The Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI – German Informatics Society) is awarding Professor Wolfgang Wahlster, long-time Chairman of the Management Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the prestigious Konrad Zuse Medal for Services to Computer Science. With this award, the GI honors the outstanding scientific achievements and…
An international team of researchers, including mathematician Jonas Haferkamp from Saarland University, has discovered a new phenomenon in the world of quantum physics. States that appear completely random, without actually being so, are generated much faster than previously thought. This could significantly improve many quantum-physical applications. Due to its fundamental…
From September 1–5, 2025, the Saarland Informatics Campus will host the internationally renowned Highlights of Logic, Games and Automata Conference. Around 110 to 150 international participants are expected to attend – including leading researchers in logic, games, formal methods, verification, and algorithmic modeling. The Highlights Conference features an innovative format…
Satellite images, social media and barcode scanners in shops offer a wealth of data that has so far been little used in the social sciences. New AI-supported methods are helping with the evaluation, but they require a great deal of IT expertise and legal and ethical consideration. This interdisciplinary expertise…
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Kurt Mehlhorn, emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, was honored with the Saarland Order of Merit on August 20, 2025, in Saarbrücken. Minister President Anke Rehlinger presented this highest award of the Saarland during a ceremony at the State Chancellery in…
