Department of Computer Science

Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award goes to Professor Bernhard Nebel

The Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award will be given in 2022 to Professor Bernhard Nebel.

Emmy Noether Funding for Adam Kortylewski

Computer science team aims to enable computers to see reliably

Deep Learning helps improve gene therapies and antiviral drugs

Team led by bioinformatician Rolf Backofen develops algorithm to identify anti-CRISPR protein

Marco Zimmerling Awarded 2022 ACM SIGBED

Marco Zimmerling was selected as the winner of the 2022 ACM SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award.

Gerhard Schneider served for 20 years as head of the University of Freiburg’s IT Services Department

Director of IT Services Retires

Computer scientist Frank Hutter receives an ERC Consolidator Grant

Deep Learning 2.0: Automated Machine Learning enables more precise algorithms

ACM Names 71 Fellows for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation

The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the worldwide leading computer science organization, has named Bernhard Nebel as an ACM Fellow. The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community.

University of Freiburg’s IT security management certified by TÜV SÜD

ISO27001 certification attests confidentiality, integrity and availability of research data for Machine Room II

Abhinav Valada Awarded Emmy Noether AI Grant

Freiburg computer science team develops algorithms for robots to navigate among crowds

Step by Step Toward Safe Autonomous Driving

Computer scientists from the University of Freiburg are improving the scene understanding of self-driving cars

New Dean: Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle

Since October 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle, Department of Microsystems Engineering is become Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He takes over the office from his precursor Prof. Dr. Rolf Backofen, Department of Computer Science.

Emma Goldman Award goes to Anelis Kaiser Trujillo

Freiburg psychologist for innovative gender research in neuroscience receives award of recognition

A place for your ideas

"Wall of Ideas" on the campus of the Faculty of Engineering

Family Trees for Virus

Prof. Dr. Rolf Backofen researches virus families using methods from bioinformatics. He explains why the Covid-19 vaccine can’t make sterile (Video).

Automated cell research

Freiburg researchers will receive EXIST funding for spin-off project “LABMaiTE”

Changes on campus

The new ordinance on study operations will take effect on January 11, 2021

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Frohe Weihnachten Feliz Navidad Joyeux Noël Merry Christmas Buon Natale Schöni Wiehnacht Счастли́вого Рождества́ عِيدُ مِيلادٍ مَجِيد Boas Festas Весела Коледа 圣诞快乐 Sretan Bozic Veselé Vánoce Glædelig jul Zalig Kerstfeest Hyvää Joulua καλά Χριστούγεννα חג מולד שמח शुभ क्रिस्मस Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket Gleðileg jól Selamat Hari Natal クリスマスおめでとう

Staying Home Helps

The University of Freiburg is extending the closure of all campus buildings over the holidays to January 10, 2021. All libraries are closed as of today

Exchange Program in Robotics with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Unique opportunity for undergraduate students. New partnership between CMU and ELLIS@Freiburg

Junior Researcher Awards

The University of Freiburg has awarded young scientists of the Faculty of Engineering and its departments.

Winter semester / Classroom-Based Teaching To Be Interrupted

Despite the difficult framework conditions in the midst of the corona pandemic, we wish all students, lecturers and employees a good start into the 2020/21 winter semester. Together we will make the best of this exceptional situation.

The winter semester under the portent of corona

The University of Freiburg has updated its hygiene regulations and developed a phased plan

Mandatory mask-wearing on campus

The University of Freiburg reacts to new requirements of the state and the city due to the increasing number of corona infections

The Community Against Covid-19

A group of Freiburg researchers provide global, open access to data on the SARS-CoV-2 genome which could hold the key for a new approach to treating the virus

Prizes for outstanding teaching ideas

Freiburg-Penn State Virtual Classroom Award for Anke Weidlich; Frank Hutter receives Instructional Development Award (IDA)

A Kaleidoscopic View of Corona

In a new series of video podcasts Freiburg researchers offer their perspectives on the effects of the pandemic. Here are the contributions of the Faculty of Technology with its three departments.