Hacane Hechehouche, a computer science student at Saarland University who is originally from Algeria, has won the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Award for Outstanding Achievement by Foreign Students 2022. The prize is endowed with 1000 euros and is awarded annually to international students of German universities for particularly good…
It's a mind sport that many people don't know about, but which is easily comparable to well-known disciplines such as chess or Go in terms of excitement and complexity - competitive programming. It involves solving highly complicated algorithmic problems under time pressure. A team of computer science students from Saarland…
Modern software systems already control critical infrastructures, factories, self-driving cars and smart homes. The problem is that many of these systems have become so complex that no expert can understand if, how and why they work. Scientists at Saarland University, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the CISPA Helmholtz…
In an old tradition of Saarbrücken Computer Science, students, faculty and staff of all partners of the Saarland Informatics Campus have organized a torchlight procession to honor the professors Martina Maggio and Isabel Valera. The aim is to convince the professors, both of whom have received calls to other universities,…
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…
