Our goal is to advance understanding and drive innovation in key areas of computer science.
The research at our institute spans a wide range, from exploring the foundational principles of algorithms and investigating systems like the internet to multimodal fields such as computer vision, computer graphics, databases and information systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. By integrating these diverse areas and fostering a culture of collaboration, we operate at the highest scientific standards and work to shape the computing systems of tomorrow.

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Departments

D1

Algorithms and Complexity

Prof. Danupon Nanongkai, Ph.D.
D2

Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Prof. Dr. Bernt Schiele
D3

Internet Architecture

Prof. Anja Feldmann, Ph.D.
D4

Computer Graphics

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel
D5

Databases and Information Systems

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum
D6

Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt
RG1

Automation of Logic

Prof. Dr. Christoph Weidenbach
RG2

Network and Cloud Systems

Dr. Yiting Xia
RG3

Multimodal Language Processing

Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg

Selected Collaborations

Saarland Informatics Campus

The Saarland Informatics Campus (SIC) is one of the leading locations for computer science in Germany and Europe. Four world-renowned research institutes, namely the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and the Center for Bioinformatics along with Saarland University and its three departments (Computer Science, Mathematics, Language Science and Technology) together cover the entire spectrum of computer science.

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Partnership with Google

In 2022 the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Informatics in Saarbrücken (Germany) and Google established  a strategic partnership: the Saarbrücken Research Center for Visual Computing, Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (VIA) at the MPI for Informatics. The center investigates basic frontier research challenges in computer graphics, computer vision, and human machine interaction, at the intersection to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Doctoral Research Program

The International Max Planck Research School on Trustworthy Computing (IMPRS-TRUST) is a graduate program jointly run by the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the Computer Science Department at Saarland University, and the Computer Science Department at TU Kaiserslautern.

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