For the third time, students of computer science at Saarland University are taking part in the international "Hour of Code" campaign, which traditionally takes place every year in the second week of December. In order to enable children to try out programming for a whole hour, this year the students…
Companies rely on "product lines" when selling cars or computer programs. The idea behind this: The more common components there are in the product variants, the lower are the production costs. Sven Apel, computer science professor at Saarland University, and two colleagues already published research results in 2008 that transfer…
Scientists at Saarland University are working on operating mobile devices via the human body, as this is faster and more intuitive than using multi-touch displays. However, it has so far been unclear how different materials changed the perception of stimuli on the skin and thus also influenced wearing comfort. The…
The cult film "Blade Runner" will be shown by the Filmhaus as "Director's Cut" as part of the film series "Artificial Intelligence in Cinema" (Original with subtitles). Produced in 1982 under the direction of Ridley Scott, the science fiction film deals with the creation of artificial humans as the epitome…
With a participatory exhibition on artificial intelligence, "MS Wissenschaft" is touring 27 cities in Germany. From July 31 to August 4, the exhibition ship will anchor in Saarbrücken near the Congresshalle. Among others, an exhibit from the Saarland Informatics Campus is on board. It shows how artificial intelligence can support…
