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Prof. Dr. Peter Druschel erhält den diesjährigen Mark Weiser Preis der „Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGOPS“. Damit geht der in der Fachwelt renommierte und hochangesehene Preis zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte an einen Forscher außerhalb der USA. Die ACM-Gesellschaft ist der weltweit wichtigste und größte wissenschaftliche Dachverband in der Informatik. Sie vereint verschiedenste Forschungs-gemeinschaften, wie auch die Interessensgruppe SIGOPS (Special Interest Group on [...]

The institute is pleased to announce that Jon Crowcroft (Cambridge), Tom Henzinger (EPFL), Barbara Liskov (MIT), John Mitchell (Stanford), Greg Morrisett (Harvard) and Robert Schlögl (FHI) have agreed to join the institute’s scientific advisory board.

Michael Backes, Professor at Saarland University, is appointed as a Max Planck Fellow at the MPI for Software Systems for five years. The new Max Planck Fellow program aims to strengthen the cooperation between Max Planck institutes and universities. In addition to his duties at the University, Michael will head a small research group on Information Security and Cryptography at the institute.

A jury chaired by renowned architect Prof. Gunther Henn evaluates fifteen drafts submitted as part of an architecture competition for the design of the institute’s new buildings in Kaiserlautern and Saarbruecken. First prize is awarded to a design by the firm of Weinbrenner and Single in Nuertingen. The designs reflect a common architectural concept that fosters communication and cooperation, while each building has a distinct appearance that respects its situation within the campus of the [...]

Krishna Gummadi, Ph.D., accepts a position on the faculty of the MPI for Software Systems as an independent researcher. This position is comparable to a tenure-track Assitant Professor [...]