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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.

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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.

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"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"

Research scholarship granted by local company PRIME Research

Sophie Burkhardt receives first PRIME Research doctoral scholarship worth 25.000 Euro. Continue reading "PRIME Research scholarship"