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New features in IT Center Help

February 14th, 2022 | by
Rating and sharing function FAQ

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Practical step-by-step instructions, useful quicklinks, helpful information or FAQ – our documentation portal IT Center Help provides you with answers to countless questions about the IT Center’s services for studying, teaching and research.

Since its launch in July 2020, we have continuously optimized our portal based on your feedback and adapted it to your needs. Today, we would like to introduce you to two new features in IT Center Help, which you can now put through their paces. Read the rest of this entry »

IT-Security and the Internet of Things

February 11th, 2022 | by
Graphical representation of IoT

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The number of smart technologies seeing the light of day is growing steadily. Any everyday problem either gets its own smart solution or becomes at least supported by new technologies. The Internet is all around and supports us in every single aspect of our lives. By now, even our coffee machines are connected to our smartphone and ensures that our coffee is already waiting for us in the kitchen while we are still sitting at our desk. The so-called Internet of Things has countless advantages and is rightly referred to as the 4th Industrial Revolution. What exactly lies behind this term, what are the risks, and how can we avoid them? Read the rest of this entry »

About IT Module 2022

February 9th, 2022 | by
Flipchart with pens

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As the university’s central service provider, the IT Center is responsible for information technology and university-wide IT supply at RWTH Aachen University. In between the digital management of studies, RWTH employees such as trainees also depend on the digital services provided by the IT Center.  For work in the office and from home, prerequisites must be met to ensure trouble-free communication and work.

To meet these requirements and also to make it easier for new incomers to get started with the IT Center’s digital offerings, the “About IT Module” was launched in 2015 in cooperation with the Berufsausbildungszentrum (BAZ).

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Safer Internet Day 2022 – Together for a better Internet

February 7th, 2022 | by
Logo vom Safer Internet Day

We support the Safer Internet Day. Do you?
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How safe is our use of the Internet? That is not an easy question to answer. Some risks we are aware of, but others are often completely underestimated. Whether one’s own use of the Internet is really safe is usually only noticed, if at all, when it is already too late. Therefore, it is particularly important to raise awareness of the risks and emerging concerns about using the Internet. From cyberbullying to social media use or digital identity, every year the international Safer Internet Day (SID) aims to raise awareness about Internet safety. Read the rest of this entry »

RDM Blog – We are now bilingual

February 4th, 2022 | by
Flag of Germany

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Flag of Great Britain

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Almost 12,000 people from more than 125 countries currently study, research, teach and work at RWTH Aachen University. This living internationality at RWTH Aachen University is accompanied by strategies, measures and services to promote the internationality of studies, teaching and research. RWTH Aachen sees itself as a member of a global scientific community. For this reason, we are now proud to announce that our RDM Blog can now also be read in English.

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Relaunch of the IT Center Blog – New Design and New Features

February 2nd, 2022 | by
Workstation with computer screen and the announcement of the IT Center Blog Relaunch

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A fresh breeze is blowing through the house. Spring cleaning is not only being done at home. The IT Center Blog is also being spruced up, modernized and optimized.

The relaunch of the IT Center Blog is planned for spring 2022. Our colleagues involved in this exciting project are looking into SEO, improved usability, the integration of social media channels, the design and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

Sharing LaTeX documents – Pilot project Overleaf started at RWTH.

January 31st, 2022 | by

Start the pilot phase together – be part of it!
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Overleaf/ShareLaTeX is an installation of the LaTeX text typesetting system on servers that can be used via the browser. This service supports collaborative editing of LaTeX documents.

Interested? Then it is called: On your marks, get set, go!

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The IT Center Event Management Introduces Itself!

January 28th, 2022 | by
Two women grin at the camera

Our event team of the IT Center (Dunja Gath and Nicole Kaminski f.l.t.r.)
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Digital ZKI Sping Conference 2021, PPCES, CLAIX Inauguration, IT Center Info Day, IPv6 Training, Visit of the NRW Minister of Finance…. – whether training courses, conferences, information events, anniversaries or larger seminars: The event management team is the first point of contact for colleagues and guests of the IT Center, for example, when it comes to guest management, web presence, preparation and follow-up, and event implementation.

In today’s article, the IT Center event management introduces ifself. Read the rest of this entry »

Always up-to-date with the status message portal!

January 26th, 2022 | by
Sign with „Out of Service“

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Error message. Nothing works anymore?

Have you ever woken up in the morning, started to study or work on your PC, but then you got an error message and didn’t know what was going on? We have the solution! Especially for this purpose, we have the status message portal!

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Be a part of it! Community meeting RWTHjupyter

January 24th, 2022 | by

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JupyterHub is a website where you can program professionally. It doesn’t matter which operating system you use. You can even access the website with mobile devices like tablets and write source code in different programming languages.

Last year there was a first RWTHjupyter community meeting and now you have the chance to join the second meeting!

Save the Date!

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