The Hasso Plattner Institute offers a practically-oriented computer science study program at an internationally recognized institute. This study includes the Germany-wide unique IT-Systems Engineering program and the five master programs Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, Digital Health, IT-Systems Engineering and Software Systems Engineering.

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Research Cluster "Data and AI"

The research cluster Data and AI focuses on methods for the analysis, processing, integration and application of large data sets for prediction and automation. The development of modern and energy-efficient AI methods plays a significant role here. The HPI Research School „Data Science and Engineering“ is based here.

Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann (Speaker)
e-mail: felix.naumann(at)hpi.de
tel.: +49-(0)331 5509-280
Information Systems

Research Focuses:

data quality
data profiling
data preparation and data cleansing
information integration

Prof. Dr. Patrick Baudisch
Human Computer Interaction

Research Focuses:

interactive devices and systems
haptics
virtual reality
fabrication technology
uniting computer science and mechanical engineering

Prof. Dr. Gillian Bolsover
Digital Technology, Governance and Policy

Research Focuses:

digital social research
political big data
social media data collection and analysis methods
natural language processing

Prof. Dr. Gerard de Melo
Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems

Research Focuses:

deep learning
natural language processing
knowledge graphs
big data
multimodality
data integration

Prof. Dr. Holger Giese
System Analysis and Modeling

Research Focuses:

models for software-intensive systems
adaptation policies
model analysis and development

Prof. Dr. Ralf Herbrich
Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

Research Focuses:

energy-efficient AI processes
AI for saving energy
AI for energy-generation
AI for storing energy

Prof. Dr. Holger Karl
Internet Technologies and Softwarization

Research Focuses:

mobile and wireless networks
data center networks
zero-touch networking
micro services
latency reduction

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lippert
Digital Health - Machine Learning

Research Focuses:

AI methods in medicine
data analytics
recognition of disease patterns
effects of digital health measures

[Translate to Englisch:] Prof. Dr. Tilmann Rabl

Prof. Dr. Tilmann Rabl
Data Engineering Systems

Research Focuses:

efficient processing of data streams
complex data analysis
modern database system architectures
benchmarking

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Renard
Data Analytics and Computational Statistics

Research Focuses:

automated data analysis
data integration
statistical estimation of error rates
software implementation
biomedicine

Research Cluster

The Hasso Plattner Institute has the following Research Clusters:

PhD at HPI

Information about pursuing a PhD at HPI is available here.

Research Schools

The HPI Research Schools for "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" and "Data Science and Engineering" have branches in Cape Town, Haifa, Irvine and Nanjing.

Further Information

Future SOC Lab

The “HPI Future SOC Lab” is a cooperation of the Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI) and industrial partners. Its mission is to enable and promote exchange and interaction between the research community and the industrial partners.

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