Computer scientist Professor Holger Hermanns with the model of a nano-satellite ©Oliver Dietze The market for so-called LEO (low-earth orbit) satellites is growing rapidly: Today, about 2500 active satellites orbit our planet in this Zone. Over the next 10 years launches for about 50,000 more have already been announced. .…
Computer science professor Holger Hermanns with Kevin Baum, computer scientist and philosopher, in a lecture hall on the campus of Saarland University (February 2019) ©Iris Maurer Many computer systems today use algorithms of Artificial Intelligence. But how do these systems make decisions? And how can their behavior be explained so…
A team of international master students of computer science has developed a new university app. It has many functions that make life easier for students and university employees alike. Computer science students at Saarland University have the chance to gain work experience already during their studies. As part of the…
They are about the size of a shoebox, high-tech, and soon tens of thousands of them will be orbiting the earth – so called nano-satellites. They can, for example, take high-resolution photos of our planet, or reinforce telecommunications networks. However, these actions take energy and this resource is scarce in…
Whether in fitness, medicine or in the entertainment industry, IT devices worn on the body, such as smart watches, are becoming increasingly popular. Such wearables benefit from the input device fitting as naturally as possible to the body – for example as electro-sensitive fabrics, so-called e-textiles. Computer scientists at Saarland…
