International Research Center for Computer Science

SAARBRÜCKEN

SaarbrückenSaarbrücken

Largest Computer Science Campus in Largest Computer Science Campus in EuropaEuropa

CS Department

MPI-SWS

DFKI

CISPA

CBI

Schloss Dagstuhl

Cluster of Excellence

GraduateSchool

Intel VCI

MPI-INF

Largest Computer Science Campus in Largest Computer Science Campus in EuropeEurope

Cluster of ExcellenceCluster of Excellence

MPI-SWS MPI-SWS

BioInformaticsBioInformatics

LibraryLibrary

Lecture Hall

Lecture Hall

Intel InstituteIntel Institute

DFKI VIS-Center

DFKI VIS-Center

CS Department

CS Department MPI -INFMPI -INF

MathematicsMathematics

DFKIDFKI

GuesthouseGuesthouse

Many High Level Scientific AwardsMany High Level Scientific Awards

Future Award of the Federal PresidentWolfgang Wahlster (the only prize winner in informatics)

This concentration

is unique among

German universities.

This concentration

is unique among

German universities.

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6 DFG Leibniz Award (highest German Reasearch Award)Kurt Mehlhorn, Wolfgang Paul, Günter Hotz, Manfred Pinkal, Hans-Peter Seidel, Joachim Weickert

4 Zuse-MedalsKurt Mehlhorn, Günter Hotz, Thomas Lengauer, Reinhard Wilhelm

1 Philip Morris Research AwardAugust-Wilhelm Scheer

… and many others

45 million €

Second Phase for Graduate School and Second Phase for Graduate School and Cluster of ExcellenceCluster of Excellence

Recent DevelopmentsRecent DevelopmentsNew Institutes2012 Second Phase Funding for the Cluster of Excellence

and the Graduate School2011 CISPA - Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability2010 BMBF Cluster Software Research2009 IVCI - Intel Institute for Visual Computing

Recent Awards2013 IJCAI Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award to Wolfgang Wahlster 2013 Frank-Olaf Schreyer Fellow of the AMS2012 DAGM-German Pattern Recognition Award for Christian Theobalt2012 Distinguished Career Award for Computer Graphics to Hans-Peter Seidel2012 Matthias Hein ERC Starting Grant (1,27 Mio EUR)2011 ERC Grant to Andreas Zeller (2.3 Mio EUR, 5 years)2011 Joachim Weickert Member of the Academia Europaea2011 Thomas Lengauer receives Heinz-Ansmann-Preis for AIDS Research2011 DAGM-German Pattern Recognition Award for Matthias Hein2009 Leibniz-Prize to Joachim Weickert

Our Local Study ProgramsOur Local Study Programs

Informatics / Computer Science (BSc & MSc) Bioinformatics (BSc & MSc) Computer & Communication (BSc & MSc) (Fac. 6&7) Visual Computing (MSc) Media Informatics (BSc & MSc) Information Systems (Fac. 1 &6) EIT International Security Master (MSc)

Characteristics:All Master programs in EnglishPhD possible right after bachelor studies (+ stipend)Courses and seminars during semester breaksStudent-to-teacher-ratio: 1 teacher / 4 students

Study rankingsStudy rankings

CHE rankings - SB always top ranked*

in the categories student feeback, research, infrastructure, national and world wide reputation

Recommended for both, determined and research oriented students

Nationwide Research Landscape**

1. Place: Number of scientific publications1. Place: Number of journal publications1. Place: „Scientific impact“ (citations)

Sources * Focus 2007, Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE) 2012/2011/2009/2006/2003; ** Prof. Nebel, 2001

Facts about CS in SaarbrückenFacts about CS in SaarbrückenProfessors and Senior Researchersbelong to the faculty and the cluster of excellence41+33

160 PostDocs belong to the CS faculty and the CS institutes on campus

>330 PhD Students at Saarbrücken Graduate Schoolthereof more than 50% from abroad

senior researchers from SB appointed to tenured positions(during the last 7 years)70

new buildings on campus during the last 5 years619 million € / year

third party funding

Current Research FieldsCurrent Research Fields

Theory & Algorithms

Softwareand Hardware

Systems

InformationSystems

Visual and Geometric Computing

ArtificialIntelligence &

Machine Learning

Computational Biology & Life

SciencesComputational

Linguistics

Formal Methods

Cooperations with IndustryCooperations with Industry

MicrosoftIBMSAPIntelNVIDIAMotorola

SAP Retail Solutions Infineon

SGIAMD

T-SystemsBeiersdorf

IDS Scheer (SAG)

CS DEPARTMENTSince 1969. Wide range of research topics and study courses, highest

publication rate per professor in Germany. Comprises the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science with more than

330 PhD candidates and about 1 Mio EUR budget per year.

NEW LECTURE HALLNew auditorium maximum (Günter Hotz Lecture Hall) for the

Computer Science Department

JOINT LIBRARYThe joint Library of the CS Dept., Mathematics Dept., the

Max-Planck-Institutes and the DFKI.

CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE MMCI

This building is the home of the Cluster of Excellence on Multimodal Computing and Interaction. Founded in 2007, it hosts currently 17 Research Groups that

work on algorithms to efficiently understand, process, search and store multimodal data. The budget ranges about 7 Mio EUR per year.

MPI FOR INFORMATICSFounded in 1990, about 180 researchers in 5 departments work on

fundamental research topics in the field of informatics. Highest citation rank in Germany. Promotion of young people (IMPRS und MPC-VCC)

MPI FOR SOFTWARE SYSTEMSFounded in 2004, two sites (KL + SB), currently hosts about 60

Researchers in 7 Departments. The researchers pursue fundamental research in the field of software systems

DFKIGerman Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.

Founded in 1988, the home of about 400 employees. Mostly applied research. 35 Mio € annual budget and 4 sites.

(SB, KL, Bremen and Berlin)

CBI & IVCICenter for Bioinformatics.

Founded in 2001, 7 groups, research on algorithms for the simulation of

biochemical processes and for the analysis of biomolecular data.

Intel Visual Computing Institute. Founded in 2009, partially financed by Intel. Focus on visual computing and many-core hardware.

LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR INFORMATICSat Schloss Dagstuhl, managed by UdS. Center for international workshops

and seminars on cutting edge topics in computer science and related research fields. More than 2000 participants per year.

Thank You.