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Lisa Marie Rolli’s academic journey is one for the books. What began as a spark of curiosity for chemistry and programming has led her to study Bioinformatics at Saarland University, where she started working as a research assistant in her early semesters. Throughout her Bachelor’s and Master’s education, she focused on reliability and interpretability in AI.
On April 3, 14 girls aged 10 to 16 visited the Saarbrücken MPIs for Girls’ Day. The “Girls’ Day – Future Prospects for Girls” is a nationwide initiative in Germany aimed at inspiring girls to explore professions in which women are still underrepresented, particularly in fields such as IT, engineering, natural sciences, and technology.
Der Informatiker Dr. Martin Schmitz ist mit dem Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ausgezeichnet worden. Das teilte die DFG heute mit. Der mit 200.000 Euro dotierte Preis gilt als einer der renommiertesten Preise im deutschsprachigen Raum für Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in einem frühen Karrierestadium.
The Saarbrücken team secures a place in the world championship, ranking among the top three German teams. The team from Saarland University won a silver medal at the European Championship of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). This achievement secured the team, jointly trained by Saarland University and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, a spot at the world championship, which will take place in September 2025 in Baku, Azerbaijan. With this Saarland University has [...]
Professor Derek Dreyer, scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. Photo: Oliver Dietze Professor Derek Dreyer, Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), has recently received two prestigious international awards recognizing his research. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest scientific society in computer science, has named him an ACM Fellow. Additionally, at the 2025 edition of the “Symposium on Principles [...]
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