The magazine Computerwoche introduces the 100 most significant personalities in the German IT industry in the release of a book. The three chair holders from the TUM- Informatics include:  Manfred Broy,  Claudia Eckert und  Helmut Krcmar. Also listed are August-Wilhelm Scheer, TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor, and Ernst Denert, honorary professor at the TUM.

In the entire  Computerwoche ranking, 13 professors from universities and other research institutions are represented – of these, five of them are interrelated with the TUM; the remaining personalities come from industry. The only one among the active information systems professors from the TUM who made the ranking was Helmut Krcmar.

The 100 most important IT-doers were selected from Computerwoche’s editorial department. At the forefront, criteria such as influence in industry as well as in society, politics, and science was included. Achievements, economic prosperity, and public appearances were also evaluated along with their future role in the IT environment.