"A true flagship campus, around which an incubator for start-ups could be built." - Angela Merkel

Saarland, a place for innovation – science and industry on the same wavelength

The application-oriented interplay of research, business and policy makes the Saarland Informatics Campus (SIC) the leading IT location in Europe, with outstanding importance for Germany as a place for innovation. With over 30 research fields and 1,000 employees, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the Center for Bioinformatics, and Saarland University cover the entire range of topics in computer science. Superbly trained young talent, in particular for IT firms, is therefore guaranteed. Through its exceptional breadth, the SIC is able not only to continually expand its worldwide research network, but also to take part in a multitude of collaborations with industry partners both inside and outside of Germany. Within Germany these include Siemens, Adidas, Deutsche Post, Airbus Operations and the BMW “Research and Technology” group in Munich. Internationally, the Saarland Informatics Campus works together with major global concerns such as Microsoft, Adobe, Intel and Google – and with success, as the most recent establishment of the ZF Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Center on the campus impressively demonstrates.

An IT Incubator on campus, more than 80 spin-offs in the last 10 years, and membership in the Software Cluster, a nationwide network of businesses and research facilities for business software development, also make the SIC attractive for entrepreneurs. Saarland University is ranked second for start-up funding by the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Humanities and Sciences in Germany), and has been designated as an “EXIST Start-up Campus” by the Federal Ministry for Business and Technology.

Great things always start small.

The team at SIC is happy to advise and support all interested parties at any time!

Technology Transfer: Collaboration and Investment

To convert research results into products and licenses, the Saarland Informatics Campus offers a comprehensive infrastructure for the support of start-ups. Saarland University's newly established "Triathlon" organization bundles all activities for the fostering of researchers in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology transfer. It includes an incubator for tech start-ups, ,an internal patent office and comprehensive capacities for intensive support of start-up projects. Software developments are protected by open source and proprietary licenses. In the 2022 edition of the "Gründungsradar" (Start-up Radar), the UdS ranked 2nd among the 59 large German universities.    

Jens Krück
Management Triathlon
+49 681 302-3548
Campus A1 1
66123 Saarbrücken
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Our expertise for you

IT Security

Spectacular security holes are making daily headlines. With the Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) on campus, companies have the best conditions to benefit from numerous synergies in security research

Big Data Science

Sensible and efficient search through enormous quantities of data, as well as meaningful linking of data in order to find desired information, already offer great potential for commercial applications. Saarbrücken computer science is also very well positioned in this discipline, with research groups in the Department of Computer Science, and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics.

Visual Computing

The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, the University with the Visual Computing master’s degree program as well as the strategic partnership with Google named “Saarbruecken Research Center for Visual Computing, Interaction & AI“: Outstanding, wide-ranging collaborations between research and industry create a highly attractive environment for additional partnerships and new facilities.

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Sematic Web

Getting computers to understand information as quickly and robustly as humans do is a challenge that companies like Microsoft, Google, and IBM have been taking on for decades. Saarland University and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics have already established intensive industry contacts in this area, through doctoral stipends and joint projects.

Automotive Industry

Both in large collaborative research projects as well as in the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, there very are close connections with the most important representatives of the German and European automotive industry. Here the specialized expertise of Saarbrücken researchers comes into play.

Pharmaceuticals

In particular through the Center for Bioinformatics, there are close connections to the pharmaceutical industry. Cooperative efforts deal with algorithms-based analysis and diagnostics, but also overlap with the field of Visual Computing, including via so-called visual screening.

Selected Start-ups

D:AI:MOND Team
Start-up for high-calibre data analysis

Four renowned computer science experts of Saarland University have founded the consulting firm “D:AI:MOND”. Their “Data Science Consulting” is based on the latest research findings. In this way, the scientists want to provide their customers with sound advice

Ambiverse Team
Discovering the digital world through play

The team of Foldio has made it their mission to prepare as many children as possible for the digital world at an early stage and in a playful way – with innovative toys made of conductive paper and with an app. The idea was born at a Startup Weekend at Saarland University in 2017.

