Case Study: Freie Universität Berlin develops real-world streaming analytics expertise with Software AG's Streaming Analytics Education Package

Freie Universität Berlin trains future data scientists with the Streaming Analytics Education Package

Freie Universität Berlin, a leading German research university, faced the challenge of preparing students for a market hungry for specialists in streaming and big‑data analytics. Faculty needed a way to teach real‑time event processing at scale so students could learn to extract actionable insights from high‑velocity data streams.

The university adopted Software AG’s Streaming Analytics Education Package (SAEP), using real business scenarios—most notably a “soccer” case with 50 million sensor records—to give students hands‑on experience in streaming analytics, pattern detection and decisioning. The program delivered ready‑made teaching materials, reduced prep time for faculty, provided free student certification, and produced highly motivated students with practical skills and a strong head start for careers; FU Berlin plans to continue and expand the coursework.

Freie Universität Berlin

Adrian Paschke

Head of the Corporate Semantic Web group