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University of Koblenz-Landau— partner in ECESIS—

Klaus G Troitzsch

ECESIS Kick-off Meeting

Koblenz, January 20-23, 2009

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EDUCATIONAL CENTERS' NETWORK ON MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF LOCAL GOVERNING

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Koblenz-Landau University• originated from a collection of teachers training colleges

in the late 1960s

• of which only two campuses are left, one in Koblenz, one in Landau (200 km to the south)– computer science faculty in Koblenz

– psychology faculty in Landau

– 3 teachers training faculties in each• education

• humanities

• sciences

– central administration in Mainz

Koblenz campus, built 1998-2000

“Deutsches Eck”

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Computer science faculty• institutes:

– computer science– software engineering– computational visualistics– information systems– management

• programs– computer science (“Diplom”) since 1978, BSc, MSc since 2006– computational visualistics (“Diplom”) since 1998, BSc, MSc since 2006– information management (BSc, MSc) since 2000, updated in 2006– information systems (MSc) since 2006

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Institute of IS Research in Business and Public Administration

• information systems in business and public administration– corporate networks, mobile systems– computer-supported co-operative work– IT risk management– e-government

• social aspects of computing• computer assisted social research and theory

building– data collection and analysis, data mining– simulation

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Overview Bachelor and Master in Information Management2

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Curriculum BachelorTerm

internship

mathematicsbasics of mgmt science

and economics

computerscience

computerscience

IS, social aspects,research meth.

IS, social aspects,research meth.

general management

general management

special aspects, e.g.finance, e-commerce …

special aspects

computerscience

mathematicsbasics of mgmt science

and economicscomputerscience

com

pute

rsc

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IS, social aspects,research meth.

IS, social aspects,research meth.

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2nd termperhaps abroad

3rd termperhaps abroad

4th term

Curriculum Master

computerscience

informationsystems

managementspecials

project

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specialisation computer science

specialisationinformation systems

managementspecials

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Modules available from the CSc, CV, IS and IM BSc and IM MSc programs during the 2009 and most future summer academies

Module ECTS

E-Business Ventures 3

International Economics 3

Digital Rights Management 3

International Management 3

Semantic Web 3

Business Software 3

E-Government 3

Research Methods 3

… a more complete overview is available from here (Summer Academy)…

Module ECTS

Introduction to Public Administration 3

Additional module in future summer academies

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The inner city of Koblenz

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Some history

• Koblenz was founded by Celts in pre-Roman time. The Romans built a castle a few years B.C. (castra apud confluentes = the military camp at the confluence of Rhine and Moselle).

• Place of a palace of the Frank kings in the fifth century.• Place of the negotiations (842) of the Verdun treaty (in 843,

Charlemagne’s empire is divided among his three grandsons —Lothar, Ludwig the German, and Karl II) in St. Castor’s Church near the Rhine Elbow (Deutsches Eck, “German Corner”, “German Intersection”, called after the German Order or Teutonic Order or, officially, House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem who built an estate there in 1216, their first residence in the Rhine region, which was rebuilt in 1953 and is now a museum of modern art).

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More history• Part of the territory of the Elector and

Archbishop of Trier (11th century to 1798).• During this time, the fortification of

Ehrenbreitstein was first built. The present fortification was built by the Prussian state from 1817 to 1878.

• Capital of the French departement of “Rhin et Moselle” (1798 to 1815).

• Capital of the Prussian Rhine Province (1815 to 1945).

• Capital of Rhineland-Palatinate (1947 to 1950).

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Rhineland-Palatinate

• Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of the smaller federal states (with approximately 4.9 % of the population and 5.5 % of the area — but 70 % of the wine grown in Germany).

• It was founded after World War II (under French occupation) and is composed of parts of former Prussia, Bavaria and Hesse.

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Welcome to Rhineland-Palatinate

• Its coat of arms, however, reminds of pre-Prussian times; it is composed of the arms of the archbishops of

• Trier and • Mainz (who were electors and territorial

princes of the Holy Roman Empire until the French Revolution) and of

• Bavaria (more precisely, of the Palatinate Count, another elector, whose territory was part of Bavaria from 1816 to 1945).

Note: In the Holy Roman Empire, archbishops were also territorial princes!

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The northern part of Rhineland-PalatinateThe region between Bingen and Koblenzis also known as theMiddle Rhine WorldHeritage.

Kaub: Pfalzgrafenstein

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Some technical remarks

• Internet use during the workshop: login as emil, password VR*?*6 in any of the computer classrooms in this building.

• Mandate document: Please take one home (one per partner!) and write me an e-mail with the necessary details.

• Travel cost reimbursement: Please list the travel costs which you had to pay on the respective form and return it to me, payment follows during Wednesday or Thursday.

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