The scientist, entrepreneur, and versatile innovator Professor August-Wilhelm Scheer will be awarded the honorary senator title of Saarland University. This is the highest honor granted by the university. It is reserved for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the university and society. Media representatives are welcome to attend the…
Beim Bürgerfest zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit 2025 präsentiert sich die Universität des Saarlandes gemeinsam mit Forschungsinstituten und Partnereinrichtungen sowie dem Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes. An Info-Ständen werden zahlreiche Forschungsprojekte der Informatik, Medizin und Biowissenschaften sowie des Europa-Schwerpunkts der Universität präsentiert. Zudem gibt es für Kinder und Jugendliche vielfältige Mitmachangebote, bei…
The Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI – German Informatics Society) is awarding Professor Wolfgang Wahlster, long-time Chairman of the Management Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the prestigious Konrad Zuse Medal for Services to Computer Science. With this award, the GI honors the outstanding scientific achievements and…
An international team of researchers, including mathematician Jonas Haferkamp from Saarland University, has discovered a new phenomenon in the world of quantum physics. States that appear completely random, without actually being so, are generated much faster than previously thought. This could significantly improve many quantum-physical applications. Due to its fundamental…
The computer scientist receives the award for groundbreaking contributions to string algorithms and data structures Strings, that is, character sequences of any kind such as texts in any natural language, appear everywhere in our daily lives, and they constitute some of the biggest datasets generated by humanity. Tomasz Kociumaka, research…
