Institutes

Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf

Structure:

• Department Algorithmics
  Head: Prof. Dr. Sándor Fekete
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• Department Connected and Mobile Systems
  Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Wolf
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• Department Distributed Systems
  Head: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kapitza
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The progress in autonomous driving, modern computers or smartphones as we use them every day, is not only based on constantly improved hardware, but on intelligent methods to reduce complicated problems to a minimum of their complexity. The Algorithmics Department is looking for exactly such possibilities to save the computer a lot of computing work.

The Internet and other communication systems provide the backbone of our information society today. Many technical systems already work not only stand-alone but also in cooperation with others. This requires protocols and procedures that are reliable and can adapt to changing requirements. The Connected and Mobile Systems Department works in the following research fields:

• Architectures of future networked systems and communication systems
• Mobile systems and wireless networks such as vehicle networks and sensor networks
• Adaptive protocols for multimedia systems and real-time requirements

With the progressive networking of devices of all kinds, the question arises as to how the resulting distributed systems can be usefully coordinated to handle tasks that can often only be addressed in a network. The distributed systems department of IBR is currently working on the following research areas:

• Resource-efficient operational support and protocols for distributed systems
• Failure and intrusion tolerance of distributed services
• Dynamic adaptability of distributed applications and associated execution environments

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Head: Prof. Dr. Marcus A. Magnor

With the increasing demands on visual information processing, developers are constantly faced with new technological challenges. The Institute of Computer Graphics is looking for solutions to these challenges.

The Institute of Computer Graphics is looking for answers to fundamental questions in the fields of computer graphics, human perception and optics in order to develop new algorithms for visual computing applications.

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Head: Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke

The Institute for Information Systems focuses on the field of intelligent information management and personalized information provisioning for a wide range of domains including complete digital libraries. For improved functionality and rich user experience, the institute performs basic research pursuing and supporting new ideas like collective intelligence, cognitive and crowd-enabled data management, and data mining and learning-based retrieval processes.

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Location Braunschweig: Prof. Dr. Thomas Deserno, Prof. Dr. Reinhold Haux, Prof. Dr. Tim Kacprowski

Location Hannover: Prof. Dr. med. Dr.-Ing. Michael Marschollek

The Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (PLRI) is a collaboration between the TU Braunschweig and the Hannover Medical School (MHH). Together, important advances in medical information acquisition and information management can be achieved.

The aim is to provide high quality and affordable medical care for everyone. This would not be possible today without a well-planned information management.

In teaching, the PLRI participates in the curricula of medicine (MHH), computer science, business informatics (TU Braunschweig) and related courses.

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Head: Prof. Dr. Martin Johns

The Institute for Application Security (IAS) is interested in the broad spectrum of security and privacy that exist on the application level. This includes the detection of vulnerabilities in source code or protocols, identification of novel security issues, and the development of procedures and tools to prevent security vulnerabilities. Current research focusses on the topics of software security including web application security, honeypots, fuzzing, novel privacy securing measures, the design and evaluation of security relevant protocols.

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Head: Prof. Dr. Jochen Steil

Robotics is an interdisciplinary field of teaching and research in which, in addition to the fields of electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science is particularly involved. The possibilities and advantages of robot technology are also becoming increasingly attractive for applications in the areas of service, care, surgery, etc. For the installation and programming of robot-supported production lines, experts from all disciplines with sound knowledge of robotics are required.

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Head: Prof. Dr. Ina Schaefer

Modern automobiles are inconceivable without informatics. Software is becoming more and more important for vehicle functions. This ranges from comfort function, such as air conditioning or the radio, to safety-critical applications, such as airbags or ABS systems. The importance of software is constantly increasing. The Institute of Software Engineering and Automotive Informatics is researching concepts, methods and tools that allow software-intensive vehicle functions to be implemented in a resource-efficient manner, so that the high demands on the quality of safety-critical software can be fulfilled at the same time.

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Head: Prof. Dr. Konrad Rieck

The research of the Institute for System Security deals with the security of IT systems. New methods are developed to protect computers against attacks, to analyze dangerous code and to detect weaknesses in software. A special focus of this research is the combination of machine learning and IT security, which enables the construction of intelligent systems that constantly adapt themselves to new threats.

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Structure:

• Department of Integrated Systems Design
  Head: Dr. Ulf Kulau
• Department of Theoretical Computer Science
  Head: Prof. Dr. Roland Meyer

The Institute of Theoretical Computer Science is working on the behavior of network applications, remote programs or multi-threaded software. The goal of these considerations is to understand and analyze the underlying working methods to develop efficient algorithms.

Theoretical Computer Science in Braunschweig is specialized in inference techniques and is currently developing algorithms for the automatic correction and optimization of systems in current space research.

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