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Fallbeispiel: Eine undankbare Auftragsarbeit

Debora Weber-Wulff

Luise promoviert seit zwei Jahren in der Umweltinformatik bei Frau Prof. Holzmann. Eines Morgens platzt Prof. Holzmann in Luises Büro. Ein wichtiges Gutachten soll für das Ministerium erstellt werden – und das sehr kurzfristig: in nur vier Wochen. Sie selbst hat gerade gar keine Zeit. Kann Luise einen Entwurf schreiben? Das Thema ist […]

Scenario: Energy-intensive Energy Saving?

Christina B. Class, Carsten Trinitis, & Nikolas Becker

Lisa and Martin met in college and have been inseparable ever since. Both majored in computer science in teacher education programs. Martin’s minor was biology, and Lisa’s was physics. Now, five years later, they work together for the start-up SchoolWithFun. The company was founded by […]

Scenario: Becoming an Influencer – Quick Bucks on the Backs of Followers?

Gudrun Schiedermeier, Carsten Trinitis, & Franziska Gräfe

Ben’s a kid who likes attending school. It’s where he gets to see most of his friends—especially Chris, Lisa, and Emma. He hangs out with them outside of school, too. In their free time, they get into sports: jogging, swimming, biking, and skiing—depending on the season. […]

Scenario: Planning

Debora Weber-Wulff & Christina B. Class

Michaela works at the local police station in Neustatt. Due to decreasing tax revenues and cuts in federal subsidies, significantly less funding will be available for police work in the coming years. They probably won’t be able to fill positions lost to organic developments, like retirement. A […]

Scenario: Manipulations

Christina Class & Debora Weber-Wulff

AlgoConsult is a company that develops highly specialized computer processes for a wide range of applications. For marketing purposes, customers call these processes “algorithms,” and increasingly, this is the term used in-house, even though it’s not what they are.

With their „CompanyRate“ project, the firm is generating […]

Scenario: The Nightmare

Christina B. Class & Debora Weber-Wulff

Andrea, Jens, and Richard are sitting at their favorite pizza joint in Hamburg, celebrating the successful completion of software tests for their “SafeCar”-project with beer and pizza. They can take the project to the DMV in Hamburg tomorrow for inspection, and with that—they’re done. They won’t have […]

Scenario: Analog/Digital-Divide

Debora Weber-Wulff & Stefan Ullrich

Matthias and Melanie have known each other since college. While Matthias was studying medicine, Melanie was studying computer science. They met while working on university committees and soon moved in together. After graduation, Matthias took a job in public health for altruistic reasons. Melanie has an excellent job […]

Scenario: But the Bot Said…

Constanze Kurz & Debora Weber-Wulff

Chris and Rose work in a robotics team at a mid-sized toy manufacturer. In keeping with contemporary trends, the company has been expanding its online electronic gaming capacities for the past several years. Chris and Rose belong to a small group of employees who design and construct animated stuffed toys […]

Scenario: What is true? Data, Graphics and Truths

Christina B. Class, Andreas Hütig & Elske M. Schönhals

Andrea, Alex, and Sascha come from the same small town and have been close friends since elementary school. After high school, they moved to far-flung parts of the country. All the more reason for them to relish their annual get-togethers on December 22, when they would […]