Hasso Plattner Institute

The HPI was founded in October 1998 as a public–private partnership.{{cite web|title=Organization|url=https://hpi.de/en/the-hpi/organization.html|website=Hasso Plattner Institute|access-date=5 October 2019|quote=...founded in October 1998 as part of a public-private partnership...}} The private partner is the Hasso Plattner Foundation, which is the administrative body responsible for the HPI and its only corporate member. The foundation's legal status is that of a GmbH, a limited-liability company according to German law. As the public part of the partnership, the State of Brandenburg provided the estate where several multi-storey buildings were built to form a nice campus. Hasso Plattner declared to provide at least 200 million Euros for the HPI within the first 20 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Hasso-Plattner-Institut-soll-Weltklasse-Niveau-erreichen-113403.html|title=Hasso-Plattner-Institut soll "Weltklasse-Niveau" erreichen|last=Wilkens|first=Andreas|date=2004-11-05|website=heise online|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904154046/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Hasso-Plattner-Institut-soll-Weltklasse-Niveau-erreichen-113403.html|archive-date=2018-09-04|access-date=2018-09-04}} He is also actively involved as a lecturer and head of the chair on Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts,{{Cite web|url=https://hpi.de/en/the-hpi/founder.html|title=Founder Hasso Plattner|website=Hasso Plattner Institute|access-date=5 October 2019|quote=Plattner not only finances HPI, as head of the 'Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts' department...}} where the in-memory technology was developed. In 2004, he received his honorary professorship from the University of Potsdam.

Since 2007, the HPI maintains a particularly close cooperation with the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, part of Stanford University's School of Engineering. In addition to the exchange of students and scientists, an annual workshop on Design Thinking is held in Germany. German companies are simultaneously involved in joint international development projects between Potsdam and Palo Alto aimed at simplifying the implementation of such projects on both sides of the Atlantic with the help of tele-teaching technology.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In 2012, based on HPI's long lasting tele-TASK[http://www.tele-TASK.de HPI Internet Lecture Video Archive] research project, openHPI[https://openHPI.de/?locale=en openHPI: The MOOC platform of the HPI] has started to work. openHPI is an Internet educational platform for offering massive open online courses (MOOCs), which is embedded in a global social network. It offers free interactive online courses about different topics in information technology.

Participants can become familiar with basic topics of computer science, and IT systems engineering as well as with advanced current research topics in IT. They also have the ability to discuss issues and to develop solutions in a virtual community with participants from around the globe.{{Cite book |last1=Willems |first1=Christian |last2=Jasper |first2=Johannes |last3=Meinel |first3=Christoph |title=Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE) |chapter=Introducing hands-on experience to a Massive Open Online Course on openHPI |date=26 August 2013 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6654451 |pages=307–313 |doi=10.1109/TALE.2013.6654451|isbn=978-1-4673-6355-6 |s2cid=22137372 }}

The Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) is an independent private non-profit organization, founded by the German Rectors' Conference and the Bertelsmann Foundation.{{cite web|title=Funding of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE)|url=http://www.che-ranking.de/cms/?getObject=646&getFaq=82&getLang=en}} According to its university ranking in 2020, HPI's Bachelor's and Master's programs are among the four best-ranked computer science programs in the German-speaking countries with the Bachelor's program valued highest in 18 out of 28 analyzed categories and among the best in five additional categories.{{cite web|title=HPI in the CHE ranking|url=https://hpi.de/en/studies/student-information/rankings.html|website=Hasso Plattner Institute|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153546/https://hpi.de/en/studies/student-information/rankings.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web| url=https://ranking.zeit.de/che/de/rankingunion/show?&left_f1=309&left_f2=23&left_f3=611&left_f4=654&left_f5=346&order=4&subfach=undefined&esb=1&ab=3&hstyp=1#&left_f1=309&left_f2=23&left_f3=611&left_f4=654&left_f5=346&order=1&subfach=undefined|title= CHE 2020 ranking for computer science|access-date=2020-11-16}}

In 2012, HPI and SAP received the German Innovation Prize (Deutscher Innovationspreis), a prize awarded by Accenture, EnBW, Evonik and Wirtschaftswoche, for the development of the in-memory database SAP HANA.{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/SAP-und-HPI-erhalten-Deutschen-Innovationspreis-2012-1474254.html|title=SAP und HPI erhalten Deutschen Innovationspreis 2012|last=Behme|first=Henning|date=2012-03-17|website=heise online|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629120039/https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/SAP-und-HPI-erhalten-Deutschen-Innovationspreis-2012-1474254.html|archive-date=2019-06-29|access-date=2019-06-29}}

