Institutes and Chairs

Institute of Applied Computer Science

Institute Director: Wollschlaeger, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin

Institute of Applied Computer Science

• Professur für Explainable Artificial Intelligence
  Calandra, Prof. Dr. Roberto
  · Machine Learning 
  · Reinforcement Learning
  · Robotics and touch 
• Chair of Human-Computer Interaction
  Weber,  Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Gerhard

  · User-centred development of multimodal and haptic user interfaces

  · Navigation and new services to improve mobility of people with special needs

  · Adaptation and adaptivity in time-dependent media for blind, low vision, deaf and
    dyslexic people

• Chair of Industrial Communications
  Wollschlaeger, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Martin

  · Real-time communication in industrial applications (wired and wireless)

  · Digital Twins for production systems 
  · Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
  · Data Spaces in Smart Manufacturing Systems – information modeling
  · Retrofit of industrial applications as enabler for sustainable production
  · Software Defined Production

• Chair of Networked Systems Modeling
  Sommer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph
  · Simulation and modeling of networked machines

  · Protocol and system design of mobile, cooperative, wirelessly networked systems

  · System designs of cooperative autonomous vehicles, drones, and satellites
  · Reproducible research

• Senior Professorship for Technical Information Systems
  Kabitzsch, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Klaus 
  · Distributed, networked automation systems (EN 17609)

  · knowledge based design (www.AUTERAS.de)

  · component based design (re-use, interoperability)
  · digital twins in building automation (ECLASS, ISO 16757)

Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Institute Director: Rudolph, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian

Institute of Artificial Intelligence

• Chair of Computational Logic
  Rudolph, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian

  · Decidability and complexity analysis of logic formalisms

  · Semantic Technologies, Logic-based Knowledge Representation

  · Ontological Modeling

  · Formal Concept Analysis

  · Database Theory

• Chair of Computational Systems Science
  Kühne, Prof. Dr. sc. Thomas D. 

  · Data-driven machine learning approaches and methods
  · AI-based scalable big data analytics
  · Massively parallel high-performance computing
  · Quantum mechanical descriptions via novel numerical techniques and algorithms 
  · Multiscale modeling of energy materials

• Chair Professor of Data Science (ScaDS.AI)
  Runge, Prof. Dr. Jakob 
  · Causal inference 
  · Machine learning / deep learning
  · Time series analysis
  · Climate research and other application areas

• Chair of Explainable Artificial Intelligence
  Calandra, Prof. Dr. Roberto
  · Machine learning
  · Reinforcement Learning
  · Robotic and tactile sense

• Chair of Machine Learning for Spatial Understanding (ScaDS.AI)
  Weigert, Prof. Dr. Martin
  · Machine learning for spatial analysis of microscopy images
  · Cell segmentation, tracking, and detection
  · Representation learning for biological data  

• Chair of Machine Learning for Computer Vision
  Andres, Prof. Dr. Björn
  · Machine Learning (Clustering, Graphical Models)
  · Computer Vision (Multiple Object Tracking, Deformable Object Recognition, 
    Image Segmentation, Biomedical Image Analysis)
  · Applied Mathematics (Combinatorial Optimization)
• Chair of Software Methods for Product Virtualization 
  Roller, Prof. Dr. Sabine
  · Programming and data models for the efficient use of current and future hardware in
    High Performance Computing (HPC), HPC competence center of DLR 
  · Software frameworks for large-scale multiphysics analyses and optimizations based
    on high-fidelity simulations and first-principles.
  · Software methods and technologies for the description and use of the Virtual Product
    (data analytics, surrogate models, integration platform, software security, simulation- 
    based certification)
• Chair of Knowledge-Aware Artificial Intelligence
  Razniewski, Prof. Dr. Simon

  · Language models

  · Knowledge bases

  · Information extraction

  · Commonsense knowledge

• Chair of Scientific Computing for Systems Biology
  Sbalzarini, Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Ivo F. 

  · Computer simulation of living systems

  · Particle methods for numerically solving partial differntial equations

  · Data-driven modeling and model inference from data

  · Machine Learning in biology and medicine

  · Bio-image informatics and 3D image data science

  · Parallel high-performance computing for numerical simulations

  · Systems biology and computational biology

• Young Investigator Group for Logic Programming and Argumentation
  Gaggl, Dr. techn. Sarah A.

  · Logic Programming in particular Answer Set Programming
  · Exploration of large solution spaces

  · Argumentation Theory

Institute of Software- and Multimedia-Technology

Institute Director: Dachselt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund

Institute of Software- and Multimedia-Technology

• Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization
  Gumhold, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan

  · Scientific Visualization 
  · Immersive Analytics

  · Virtual Reality

  · Real-time rendering
  · 3D Scanning

  · Geometry Processing

  · Explainable Machine Learning
  · Pose Estimation

• Chair of Media Design
  Groh, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rainer 

  · Concept and design of interactive systems

  · 3D-Projection principles according to human perception

  · Design methods of Human-Computer Interaction

• Chair of Multimedia Technology
  Dachselt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund

  · Natural, multimodal human-computer interaction

  · Interaction in advanced multi-device environments and Mixed Reality settings
  · Interactive physical computing and tangible user interfaces
  · Collaborative interaction and visualization
  · Interactive data visualization beyond the desktop

  · Mobile data visualization
  · Immersive Analytics, Augmented Reality visualization

• Chair of Software Technology
  Aßmann, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Uwe

