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As part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Science Year 2019 – Artificial Intelligence and the project “#KI50: Artificial Intelligence in Germany – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) is awarding prizes to
“How I took over a company with 130 employees and learned to love data retention”, explains Julian Backes, Managing Director of the software house “DIaLOGIKa”, next Wednesday, 6.11.2019, from 16:15, in lecture hall 1 (building E1.3). Julian Backes foun
Das CISPA – Helmholtz Zentrum für Informationssicherheit stellt neue leitende Wissenschaftler ein. Wir suchen herausragende Forscher, die uns bei unserem wissenschaftlichen Herausforderungen unterstützen. Angeboten werden Positionen als Tenure-Track od
Stretchable circuits have the advantage that they also work in textiles such as clothing. However, their production is considered to be very costly. A new, simplified process has now been presented by two computer scientists from Saarland University. I
The Airbus A380 is the largest mass production civilian airliner. When the wide-bodied aircraft lands safely, its control software has launched countless components over 500 cable kilometers in time. The foundations for the automatic analysis of such t
The number of new students starting at Saarland University is, at over 2,300, currently slightly above last year’s level. In the winter semester, the total number of students at the university is predicted to level out around 16,800. In view of the dec
The joint project UPLINX is a cross-site qualification programme for machine learning with close practical and application orientation. The project will run until the end of 2019 at all DFKI locations throughout Germany with the participation of the Ac
Das Interesse am Smart Home ist gewaltig. Mit zunehmender Zahl verbundener Geräte steigt der Konfigurationsaufwand für Endnutzer und komplexe Sicherheitsrisiken entstehen. Ein Transferprojekt des CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security möchte d
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 Universi
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 st
In love with the voice of an operating system: the movie “Her” skillfully presents this idea. An Oscar-winning script, an erotic voice and a loner as protagonist all contribute. Afterwards, Vera Demberg, Professor of Computer Science, and Alexander Kol
https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/news/press-releases/2019/the-search-for-the-limits-of-search-speed-karl-bringmann-receives-prestigeous-research-award/
Artificial intelligence and data science are regarded as occupational fields of the future. Saarland University teaches these disciplines in the new study program “Data Science and Artificial Intelligence”. On Friday, September 6, high school graduates
Der Grundstein für eine großangelegte Kooperation mit Südkorea wurde am Mittwoch, 28. August, in Saarbrücken gelegt. CISPA-Gründungsdirektor Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael Backes, KAIST-Präsident Dr. Sung Shul Shin, Sprecher der KAIST-Graduierten Schule P
Der zukünftige CISPA-Faculty Antoine Joux hat eine weitere Ehrung erhalten. Der französische Kryptograph gewann den IACR Test-of-Time Award. Er bekam die Auszeichnung bei der Crypto-Konferenz in Santa Barbara für sein Paper „Multicollisions in Iterated
Auch in diesem Jahr veranstaltet das Team des Mathematik-Vorkurses wieder einen vierwöchigen Einführungskurs für angehende Erstsemester. Der Mathematik-Vorkurs soll die mathematischen Kenntnisse vermitteln, die für ein erfolgreiches Informatikstudium i
https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/news/press-releases/2019/kurt-mehlhorn-wird-70/
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 deal
Two minutes of looking into the camera is enough for an app to measure blood pressure, election machines in the United States are vulnerable via the Internet and an online short-term accommodation platform is defending itself against accusations of bei
IT security contests called “Capture the Flag” (CTF) are considered hacker contests, but for students this kind of competition is a practical exercise that beats any lecture on IT security in terms of learning enjoyment. Since 2014, the “saarsec” group