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EATCS Presburger Award for Tomasz Kociumaka

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…

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Saarbrücken once again a meeting place for young IT talents

Forschungstage supports the next generation of scientists with lectures, workshops, and insights into latest computer science research From June 25 to 27, 2025, Saarbrücken will once again become a hub for young computer science enthusiasts from across Germany. Since 2008, the Saarbrücken Research Days have provided selected high school students…

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Hollywood Discovers Saarbrücken-Based Research for the Film Industry

First Fully AI-Dubbed Film Launched in U.S. Theaters Dubbed films often suffer from mismatched lip movements and audio, which can disrupt the viewing experience. An internationally operating UK-based startup has now developed a solution to this problem—inspired by research from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany: using…

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ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award for Andreas Zeller

Computer science professor and CISPA researcher Andreas Zeller has now become the first German to receive an ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award. Zeller receives the award for "significant contributions and important innovations in automated software engineering education." Andreas Zeller's research on software security topics is highly influential internationally. Andreas Zeller's…

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Lisa Marie Rolli: Hotz Medalist on AI, Bioinformatics & Her PhD

Lisa Marie Rolli’s academic journey is one for the books. What began as a spark of curiosity for chemistry and programming has led her to study Bioinformatics at Saarland University, where she started working as a research assistant in her early semesters. Throughout her Bachelor’s and Master’s education, she focused…

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