Key AI chair filled
With the appointment of Professor Seth Flaxman in October, the department is strengthening its focus on AI research, addressing the full spectrum of the interaction between AI and society.
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Department of Computer Science
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Kaiserslautern is one of the largest IT locations in Germany with the Department of Computer Science forming its core.
Since the department was founded in 1974 three renowned research institutes have evolved from its successful international work. With 30 professors the department covers all areas of computer science and can embrace the importance of computer science as a key skill for virtually all sciences at the TU. The department can also take on the central role of computer science research and development in Kaiserslautern in the future.
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The Department of Computer Science and the institutes in Kaiserslautern carry out basic and application research in many modern subject areas of computer science. The main focus is the engineering-based construction of informatics systems.>
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Kaiserslautern is one of the largest IT locations in Germany with the Department of Computer Science forming its core.
Since the department was founded in 1974 three renowned research institutes have evolved from its successful international work.
With 30 professors the department covers all areas of computer science and can embrace the importance of computer science as a key skill for virtually all sciences at the TU. The department can also take on the central role of computer science research and development in Kaiserslautern in the future.
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Im Namen aller Mitglieder des Fachbereichs Informatik sprechen wir den Angehörigen unser tief empfundenes Mitgefühl aus.
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Nachruf für Prof. Dr. Paul Müller
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"Outstanding Paper" award for Prof. Dr. Anthony W. Lin at the ICLR
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6 ICML papers for the ML Group at RPTU in Kaiserslautern – 10 for the Department of Computer Science in total
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Annette Bieniusa admitted to the Academy of Excellent University Teaching
Prof. Dr. Annette Bieniusa has been admitted to the Academy of Excellent University Teaching e.V. She teaches software technology at RPTU and wants to use her academy membership for exchange with other lecturers.
Studying computer science at RPTU: “It's a lot of fun”
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