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On Wednesday, 30 September 2026 Fahad Hilal defended his thesis with the title: “From Ossification to Off-Nets: Detecting Middleboxes and Revealing Hypergiant Server Deployment Strategies”

After more than 25 years at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the distinguished computer graphics researcher is retiring

On Friday, 25 September 2026 Yonggang Jiang defended his thesis with the title: “Graph Projections for Fast Graph Algorithms”

The partnership will explore the foundations of next-generation AI systems

On Monday, 21 September 2026 Daniel Jiménez Navarro defended his thesis with the title: “Active Modulation of Audio-Visual Perception to Enhance Human Performance and Experience in Immersive Environments ”

Dr. Yiting Xia and Dr. Thomas Leimkühler awarded ERC Starting Grants

Last week of August: MPI for Informatics hosts the Summer School on Verification Technology, Systems & Applications

This year’s Max Planck Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science (ADFOCS) focused on theoretical aspects of machine learning

The AI-based approach turns video footage into a detector for Deepfakes of a specific person.

On Thursday, 16 July 2026 Ntumba Elie Nsampi defended his thesis with the title: “Aggregation in Neural Fields via Differential Constraints"

The Saarbrücken Computer Science Research Days support the next generation of scientists with lectures, workshops, and insights into current computer science research.

The award was presented during the 35th Spanish Conference on Computer Graphics

The prize honors a 2011 paper that has had a major impact on the field.

On May 13, 2026, the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics met in Saarbrücken.

The total prize money amounts to 16,000 euros.