• Lecturer: Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, Dr. Matthias Uflacker
• 6 ECTS (graded)
• Initial seminar introduction:October 24, 2019 at 3.15 PM (H 2.58)
• Enrollment until October 30, 2019
• Schedule:
  • Introduction: October 24, 2019 (Slides)
  • Workshop at Industry Partner: Thu Nov 28, 2019, Berlin office (tbd.)
  • Intermediate presentations: Jan 2020 (D.E-9/10, Campus 2)
  • Seminar block week: February 10-14, 2020 - Bldg H, 3rd Floor
  • Documentation due: March 20, 2020

In this seminar, participants will work in teams to gain deep technical understanding and develop solutions for real-world challenges in enterprise computing faced by Zalando, one of Europe‘s biggest e-commerce fashion platforms.

Learning areas include

- Characteristics of enterprise applications, systems, and processes at Zalando

- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS), SAP tools, data analytics

Block Week

- Presentation: challenge/current situation, insights, initial prototype ideas

- Ideation and Implementation of a prototype

- Test/evaluation with Zalando experts

- Final presentations

- 5 days

The participation in Trends and Concepts in the Software Industry I is recommended as a preparation for this lecture, but not mandatory.

We expect active participation in the team and during the block seminar. Grading will be based on

• individual engagement during discussions, the project, and team work (25%),
• the implemented prototype and final presentation (50%),
• brief documentation of your insights, proposed solution, and the resulting implementation (a written report per team - 15-25 pages LNCS, 25%).