Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Günter Hotz is the founder of Saarbrücken Computer Science and is considered one of the fathers of computer science in Germany. For more than three decades, he taught and conducted research as Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland University. During this time,…
Joint press release by the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Google Germany In June, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany and Google have announced a strategic research partnership to start the "Saarbrücken Research Center for Visual Computing, Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (VIA)" at the Max Planck…
During the kickoff event of the winter semester 2022/23, the Computer Science Student Council again presented its "Busy Beaver" Award. With this award, the student council of the computer science programs recognizes lecturers who have distinguished themselves during the past semester through special commitment in teaching. The following courses taught…
Dr. Andrea Volkamer, currently an assistant professor at Charité in Berlin, received her certificate of appointment as a university professor at the Ministry of Finance and Science on July 29, 2022. Andrea Volkamer studied bioinformatics at Saarland University, followed by a one-year research stay at Purdue University (USA). After her…
Hans-Peter Seidel, Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken and Honorary Professor at Saarland University, has been honored by the world's largest computer science association, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), for his seminal contributions to the research field of computer graphics. To be elected into…
