Formal Methods
Brief overview of the research field
To be “quite sure” is the goal of this research area. Does the sensor detect the impact early enough, so that the airbag has enough time to deploy and save the driver’s life? Researchers want to be able to answer such questions for complex software in all application areas. Their secret weapons: mathematical logic and probabilities.
In Saarbrücken this research field of theoretical computer science is particularly well represented in the entire computer science department, as well as in the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, with numerous professorial chairs and junior research groups.
Professors in this field
Prof. Dr. Markus Bläser
Professor, Saarland UniversityComputational Complexity
Prof. Dr. Karl Bringmann
Professor, Saarland UniversityAlgorithms and Complexity
Prof. Dr. Derek Dreyer
Scientific Director and Professor, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI SWS)Foundations of Programming
Prof. Dr. Bernd Finkbeiner
Professor, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information SecurityReactive Systems
Prof. Dr. Holger Hermanns
Professor, Saarland UniversityDependable Systems and Software
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hoffmann
Professor, Saarland UniversityFoundations of Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Kurt Mehlhorn
Seniorprofessor and Professor, Saarland UniversityAlgorithms and Complexity
Prof. Dr. Peter Ochs
Professor, Department of Computer ScienceMathematics and Computer Science
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Paul
Emeritus and Professor, Saarland UniversityComputer Architecture and Parallel Computing
Prof. Dr. Jan Reineke
Professor, Saarland UniversityReal-Time and Embedded Systems
Prof. Dr. Gert Smolka
Professor, Saarland UniversityProgramming Systems
Prof. Dr. Christoph Weidenbach
Professor, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)Automation of Logic
Junior faculty in this field
Dr. Maria Christakis
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI SWS)Programming Languages & Verification
Dr. Eva Darulová
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI SWS)Programming Languages, Software Verification, Approximate Computing
Dr. Andreas Karrenbauer
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)Combinatorial Optimization
Dr. Christoph Lenzen
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)Theory of Distributed and Embedded Systems
PD Dr. Thomas Sturm
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI INF)Automated Reasoning and Nonlinear Arithmetic