  · Model-driven software development (MDSD)

  · Component-based software engineering (CBSE)

  · Software product-line engineering (SPLE)
  · Ontologie-driven software engineering (ODSD)

  · Software architecture for self-adaptive systems, cyber-physical systems and
    collaborative robots (cobots)

  · Agent-based modeling with attributed grammars and bigraph-systems
  · View-based software engineering  (VOSE), also for equational languages (VOSIE)
  · Green Software Engineering

• Chair of Didactics of Informatics
  Damnik, Dr. rer. nat. Gregor

  · Education and training of (prospective) computer science teachers

  · Learning of computer science competences in and out of school

  · Educational technologies

• Junior Professorship in the Design of Immersive Media (TT)
  McGinity, Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthew

  · Virtual and augmented reality

  · Immersive applications in psychotherapy, museums, education, art and architecture

  · Perceptual presence and multisensory perception

  ·  Creative computing

Institute of Systems Architecture

Institute Director: Lehner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang

Institute of Systems Architecture

• Chair of Operating Systems
  Schirmeier, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst

  · Dependable system software

  · Fault injection and fault-tolerance mechanisms

  · Efficient OS interfaces

  · Abstractions for heterogeneous architectures

• Chair of Databases
  Lehner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang

  · Design and implementation of scalable, robust, and energy-efficient database
    systems to analyze very large databases (Big Data Platforms)

  · Algorithm and data structure engineering for exploiting modern hardware
    infrastructures (e.g. in-memory computing, dis-aggregated and hyper-converged
    infrastructures, non-standard computing devices...)

  · Design of principles for querying and analyzing (semi-) structured, high-volume
    document copora (generally web content)     ​

• Chair of Privacy and Security
  Tschorsch, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Florian

  · Privacy Enhancing Technologies,

  · anonymous and unobservable communication

  · data security and privacy in and by distributed systems
  · Trustworthiness for the Internet of Things

• Chair of Distributed and Networked Systems
  Wählisch, Prof. Dr. Matthias

  · Design and analysis of communication systems

  · Scalable und secure communication networks

  · Network architectures, algorithms, protocols

  · Internet infrastructure, distributed services and applications

  · Internet of Things, sensor networks, cloud, Internet measurements

• Chair of Systems Engineering
  Fetzer, Prof. Dr. Christof

  · Confidential Cloud Computing

  · Application Security

•  Junior Professorship for Tactile Computing 
  (interdisciplinary with CeTI)
  Klös, Juniorprofessorin Dr. Verena

  · (Self-) explainable intelligent cyber-physical systems

  · self-adaptive systems

  · formal modeling & verification

  · HW/SW-Co-design

• Senior Professorship of Operation Systems
  Härtig, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hermann

  · Microkernel-based Operating Systems

  · Systems für High Performance Computing

  · Real-Time Systems, Embedded Systems

  · Secure System Architectures

  · Virtual-Machine Technology

  · Interaction of HW/SW Architectures

Institute of Computer Engineering

Institute Director: Nagel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.Wolfgang E.

Institute of Computer Engineering

• Chair for Compiler Construction
  Castrillón, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jerónimo

  · Programming methods for heterogeneous computing systems

  · Domain specific languages and high-level compilers

  · Code optimization (performance, energy efficiency, sustainability) 
  · Optimizations for emerging computing systems 

• Chair of Adaptive Dynamic Systems
  Göhringer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Diana

  · Runtime-adaptive and domain-specific computer architectures

  · Communication infrastructures (Network-on-Chip)

  · Design tools and System simulators / virtual platforms

  · Hardware-software-codesign and runtime systems

• Chair of Processor Design
  N.N.

  · Reconfigurable approximate computing systems
  · Electronic design automation for future nano-technologies

  · Designing secure circuits using reconfigurable transistors

  · Low-power design for embedded machine learning systems

• Chair of Computer Architecture
  Nagel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang E.

  · Software tools for the support of programming and optimization

  · Programming methods and technologies for high-performance computers

  · Grid-computing

  · Architecture and performance analysis of high-performance computers

• Chair of Scalable Software Architectures for Data Analytics (ScaDS.AI)

  Färber, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael
  · Natural language processing
  · Machine learning
  · Knowledge representation

Institute of Theoretical Computer Science

Institute Director: Baader, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz

Institute of Theoretical Computer Science

• Chair for Algebraic and Logical Foundations of Computer Science
  Baier, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christel

  · Formal Methods, Verification, Model Checking

  · Quantitative Analysis of Probabilistic Systems

  · Temporal Logic and Automata Theory

  · Concurrency Theory and Coordination Languages

  · Causality and Responsibility in Operational Models

• Chair for Automata Theory
  Baader, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz

  · Logic in Computer Science and in Artificial Intelligence
  · Explainable symbolic Artificial Intelligence
  · Knowledge Representation (Description Logics, Modal and Temporal Logics)

  · Automated Reasoning (Term Rewriting, Unification, Constraint Solving)

  · Automata Theory and its Application in Logic

• Chair for Foundations of Programming
  Professorship representation: Dr. Marius Feldmann, Dr. Matthias Büchse

  · Theory of Automata

  · Formal models for natural languages 

• Chair for Knowledge-Based Systems
  Krötzsch, Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Markus

  · Artificial Intelligence, especially symbolic and composite approaches

  · Knowledge representation and reasoning

  · Intelligent systems

  · Knowledge management and knowledge modeling