Software and Hardware Systems
Brief overview of the research field
The demand for ever newer hardware and software is always growing; at the same time, their development becomes increasingly complex. Thus, on many levels, new methods are constantly needed in order to meet these demands. In this research, software aspects include, for example, work on new programming languages, continuous questioning of design and development processes, and the systematic testing of products. In the case of hardware systems, there are questions on improving efficiency, on production, on new protocols, and on the possibility of proving correct behavior.
In Saarbrücken the Embedded Systems degree program represents an interface discipline within this research field. Several groups in the Department of Computer Science and the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems have their focus on this area.
Professors in this field
![Image of Sven Apel](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/SvenApelProfile720x720.jpeg)
![Image of Michael Backes](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/63d19262efd34bd69526fecceaf46e0b.png)
![Image of Peter Druschel](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/ed7814849faf419d93189f1e3631f0af.png)
![Image of Anja Feldmann](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/anja-e1527496245231.jpg)
![Image of Deepak Garg](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/Garg.jpg)
![Image of Krishna Gummadi](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_m_krishna_gummadi_zugeschnitten.jpg)
![Image of Thorsten Herfet](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_Herfet_Thorsten.jpg)
![Image of Holger Hermanns](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_holger_hermanns.png)
![Image of Wolfgang J. Paul](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/86227250ba3d4dbbb8ccc8d3a4985619.png)
![Image of Jan Reineke](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_m_jan_reineke_zugeschnitten.jpg)
![Image of Reinhard Wilhelm](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_Reinhard_Wilhelm.jpg)
Junior faculty in this field
![Image of Björn Brandenburg](https://www.mpi-sws.org/people/bbb/Bjoern-Brandenburg.jpg)
![Image of Sven Bugiel](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/sven_bugiel.jpg)
![Image of Keon Jang](https://www.mpi-sws.org/people/keonjang/Keon-Jang.jpg)
![Image of Antoine Kaufmann](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/m_antonio_kaufmann.jpg)
![Image of Jonathan Mace](https://people.mpi-sws.org/~jcmace/me.png)
![Image of Ben Stock](https://pdb.saarland-informatics-campus.de/uploads/images/BenStock.jpg)