Infrastructure as Code? - Sure! What else?! But after we establish a common understanding for this very powerful buzzword: How do I actually apply that in my context? The variety of offered tools is huge and keeps growing. Learning curves are often steep and the trade offs between generalization and customization not obvious. With our talk, we would like to give a brief introduction on this topic. We will work out common aspects of Infrastructure as Code that are worth known when making a design decision. An exemplary selection of tools is demonstrated and compared. The goal of the talk is to convey a fundamental understanding and overview of this topic. This aims at both the DevOps engineer or a Product Owner, or whoever may face the challenge of provisioning new infrastructure.

Software and AI Startups are not your standard SW technology suppliers. This is a relation that requires a specific working relationship. We explain how Munich TUM Venture lab fosters such relations and have a practical example with leading AI startups DQC.AI.

Are you ready to take your prompt engineering skills to the next level?

In this presentation, you will dive into the fascinating world of ChatGPT. The speakers will cover the basics of GPT and the unique features of one of today's most powerful text-based dialogue systems.

Another important aspect is to increase the understanding of prompt engineering. Optimising prompts can dramatically improve the quality of ChatGPT's responses. We will cover some best practices for prompt engineering, such as chain-of-thought or declarative prompting.

In the talk, you will gain a deeper understanding of ChatGPT and get some practical tips on how to improve prompt engineering.

Large Language Models (LLM) lead to a paradigm shift in natural language processing, chatGPT and Bard being at the forefront of that wave. In this talk, we outline how LLMs impact the insurance industry, what issues and flaws we face and how we are currently dealing with their implementation.

Valve's Half-Life is one of the most well known video game franchises in the world. Its second installment, originally released in 2004, sees players take on the role of crowbar-wearing physicist Gordon Freeman to combat an Alien invasion. The game was well received by players and critics alike, praising its diverse environments and gameplay and its clever and innovative use of physics. To this day, it remains one of the highest rated games of all time.

Almost 18 years later, our fan-made modification for Half-Life 2 [1] allows you to experience the entire game in Virtual Reality. Wearing a VR headset and wielding motion controllers, players can step into Gordon's shoes like never before, actually seeing the world from his perspective and physically swinging the crowbar around. For the past 2 years, I have been the project's lead developer. I will take you on a brief journey of the project's decade-long history and explain what it takes to make a classic game work in Virtual Reality. I will reflect on the challenges of developing for Virtual Reality - and why you should give this new way of experiencing Gordon Freeman's story a try.

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/

Augmented Reality (AR) embeds spatially-registered computer graphics into a user’s view of the real world. During the last 23 years, AR has progressed enormously from a niche technology to a widely investigated one.

This keynote consists of two parts. First, I speak about how major challenges for AR have been solved over the last 23 years. Second, I speculate about what the next 23 years are going to bring.

The goal of this keynote is to present a Birdseye view of the AR domain, including the balance of power between the major AR forces US and China. In my view, Europe has a very big, possibly almost impossible, challenge ahead to catch up. I hope that my talk will contribute to laying the seeds of a major European AR initiative.

Three decades ago, scientists began to propose quantum computing as a tool to harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems. Today, quantum computing is a rapidly developing technology with a potential impact on many applications. In this talk, we will provide our perspective on some of these applications, particularly those related to climate and sustainability. We will also go through some of the technological challenges that quantum engineers will have to overcome in the future to bring these advances into reality.

The world is experiencing multiple turning points, in which technology and innovation are playing an increasingly important role. In this keynote, we will provide an insight into the current technology trends in application-oriented research, presenting selected topics that will have a significant impact on our work and life in the future, such as Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Quantum Computing, Metaverse and Cybersecurity as well as energy and health. We will discuss their importance, the respective state-of-science as well as fields of application from the perspective of current research.

Starting from scratch, a group of students at the TU Munich set out one goal for themselves. To build the most energy efficient car possible. With 80 team members from diverse faculties and origins, the TUfast Eco Team first developed and then manufactured a concept car designed to
reach record-breaking efficiency. Two factors are especially important for this. The aerodynamics of the car and the weight.  In this talk, the TUfast Eco Team will present to you how they optimized these two variables to max out the efficiency of the car and push the boundaries
of what’s currently imaginable.

Expect to learn about a team of student passionate about building an innovative car of the future and a deep dive into the creation of this car and the techniques used in the process like adjoint optimization simulation and topology optimization.

The prototype will of course also be displayed. We look forward to having you!

This talk will explore the journey of creating a robotic quadruped inspired by Boston Dynamics Spot, from the initial planning and sourcing of components, 3D printing of parts, assembly and calibration, to the training using reinforcement learning. Attendees will learn from the challenges encountered, solutions adopted, and key lessons learnt.

In this talk, Erwin shares his personal experience with drop-catching expired single-character domains the second they become available again. He takes the audience through the lifecycle of domain names, highlighting the unique characteristics of different top-level domains. He also provides detailed technical examples of snapped single-character domains, offering valuable insights for software developers.

Users are impatient. The loading time of a website is one of the fundamental aspects of a successful product. But not only the measurable waiting is important. Attractive websites also reduce the perceived waiting time.
In her talk, Cathrin will use examples from everyday project work to present how to avoid unnecessary errors when bootstrapping a JavaScript application. The following questions will be discussed:

• What can be done if a legacy backend prevents performance?

• Is configuration at runtime a reasonable requirement?

• How can the perceived waiting time be reduced with the help of modern CSS technologies?

This talk explores a series of surprising connections beginning with the simple question of two blocks colliding with each other, where an unexpected occurrence of pi pops up. Understanding what happens involves a tour through kinematics, optics, with a little willingness to dive into the rabbit holes that present themselves along the way, quantum computing.