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Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Coordinates: 49°15′28″N 7°2′44″E / 49.25778°N 7.04556°E / 49.25778; 7.04556
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Max Planck Institute for Informatics
AbbreviationMPI-INF
FormationNovember 1988; 36 years ago (1988-11)
Typeresearch institute
HeadquartersSaarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Websitewww.mpi-inf.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Informatics (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, abbreviated MPI-INF) is an institute of the Max Planck Society. Founded November 1988 by the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics is located on the campus of Saarland University. The institute started its work under the founding director Kurt Mehlhorn in December 1990.[1] The following year, Harald Ganzinger was recruited as the second director.

The Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics was the first institute of the Max-Planck-Society with a core focus on informatics.[2] It was later followed by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy.

The institute focuses on the research of algorithms and their application in the broadest sense. The research ranges from the foundations (Algorithms and Complexity, Automation of Logic) to the practical areas (Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Internet Architecture, Computer Graphics, Databases and Information Systems, Visual Computing and AI). The institute’s goal is to achieve impact equally through scientific publications, software systems, as well as training the next generation of scientists.

Since the founding, the institute has received countless awards, including: The Leibniz Prize awarded to Kurt Mehlhorn (1987), Hans-Peter Seidel (2003), Anja Feldmann (2011); the Konrad Zuse Medal granted to Kurt Mehlhorn (1995), Thomas Lengauer (2003), Gerhard Weikum (2021); and the Karl Heinz Beckurts-Preis given to Kurt Mehlhorn (1994), Christian Theobalt (2017); as well as ACM Fellowships given to Kurt Mehlhorn (1999), Gerhard Weikum (2006), Thomas Lengauer (2021), Bernt Schiele (2021).

Research departments

Max Planck Institute for Informatics at Saarbrücken

As of early 2018 the institute had five directors, called scientific members. These are:

In addition to the departments, the institute hosts the research group on automation of logic, lead by Christoph Weidenbach. The programming logics department was, until his death in 2004, led by Harald Ganzinger.[3] The independent research group on computational genomics and epidemiology was led by Alice McHardy.

The institute, along with the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the entire Computer Science department of Saarland University, is involved in the Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum für Informatik.

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 Saarland University. Dean is Gerhard Weikum.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bei der Grundsteinlegung 1993 zeigte sich Ministerpräsident Oskar...". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 1996-02-10.
  2. ^ Bylda, Peter (1996-06-17). "Den Rechner von übermorgen im Visier / Begehrte Visitenkarte für Informatik-Standort Saar: Max-Planck-Institut wird in dieser Woche offiziell eingeweiht". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German).
  3. ^ "Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik: Departments".

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