Research topics

Chair of Diskrete Mathematics and Optimization

Prof. Dr. Winfried Hochstättler

• Combinatorial Geometries: Matroids, Oriented Matroids
• Algorithmic Graph Theory: Flows and Colorings in Digraphs, graphs with few P4s
• Game Theory: Cooperative Game Theory, Maker-Breaker-Games
• Sequencing Problems in Logistics: Color Sequenceing in car manufacturing, Vehicle Routing

Website: Chair of Diskrete Mathematics and Optimization

Chair of Algebra

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Steffen Kionke

• Cohomology of arithmetic groups
• homology growth of groups and spaces
• profinite groups and their representation theory
• L2-invariants and related asymptotic properties of groups

Chair of Numerical Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Torsten Linß

• Analysis of reaction-convection-diffusion equations
• numerical methods for singularly perturbed differential equations
• parallel methods for partial differential equations
• a posteriori error estimation for parabolic equations
• table bases in chess composition

Chair of Applied Stochastics

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Riedel

Chair of of Applied Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Michael Skrzipek

• Recursively generated function systems
• numerical Fourier analysis, approximation methods
• mathematical methods of audio and image processing
• signal decomposition and data compression

Chair of Data Science

Prof. Dr. Christian Beecks

• Data Science
• Data Engineering
• Big Data
• Machine Learning
• Multimedia Databases

Chair of Software Engineering and Theory of Programming

Prof. Dr. Jörg Desel

• Modeling in Software Engineering
• Software Specification Techniques for Embedded Systems
• Simulation, Specification and Validation Techniques for Processing Specifications for Information Systems
• Formal Foundations for Process Specification and Analysis, especially Petri Nets
• Scenarios for Media-based Teaching, Teaching and Learning System
• Internationalization in Teaching
• Project VORsprung: A Digital Head Start for Engineering and Science Studies in Germany

Chair of Cooperative Systems

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg M. Haake

• Support for collaborative work and learning in organisations: Support for collaborative learning in organisations (e.g. in distance learning universities, in continued education, or in knowledge management), integrating learning and working in virtual organisations (e.g., in communities of practice, communities of interest). In the research center CATALPA – Center of Advanced Technology for Assisted Learning and Predictive Analytics we develop adaptive personalised learning environments and learning analytics for diversity-inspired adaptive learning.
• Design and implementation of collaborative and adaptive distributed systems: Architectures and concepts of internet-based collaborative adaptive systems, frameworks, and development support for adaptive collaborative learning environments
• Computational Geometry: Geometrical structures and algorithms, application of geometrical structures and algorithms for smart mobility, Geometry-Lab

Chair of Multimedia and Internet Applications

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hemmje

Chair of Parallelism & VLSI

Prof. Dr. Jörg Keller

• Parallel Algorithms for Irregular Problems
• Energy-efficient and Fault-tolerant Scheduling of Parallel Applications
• Network Steganography
• Cryptographic Pseudo Random Number Generators
• Network Forensics
• Virtual Laboratories

Research Professorship for Educational Technologies for the Digital Transformation

Prof. Dr. Thomas Ludwig

• Human-centered technology design
• Immersive teaching and learning
• Design of assistive systems
• Human-centered artificial intelligence

Research Professorship for Educational Technologies for the Digital Transformation

Chair of Enterprise-wide Software Systems

Prof. Dr. Lars Mönch

Chair of Technical Informatics

Prof. Dr. Lena Oden

In progress

Website: Chair of Technical Informatics

Chair of Human-Computer Interaction

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Peters

Chair of Theoretical Computer Science

Prof. Dr. André Schulz

• Computational and Discrete Geometry
• Graph Drawing, Graph Theory, Efficient Algorithms
• Enumerative Combinatorics, Polytopes
• Information Visualization

Chair of Programming Systems

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Steimann

• Programming Tools
• Object-Relational Programming
• Software Language Engineering

Chair of Databases and Information Systems

Prof. Dr. Uta Störl

• Database Systems
• Big Data Technologies
• Data Engineering for Data Science
• Digital Humanities
• Hybrid Quantum-Classical Applications

Artificial Intelligence Group

Prof. Dr. Matthias Thimm

• Algorithms and complexity
• formal argumentation
• reasoning with inconsistency
• belief dynamics

Chair of Communication Networks

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herwig Unger

• (Explainable) AI-Applications and Big Data
• Text- and Datamining algorithms und -technologies
• Web based systems and applications
• Internet search and information retrieval
• P2P systems as well as context- and location-sensitive applications
• Large-scale, distributed simulations

Research topics of other persons on the faculty, emeriti and retired professors can be found on the websites of these persons under the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.