Research Institutes
Several world-renowned computer science institutes are located on the Saarland Informatics Campus at Saarland University – often only a few steps apart from one another. The researchers working here make Saarbrücken a unique European site for computer science.
Awards
2020
ISSTA Impact Paper Award 2020
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zeller
Dissertationspreis der Fachgruppe Bioinformatik
Dr. Florian Schmidt
ISCB Student Software Award
Dr. Florian Schmidt
ERC Proof of Concept
Dr. Christoph Lenzen
ERC Starting Grant
Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg
ECIR Test-of-Time Award
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum
Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contribution Award
Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt
IEEE TCRTS Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Wilhelm
Saarländsicher Landespreis für Hochschullehre
Prof. Dr. Bernd Finkbeiner und Prof. Dr. Andreas Zeller
ISSTA Impact Paper Award 2020
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zeller
Dissertationspreis der Fachgruppe Bioinformatik
Dr. Florian Schmidt
ISCB Student Software Award
Dr. Florian Schmidt
ERC Proof of Concept
Dr. Christoph Lenzen
ERC Starting Grant
Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg
ECIR Test-of-Time Award
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum
Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contribution Award
Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt
IEEE TCRTS Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Wilhelm
Saarländsicher Landespreis für Hochschullehre
Prof. Dr. Bernd Finkbeiner und Prof. Dr. Andreas Zeller
2019
Test-of-Time-Award
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Wilhelm
Software Product Line Most Influential Paper Award
Prof. Dr. Sven Apel
ERC Starting Grant
Karl Bringmann
Einer der zehn prägende Köpfe der deutschen KI-Geschichte (GI)
Prof. Dr. Jörg H. Siekmann
Einer der zehn prägende Köpfe der deutschen KI-Geschichte (GI)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis
Karl Bringmann
EATCS Presburger Award
Karl Bringmann
Test-of-Time-Award
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Wilhelm
Software Product Line Most Influential Paper Award
Prof. Dr. Sven Apel
ERC Starting Grant
Karl Bringmann
Einer der zehn prägende Köpfe der deutschen KI-Geschichte (GI)
Prof. Dr. Jörg H. Siekmann
Einer der zehn prägende Köpfe der deutschen KI-Geschichte (GI)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis
Karl Bringmann
EATCS Presburger Award
Karl Bringmann
2018
IEEE Fellow
Prof. Michael Backes
ICDM Tao Li Award
Dr. Jilles Vreeken
“Artificial Intelligence” Inquiry Commission, Bundestag (German federal parliament)
Professor Antonio Krüger
ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Björn Brandenburg
Google Faculty Research Award
Dr. Gerard Pons-Moll
Schellingpreis
Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.
Vodafone Innovationpreis
Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.
ERC Advanced Grant
Krishna Gummadi
Seoul Test of Time Award
Fabian M. Suchanek, Gjergji Kasneci and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum
Honory Doctorate (University of Lorraine)
Prof. Dr. Michael Backes
IEEE Fellow
Prof. Michael Backes
ICDM Tao Li Award
Dr. Jilles Vreeken
“Artificial Intelligence” Inquiry Commission, Bundestag (German federal parliament)
Professor Antonio Krüger
ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Björn Brandenburg
Google Faculty Research Award
Dr. Gerard Pons-Moll
Schellingpreis
Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.
Vodafone Innovationpreis
Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.
ERC Advanced Grant
Krishna Gummadi
Seoul Test of Time Award
Fabian M. Suchanek, Gjergji Kasneci and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum
Honory Doctorate (University of Lorraine)
Prof. Dr. Michael Backes
Ranking:
Country Check Informatics
The “Ländercheck Informatik”, published in May 2018 by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany), sheds light on the differences in computer science education at universities between the federal states. Saarland is described as a winner in the study, as it achieves top results in almost all categories.
Research Highlights
Scientists at the Saarland Informatics Campus (SIC) carry out top-level research. Their projects are presented at renowned international conferences, as well as at trade fairs such as the international computer expo CeBIT in Hannover.
Research Fields
Around 30 research topics are explored by the scientists of the Saarland Informatics Campus (SIC) – from theoretical computer science, formal methods, algorithms and complexity, through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational linguistics, to embedded systems and language processing.
- Algebra
- Algorithms
- Applied Analysis
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Foundations and Application)
- Computational Biology and Life Sciences
- Computational Linguistics
- Data Science
- Didactics of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Formal Methods
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Mathematical Data Analysis
- Numerical Mathematics
- Security and Cryptography
- Software and Hardware Systems
- Stochastics
- Visual and Geometric Computing
Contacts, Directories, Research Groups
Around 800 researchers make the Saarland Informatics Campus a unique location for computer science. They do research as PhD students, independent research group leaders, professors, and emeritus professors in more than 70 research groups.
Doctoral Studies
The Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science provides an optimal environment for pursuing doctoral studies in computer science at an internationally competitive level. As a student, you undergo research-oriented training and experience a stimulating and scientifically challenging atmosphere. Advised by internationally renowned scientists, you can participate in one of the many research groups and find your way into top-notch research.
Library
The Campus Library for Computer Science and Mathematics is the common library of the on-campus Max Planck Institutes, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics at Saarland University. In addition to 120,000 computer science and mathematics publications, the library also offers individual and group work spaces.
Opening Hours
Mo–Fr: 8:00–18:00 (temporarily)
Technology Transfer: Entrepreneurship and Investing
In order to transform research results into products and licenses, all institutes of the Saarland Informatics Campus work closely with the entrepreneurship organizations of the state and federal governments. The on-site IT-Incubator, supported by the university, the state, and the Max Planck Society, helps scientists to protect their ideas with patents and to make them usable by business and industry, and supports the establishment of new IT businesses that provide numerous jobs for the region.
Job Opportunities
From internships to professorships, job opportunities at the Saarland Informatics Campus are wide-ranging. Whether during your studies, or as the next step in your career, the SIC as an employer offers excellent prospects to gain your footing on our campus.
Selected Highlights:
You have successfully completed your doctorate or PhD in computer science with a focus on planning/scheduling, search algorithms, constraint reasoning, decision and game theory, reinforcement learning or in mathematics with a focus on mathematical optimization or decision and game theory. (…) more
We are offering several Business Developer positions in our group for an upcoming spin-off project: ChainifyDB. Our goal is to transform the research prototype into a market-ready commercial product by the end of 2020. (…) more
Become a member of our group at the newly founded Chair of Systems Modeling and Simulation!We are part of the Systems Engineering Department working on the modeling, simulation, and optimization of dynamical systems. (…) more