The Max Planck Institute for Informatics (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik'', abbreviated ''MPI-INF'' or ''MPII'') is a research institute in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

with a focus on algorithms and their applications in a broad sense. It hosts fundamental research (

algorithms In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for performing c ...

and

complexity Complexity characterises the behaviour of a system or model whose components interaction, interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, leading to nonlinearity, randomness, collective dynamics, hierarchy, and emergence. The term is generall ...

, programming logics) as well a research for various application domains (

computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great de ...

, geometric computation,

constraint solving Constraint may refer to: * Constraint (computer-aided design), a demarcation of geometrical characteristics between two or more entities or solid modeling bodies * Constraint (mathematics), a condition of an optimization problem that the solution m ...

computational biology Computational biology refers to the use of data analysis, mathematical modeling and computational simulations to understand biological systems and relationships. An intersection of computer science, biology, and big data, the field also has fo ...

). It is part of the

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...

, Germany's largest publicly funded body for foundation research.

Research departments

As of early 2018 the institute had five directors, called scientific members. These are: * Kurt Mehlhorn - algorithms and complexity department *

Bernt Schiele Bernt Schiele (born November 3, 1968, in Neustadt) is a German computer scientist. He is Max Planck Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and professor at Saarland University. He is known for his work in the field of computer visi ...

- computer vision and multimodal computing department *

Thomas Lengauer Thomas Lengauer (born 12 November 1952) is a German computer scientist and computational biologist. Education Lengauer studied Mathematics at the Free University of Berlin, earning his Diploma in 1975 and a Dr. rer. nat. (equivalent to a PhD) in 1 ...

- computational biology and applied algorithmics department *

Anja Feldmann Anja Feldmann (born 8 March 1966 in Bielefeld) is a German computer scientist. Education and career Feldmann studied computer science at Universität Paderborn and received her degree in 1990. She continued her studies at Carnegie Mellon Unive ...

- Internet architecture department *

Hans-Peter Seidel Hans-Peter Seidel (born 24 April 1958, in Stuttgart, West Germany) is a computer graphics researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science and Saarland University. Education and career Hans-Peter Seidel earned his doctorate degree in ma ...

- computer graphics department *

Gerhard Weikum Gerhard Weikum is a Research Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he is leading the databases and information systems department. His current research interests include transactional and distributed ...

- databases and information systems department In addition to the departments, the institute hosts the research group on automation of logic, lead by

Christoph Weidenbach Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenhofe ...

. The programming logics department was, until his death in 2004, led by Harald Ganzinger. The independent research group on computational genomics and epidemiology was led by

Alice McHardy Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

. The institute, along with the

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) is a computer science research institute co-located in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern, Germany. The institute is chartered to conduct basic research in all areas related to the design, anal ...

(MPI-SWS), the

German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (German: ''Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz'', DFKI) is one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes for software technology based on artificial in ...

(DFKI) and the entire Computer Science department of

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

, is involved in the

Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum für Informatik Dagstuhl is a computer science research center in Germany, located in and named after a district of the town of Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland. Location Following the model of the mathematical center at Mathematical Research Institute of Ober ...

. The International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science (IMPRS-CS) is the graduate school of the MPII and the MPI-SWS. It was founded in 2000 and offers a fully funded PhD-Program in cooperation with

. Dean is

References

External links

Max Planck Institute for Informatics Homepage

International Meeting Place and Research Centre for Computer Science in Dagstuhl Castle

International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science
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