In 2024 HPI was heavily criticized for Union busting against the founding activities of a Works council. Posters for workers' assemblies has been removed and about €200,000 been paid to the law firm Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law specialized for anti-union measurements. As a result, the institute founded an alternative committee which has been criticized for being a "fake council" only existing to bypass the right to organize.{{Cite web |last=Dowideit |first=Anette |date=2024-03-01 |title=Hasso-Plattner-Institut verhindert Betriebsrat – und lässt sich das über 200.000 Euro kosten |trans-title=Hasso-Plathner-Institute prevents working council and let it cost them more than €200,000 |url=https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/wirtschaft/2024/03/01/hasso-plattner-institut-verhindert-betriebsrat-und-laesst-sich-das-ueber-200-000-euro-kosten/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=correctiv.org |language=de-DE}}{{Cite news |title=Für mehr als 200.000 Euro: Potsdamer Hasso-Plattner-Institut verhindert Betriebsrat |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fur-mehr-als-200000-euro-potsdamer-hasso-plattner-institut-verhindert-betriebsrat-11288839.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |language=de-DE |issn=1865-2263}} The association "aktion ./. arbeitsunrecht", which campaigns against labor injustice and for more democracy in business and industry, considers the actions of the Hasso Plattner Institute to be criminal within the meaning of § 119 of the Works Constitution Act. The law firm Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law had also already attracted attention through union busting at Flink{{Cite web |title=Handelsblatt |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/flink-hellofresh-gorillas-smava-start-ups-gegen-betriebsraete/29009656.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.handelsblatt.com}}{{Cite news |title=Kehrtwende vor dem Berliner Arbeitsgericht: Vorerst kein Betriebsrat beim Lieferdienst Flink |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/kehrtwende-vor-dem-berliner-arbeitsgericht-vorerst-kein-betriebsrat-beim-lieferdienst-flink-8874151.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |language=de-DE |issn=1865-2263}} in Berlin as well as at the car rental company Sixt{{Cite news |last=Wyputta |first=Andreas |date=2021-11-24 |title=Sixt verhindert Betriebsrat: Schluss mit lustig |url=https://taz.de/!5816979/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |language=de |issn=0931-9085}} and the beverage supplier Flaschenpost.{{Cite web |last=Pressemitteilung |date=2024-03-04 |title=Hasso-Plattner-Institut: Union Busting durch Pseudo-Betriebsrat. Wann ermittelt die Staatsanwaltschaft? |url=https://arbeitsunrecht.de/hasso-plattner-institut-union-busting-durch-pseudo-betriebsrat-wann-ermittelt-die-staatsanwaltschaft/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=arbeitsunrecht in deutschland |language=de-DE}} A spokesperson for the legal protection department of the German Trade Union Confederation judged the HPI's actions to be "clearly unlawful".{{Cite web |last=Lelek |first=Christian |title=Vorwürfe gegen Hasso Plattner Institut: Betriebsrat verhindert? |url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1180451.arbeitsrecht-vorwuerfe-gegen-hasso-plattner-institut-betriebsrat-verhindert.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=nd-aktuell.de |language=de}} The events were also discussed in the Brandenburg state parliament at the request of the Left Party.{{Cite web |last=Vandre |first=Isabelle |date=2024-03-26 |title=Die Linksfraktion macht Verhinderung des Betriebsrates am Hasso-Plattner-Institut im Landtag zum Thema |url=https://www.linksfraktion-brandenburg.de/start/aktuelles/einzelansicht-aktuelles/die-linksfraktion-macht-verhinderung-des-betriebsrates-am-hasso-plattner-institut-im-landtag-zum-thema/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Die Linke Fraktion im Landtag Brandenburg |language=de}} The Left Party, the SPD and the Greens took a clear stance in support of setting up a works council and against Union busting. The far right wing party AfD strongly questioned Correctiv's account and spoke out in favor of academic freedom.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=104. Sitzung des Brandenburger Landtags |url=https://www.rbb-online.de/imparlament/brandenburg/2024/21--22--maerz-2024/21__maerz_2024_-_104__Sitzung_des_Brandenburger_Landtags1.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.rbb-online.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Damus |first=Sahra |date=2024-03-21 |title=Rede im Landtag: Mitbestimmung absichern - keine Ausnahme für das Hasso-Plattner-Institut! |url=https://gruene-fraktion-brandenburg.de/im-parlament/reden/mitbestimmung-absichern-keine-ausnahme-fuer-das-hasso-plattner-institut-240321 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Fraktion BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN im Brandenburger Landtag |language=de}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrgAAL0yME |title=Correctiv und Linke nehmen Plattner-Institut ins Visier – wir verteidigen die Wissenschaftsfreiheit! |last=Oeynhausen |first=Daniela |language=de |access-date=2024-04-20 |via=www.youtube.com}} At the beginning of April 2024, HPI employees voted with a majority of 68% for the establishment of the Institute Council.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2024 |title=HPI staff votes for Institute Council |url=https://hpi.de/en/pressemitteilungen/2024/hpi-staff-votes-for-institute-council.html |website=hpi.de}}

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• [https://www.hpi.de/ Website – Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH]
• [https://open.hpi.de/ Official website of openHPI]
• [http://www.tele-task.de/ Official website of tele-TASK]
• [https://hpi.de/school-of-design-thinking.html Official website of HPI School of Design Thinking]

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