Women’s STEM Award

For the fourth time already, Deutsche Telekom praises the Women's STEM Award together with cooperation partner audimax and MINT Zukunft schaffen. STEM graduates from all over Europe can submit their thesis with focus on one of the strategic growth areas.

Reason to celebrate: Our award winners at the award ceremony. — Women’s STEM Award 2016: our winners together with patron of the award, Claudia Nemat (middle), and jury members

Motto of the day: “Innovation for a Digital World”

All winners and participants of the ceremony. — Keynote speaker and patron of the award, Claudia Nemat, Board Member of Deutsche Telekom for Technology and Innovation

Reason for joy: Claudia Nemat (left) hands over the symbolic prize money to the overall winner Lisa Eckey (right)

Inga Walliser (left) talks to Susanne Weber (winner in the growth field „Cyber Security”) and her attendance Jan Kantert. — Somwya Ravidas (middle) is the proud winner of the special prize for the best international thesis. Congratulations from Claudia Nemat (left) and Antje Williams (right)

Congratulation!

We are overwhelmed by the great variety of outstanding theses that were handed in for the Women’s STEM Award 2016. Thank you very much! The jury has made its choice. The winners of the Women's STEM Award have been confirmed. We congratulate!

Our overall winner

Lisa Eckey convinced with her Master Thesis: „Smart Contracts Enforced by Blockchain“ in the growth field „Cyber Security“ and achieved the overall win. The graduate student from Ruhr University Bochum will receive the winner´s prize of 3.000 €! Congratulation!

Special prize for the best international thesis

Sowmya Ravidas from Finland receives the international special prize of 500 € for her master thesis: "Incorporating Trust in Network Function Virtualization" submitted for the growth field "Networks of the Future". Our congratulations go to Aalto University in Finland!

Happy winners of the 500€ prize are

Larissa Triess in the growth field „Automotive Technologies“ with her Bachelor Thesis: “Extended Human Upper Body Detection” (Stuttgart University).

Franziska Müller in the growth field „Industry 4.0“ with her Master Thesis: “Real-Time Hand-Object Tracking Using a Single Depth Camera” (Saarland University).

Yvonne Strassner in the growth field „Digital Life“ with her Bachelor Thesis: „Strategie für die Auswahl von Regressionstestfällen für die mobile Testautomatisierung“ (Frankfurt University).

Paula Becker in the growth field „Networks of the Future“ with her Master Thesis: „Solutions for Integrated Network Management: Market Analysis, Business Models & Technical Requirements“ (Technical University Braunschweig).

Angela Baudach in the growth field „Cyber Security“ with her Bachelor Thesis: “Information Security and Information Security Awareness – Impact of Culture and Measures for Improvement”, DHBW Mannheim).

Women’s STEM Award 2016

Claudia Nemat, Member of the Deutsche Telekom AG Board of Management, Technology and Innovation

"Anyone who wants to secure Germany as a location for technology needs the support of women. So we want to inspire young women to get enthusiastic about STEM subjects. I strongly believe that to achieve this aim it is vital to have more female role models. As a physicist, therefore, I am happy to become patron of the Women's STEM Award. My tip for girls and young women: Be bold. Take the opportunity that STEM offers you – exciting careers and interesting opportunities for development await you."

Claudia Nemat, Board member of the Deutsche Telekom AG responsible for Europe and Technology

Digital Life

What might be possible, if we were consistently to make the most of the opportunities of digitization – not only in business, but also in our private lives? We're talking about technological progress in town planning and connectivity in cities, at home, or driven forward by connected clothing.
What is not yet connected and needs to be connected in the future? Surprise us with a piece of work that pushes the boundaries of possibility!

Industry 4.0

The forward-looking project Industry 4.0 gives German industry the chance to get actively involved in shaping the fourth industrial revolution. The aim is the smart factory. M2M communication is changing the world more or less automatically: it simplifies workflows, streamlines processes, and enables completely new business models.

