analysis, Programming for non Computer Scientists

Data Perspectives

MASCHINE LEARNING AND SOCIETY
Prof. Dr. Orestis Papakyriakopoulos (Societal Computing)
Summer Semester • 3 ECTS: SOT86066 • 6 ECTS: SOT86065

SOCIETAL COMPUTING
Prof. Dr. Jana Diesner (Human-Centered Computing)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86068

Human & Society

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Prof. Dr. Doris Holzberger (Psychology of Teaching and Learning)
Summer Semester • 3 ECTS: SOT10069

ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Prof. Dr. Christoph Lütge (Business Ethics)
Summer Semester • 3 ECTS: SOT87317

PHILOSOPHY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: KEY READINGS
Prof. Dr. Stefania Centrone (Philosophy of Science)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT56307

APPLIED PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM THEORY
Prof. Dr. Stefania Centrone (Philosophy of Science)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT56401

Regulatory

PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION LAW
Prof. Dr. Boris Paal (Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation)
Summer Semester • 3 ECTS: SOT86060 • 6 ECTS: SOT86061

AI AND REGULATION
Prof. Dr. Boris Paal (Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation)
Summer Semester • 3 ECTS: SOT86062 • 6 ECTS: SOT86063

POLITICS FOR ROCKET SCIENTISTS:
AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE FOR NON-POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
Prof. Dr. Tim Büthe (International Relations)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: POL00011

Sustainable Development

CLIMATE FINANCE
Prof. Dr. Florian Egli (Public Policy for the Green Transition)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86067

Method Orientation

ADVANCED METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF CHOICE BEHAVIOR
Prof. Dr. Allister Loder  (Mobiliy Policy)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86608

ANALYZING TEXT DATA: FROM BASICS TO ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer (Computational Social Science)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86069

PROGRAMMING FOR NON-COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer (Computational Social Science)
Summer Semester • 6 ECTS (POL20100)

ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer (Computational Social Science)
Winter Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86050

METHODS OF SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer (Computational Social Science)
Winter Semester • 6 ECTS: SOT86055