Main Areas of Research

The Department of Informatics spans a wide range of topics in computer science and the application of computers to real-world systems. Special Research Programs (SFB) and Research Cooperations focus on interdisciplinary research programs.

Each of the main areas of research – listed below – encompasses research activities of several individual chairs/research units.

Software and Data Engineering

• Applied Software Engineering (Brügge)
• Database Systems (Kemper, Grust)
• Internet-based Information Systems (Bichler)
• Software Engineering for Business Applications (Matthes)
• Languages and Descriptional Structures in Computer Science (Seidl)
• Software and Systems Engineering (Broy)
• Information Systems (Krcmar)
• Knowledge Management (Schlichter)

Distributed Intelligent Systems

• Cooperative Systems (Schlichter, Brüggemann-Klein)
• Network Architectures and Services (Carle, Fuhrmann)
• Systemarchitecture: Operating Systems, Communication Systems, Computer Networks (Baumgarten, Spies)
• Technical Informatics – Computer Networks (Hegering)

Algorithmns, Verification, Theory

• Efficient Algorithms (Mayr, Scheideler)
• Interactives Theorem Proving (Nipkow)
• Theoretical Computer Science and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (Brauer, Veith)

Bioinformatics

• Bioinformatics (Kramer)
• Efficient Algorithmns (Mayr)

Information Systems

• Internet-based Information Systems (Bichler)
• Software Engineering for Business Applications (Matthes)
• Information Systems (Krcmar)

Computational Engineering

• Augmented Reality and 3D User Interfaces (Klinker)
• Image Understanding and Knowledge-based Systems (Radig)
• Computer Graphics and Visualization (Westermann)
• Scientific Computing in Computer Science (Bungartz, Huckle)

Parallel and Distributed High Performance Computing

• Scientific Computing in Computer Science (Bungartz)
• Computer Organisation, Parallel Computer Architecture (Bode, Gerndt)

Computer Aided Medical Procedures, Robotics

• Computer Aided Medical Procedures (Navab)
• Image Understanding and Knowledge-based Systems (Radig)
• Robotics and Embedded Systems (Knoll)
• Cognitive Robotics (Schmidhuber)
• Telerobotics and Sensorfusion (Burschka)

Information Security

• Information Security Group

Didactic of Informatics

• Didactic of Informatics (Hubwieser)