Humboldt University Berlin Institute of Informatics Klaus Bothe Agenda 1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests 1
Berlin: three universities Technical University Humboldt University Free University Universities: complete offer of subjects and particular strengths Strength: Engineering disciplines Technical University Humboldt University Strength: Medicine Free University Strength: Social and Political siences Informatics Mathematics Physics Other natural sciences 2
Locations of Humboldt University Campus Central Campus Mitte Konrad Zuse Center Campus Adlershof (Natural sciences) S- Bahn Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 3
Historical Background unity of research and teaching scientific autonomy W i l h e l m pioneering new disciplines 29 Nobel Prize winners A l e x a n d e r 4
Humboldt-University Today Students: 38.141 Professors: 560 State-Budget: 389,45 million EUR Third party funding 2001: 92,9 million EUR Campus Adlershof 5
Agenda 1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests Computer Science and Mathematics Johann von Neumann-Haus 6
People at the Institute of Informatics 14 full professors 5 special professors 35 academic staff 33 technical staff, administration (secretary) + colleagues for third party research projects 1360 students Structure of the institute Applied Computer Science System Analysis - Prof. Joachim Fischer System Architecture - