Awards for Theses
Outstanding graduates are awarded special prizes during the annual Department events. These recognitions are tendered by the Department, RWTH Aachen, or external partners.
Friedrich Wilhelm Award
The Friedrich Wilhelm Award is conferred by the advisory board of Friedrich Wilhelm Foundation. This prize is awarded for outstanding scientific archievements of students and scientists at RWTH Aachen.
It goes back to the Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm, also known as the 99-day Emperor Friedrich III. In 1858, when he re-entered Prussian soil at the border train station in Herbesthal after his marriage to Princess Victoria in London, Aachen citizens presented him with a donation of 5.000 Talers intended for the foundation of a polytechnic school. The money later formed the basis for the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Foundation, which has supported the science and the students of the Aachen University for decades.
| Recipient | Awarded thesis | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Christian Corsten | "Co-Optjects: Instant User Interfaces through Everyday Objects" (Master thesis) |
| 2011 |
Dr. David Kensche |
"Generic Modeling and Mapping Languages for Model Management" (Dissertation) |
|
Thomas Ströder |
"Towards Termination Analysis of Real Prolog Programs" (Diploma thesis) |
Schöneborn Award
The Schöneborn Award has been conferred by proRWTH since 2004.
The prize dates back to a legacy from 2003. Heinz Schöneborn, who was University Professor of Mathematics at RWTH Aachen University from 1964 to 1987, and his wife had determined by will that their fortune should be donated to proRWTH. Every year, “Schöneborn Prizes” are awarded out of this Schöneborn fund to outstanding graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at RWTH Aachen (intermediate diploma/examination, Bachelor).
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
Sascha Nievelstein Claas Thesing |
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| 2022 | Jan Ackermann | / |
| 2018 | / | Nikolay Paleshnikov |
| 2017 | Konrad Kollnig | / |
| 2016 | Eva Fluck | / |
| 2015 |
Andreas Tollkötter Lukas Huwald |
/ |
| 2014 |
Stefan Hegselmann Tobias Pohlen |
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| 2013 |
Anne Kathrein Jens Katelaan Daniel Neuen Norman Müller Philip Keldenich |
Felix Rietig Hannah Spitzer Philip Trettner |
| 2012 |
Martin Heistermann Matthias Hoelzel Max Lyon |
Andreas Krüger Paul Springer Felix Voigtlaender |
Bachelor Award by the Department
The Bachelor award is a prize for outstanding Bacherlor theses.
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Philipp Bär | |
| 2022 | Niklas Berndt | / |
| 2018 | Niclas Böhmer | / |
| 2017 | / | Michael Krause |
| 2016 | Matthias Naaf | / |
Master Award by the Department
The Master award is a prize for outstanding Master theses.
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lena Verscht | / |
| 2022 |
Wiebke Bartolomaeus Jonathan Kunstwald |
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Berthold Vöcking Master Award
The Berthold Vöcking Master Award is a prize for outstanding Master theses.
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tom Biskup | / |
| 2022 | Tom Janßen | / |
| 2018 |
Eva Fluck Lea Hiendl |
Frank Emrich |
| 2017 | / | Paul Voigtlaender |
| 2016 |
Hagen Schupp Alexander Ruppert |
Philip Trettner |
Manfred-Nagl-Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dr. Matthias Volk | / |
Industrial Awards
Industrial partners also award outstanding theses with prizes at the annual Departmental events.
Deloitte Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lisa Adams (Master) | / |
DSA Industrial Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Jakob Bauer (Master) | Jan Döring (Master) |
| 2017 | / | / |
| 2016 |
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Itestra Innovation Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jonas Tai | / |
| 2022 | Martin Ziegler (Bachelor) | / |
| 2018 | Daniel Tacke gen. Unterberg (Bachelor) | Stefan Erlbeck (Bachelor) |
| 2017 |
Jens Bürger (Bachelor) |
Jörg Kirchhof (Bachelor) |
| 2016 |
Tobias Winkler (Bachelor) |
Simon Schwitanski (Bachelor) |
Rohde & Schwarz IT-Security Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | / | Aaron Grabowy (Bachelor) |
| 2017 | / |
Christopher Spinrath (Master) |
| 2016 |
/ |
Benjamin Assadsolimani (Bachelor) |
Umlaut Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tilman Hoffbauer (Bachelor) | / |
Utimaco Award
| Tag der Informatik | Summer Festival | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Brüggemann (Master) | / |
Other External Awards
Apart from the Departmental events, our graduates are awarded various external prizes for their theses. The following list contains a selection.
| Recipient | Award | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Martin Henze (Dissertation) |
Young consumer researcher award, |
| Erion Elmasllari (Dissertation) |
Fraunhofer ICT Dissertation Award, |
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| 2018 | Christian Hensel (Dissertation) |
Best PhD Dissertation Award 2018, |
| Jan Pennekamp (Master) |
Best thesis in the area of analytics, big data, and business intelligence, |
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| 2016 | David Hellmanns (Bachelor) |
Young consumer researcher award, |