Networks of the Future

Streaming films in HD, high-speed surfing, video telephony – demands on the network are rising steadily. In order to cope with the rapidly growing data volumes, the network capacity needs to be constantly increased. In addition, innovations in applications, e.g. connected cars, are opening up new possibilities for industry and end customers. Whether in mobile communications with the next generation 5G or in the fixed network with vectoring or the fiber-optic rollout – fast Internet connections are crucial to economic and social development.

Cyber Security

Attacks on the information infrastructures in cyber space are becoming increasingly complex and professional. At the same time, companies, state and citizens grow ever more dependent on IT, and so the potential for damage increases accordingly. Cyber security extends the area of activity of traditional IT security to cover all of cyber space. This makes modern information and communications technology practically in its entirety part of cyber space.

Automotive Technologies

The automotive industry is in the middle of a digital transformation – digital, company-wide collaboration in engineering and Industry 4.0 approaches to take the production of the future and customer experience in the trade to a new level. Even the car itself is increasingly connected, offers new possibilities and is on the threshold of becoming a self-driving vehicle. The key technologies are: cloud, big data, collaboration, security and M2M. Why not play your part in Mobility 2.0 by contributing your ideas on new business models and solutions.

Professor Dr.-Ing. Katja Windt

+++ President of Jacobs University Bremen +++ Professor of the Year 2008 +++ Alfried Krupp Award for Young Professors +++ Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG and Fraport AG +++ Member of the executive board of German Logistics Association +++ Developed the study program "International Logistics Engineering and Management" at Jacobs University +++ Mechanical engineering graduate +++

Thomas Tschersich

+++ Head of Group Security Services +++ Fraud Management +++ Human Resources Security +++ Building Security +++ IT Security +++ Cyber Defence Center +++ Chairman of the BITKOM Security Steering Committee +++ Adviser to the German Federal Government and German Parliament +++ Degree in communications engineering (Dipl.-Ing. (FH)) +++ Telecommunications technician apprenticeship +++

Antje Williams

+++ Executive Program Manager +++ Managing Director of T-Mobile HotSpot GmbH +++ Group-wide program management for 5G +++ Development of the architecture and standardization +++ Discussion and development of future business models +++ Law graduate +++

Cem Ergün-Müller

+++ Head of Digital Open Space Berlin +++ T-Labs business division +++ Development of digitization pilots beyond Group boundaries +++ Advisor and supporter of the Digital Agenda, Berlin +++ MBA in economics+++ Master of Enterprise Information Management +++

Anette Bronder

+++ Managing Director Digital Division +++ Member of the Executive Board of T-Systems International +++ Innovative
Cloud Solutions +++ Senior Leadership Team +++ Many years active handball player in German
National League +++ Master in Economics and Social Sciences +++

Peter Lorenz

+++ Senior Vice President T-Systems International +++ Head of Global Systems Integration (GSI) +++ Responsible for corporate customer projects in the automotive sector +++ GSI as a driver of the digital transformation +++ Chairman of the Supervisory Board of T-Systems GEI +++ Member of the Supervisory Board of T-Systems Multimedia Solutions +++ Business administration and industrial engineering graduate +++

Please send the following documents in PDF format to mint@telekom.de:

The following individuals are eligible to participate:

Students and graduates of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) of European universities.
Your thesis (Bachelor / Master thesis or diploma thesis) can be written in Englisch, German or any other European language. The thesis has been submittet within the last 18 months.
Your thesis is related to one of our growth areas of the future. Digital Life, Industry 4.0, Networks of the Future, Cyber Security or Automotive Technologies
Conditions of participation

The most convincing piece of work from one of the growth areas will be awarded 3.000 Euros.
In addition, each growth area will be awarded 500 Euros.
This year brand new: Special price of 500 Euros for the best thesis in a European country.
A jury of experts will review all of the papers submitted and select the winning pieces of work by the end of the year.
We will inform the winners in writing and invite them to our major award ceremony in early 2017.

MINT Zukunft schaffen

The initiative MINT Zukunft schaffen (STEM creating the future) has devoted itself to one of the most pressing problems facing the German economy, namely the lack of skilled professionals in STEM subjects. In response, it offers a broad platform for a wide range of individual initiatives. We have been actively involved since its foundation.

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