Captury Team
Capturing reality

Recognizing how multiple people are moving, within only milliseconds? The technology of the Captury, founded in July 2013 through the Max Planck Institute for Infomatics, helps animation specialists in Hollywood, as well as doctors and athletes.

Research Institutes

Several world-renowned computer science institutes are located on the Saarland Informatics Campus at Saarland University – often only a few steps apart from one another. The researchers working here make Saarbrücken a unique European site for computer science.

Dr. Kristina Scherbaum
Saarland Informatics Campus
+49 681 302-70150
Saarland Informatics Campus E1 7, R.123
66123 Saarbrücken
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Press Releases and News – The Latest Bits and Bytes

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The future of personalized robotics: DFKI optimizes system development with hybrid AI and human feedback

Recent developments in robotics have brought the vision of robots taking over complex tasks as personal assistants and interaction partners for humans within reach. Researchers at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have taken an important step in this direction as part of the M-Rock project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Using innovative approaches based on hybrid AI methods and human feedback, they have succeeded in significantly increasing the safety and adaptability of robot behavior.

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Zukunft der Landwirtschaft:  Autonome Maschinen mit großem Potenzial, Digitalisierung mit Hindernissen

Nach fünf Jahren neigt sich das Projekt Zukunftslabor Agrar (ZLA) dem Ende zu. Forschungseinrichtungen aus Niedersachsen, darunter das DFKI, untersuchten Aspekte der digitalisierten Landwirtschaft der Zukunft. Bei dem Konzept Spot Farming ist ein Feld keine homogene Fläche. Teile werden, zum Erhalt der Umwelt und zur Steigerung des Ertrags, unterschiedlich bepflanzt. Für die Bewirtschaftung sollen neuartige Maschinen wie Roboter zum Einsatz kommen. Im ZLA wurde die Technik näher betrachtet. [...]

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Saarland als neuer Standort der Digital Hub Initiative des Bundes ausgezeichnet

Das Saarland hat seine Position als Innovations- und Start-up-Standort in Deutschland weiter gestärkt: The Bridge Incubator GmbH, angesiedelt im Innovation Center der Universität des Saarlandes, wird in Kooperation mit East Side Fab e.V. als neuer „de:hub Artificial Intelligence“ in die renommierte Digital Hub Initiative des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) aufgenommen.

Dates, Lectures and Events

October 2024

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  • Elementary school experts meet at Saarland University
  • European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
  • IP Office Hour
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  • Elementary school experts meet at Saarland University
  • European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
  • Computing Graph Isomorphisms and Similarities - Daniel Neuen
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  • European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
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  • Info day of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for first semester students
  • Monthly AI Meetup #5
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  • StEP - Orientation for new students
  • IP Office Hour
  • 7. Saarland Accelerator: Demo Day
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  • StEP - Orientation for new students
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  • Informatik-AG Gymnasium am Schloss
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  • ACM CCS 2024
  • IP Office Hour
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  • ACM CCS 2024
  • ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
  • Trustworthy AI: what is it and what is important?
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  • ACM CCS 2024
  • ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
  • Design X Entrepreneurship – Kickoff
  • Informatik-AG Gymnasium am Schloss
  • Selbstständigkeit und Niederlassung
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  • ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
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  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
  • IP Office Hour
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  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
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  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
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  • IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
  • Informatik-AG Gymnasium am Schloss
  • Selbstständigkeit und Niederlassung
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  • Automated Software Engineering Conference
  • IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
  • ACM MULTIMEDIA 2024
  • IP Office Hour
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  • Automated Software Engineering Conference
  • ACM MULTIMEDIA 2024
  • Is AI turning us into zombies? A guide to survival

IT Theme Nights – Entrepreneurs, Citizens and Researchers Exchange Ideas

With the “IT Theme Night” event series, the Competence Center for Computer Science, the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Liaison Office (KWT), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and the Zentrale für Produktivität und Technologie Saar e.V. (ZPT/saar.is) facilitate interchange among scientists, citizens, and technology users in small and medium-sized businesses from the region. These events link the latest findings from computer science research with the the needs of professional end-users.