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04.06.2016

Within the scope of the "Approaching Programming Contests" practical, five student teams from Johannes Gutenberg University participated in the German Collegiate Programming Contest (GCPC 2016). Team JOGUrt (picture, right) earned an excellent 14th place (of 96). Some students consider competing in the Northwestern European Programming Contest (NWERC 2016) as well, which will be held November 19th-20th in Bath, UK. Continue reading "German Collegiate Programming Contest (GCPC) 2016"

Cinemagoers’ exhaled breath reveals the scene that is playing.

Every movie leaves a characteristic pattern in the air. Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and of the Institute of Computer Science of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz analyzed the air in movie theaters and determined different chemical signatures depending on whether a movie scene if full of suspense, funny or boring. Continue reading "Suspense in the movie theater air"

The research group High Performance Computing invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position in Parallel Computing, start date: early/mid 2016. Interested? See full job advertisement here.

The presentation of the teaching offering during summer term 2016 is available here (in German only).

At the invitation of IPP Mainz and of Prof. Stefan Kramer, Institute of Computer Science, Prof. John Carlis from the University of Minnesota offers a workshop consisting of two parts:
1. Writing (and Coaching) a One-Draft Thesis/Proposal/Paper
2. Giving a Good Talk, a Necessary Skill Continue reading "Workshop on Improving Soft Skills 11/12 February 2016"

On the occasion of the 26th IEEE International Conference on Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (26-28 July 2015) in Toronto Prof. Dr. Bertil Schmidt, General Manager of the Institute of Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, was awarded the Best Paper Award.

Four student teams conclude Approaching Programming Contest

The teams from Johannes Gutenberg University participated in the German Collegiate Programming Contest (GCPC 2015). Team D3PO (pictured) earned an excellent ninth place and was the only team (of 62) to correctly solve the Bounty Hunter problem. Some students consider competing in the Northwestern European Programming Contest (NWERC 2015) as well, which will be held in November in Linköping, Sweden.

Continue reading "German Collegiate Programming Contest (GCPC 2015)"

Round table with Professors of the Institute of Computer Science

Thirty years ago the first Professor of Computer Science was appointed at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). A lot has since changed in this relatively recent field. This special anniversary is a good reason to take a quick look back, despite the fact that the professors at the Institute of Computer Science prefer to talk about their current work and projects. After all, the present and future are far more interesting to them than a brief history of their discipline.

Continue reading "Research at the interface of disciplines"

"Soccer" reveals weaknesses in football matches

Computer Scientists of the Johannes Gutenberg-University have developed a new software to analyze complex situations in football matches Continue reading ""Soccer" – new software developed"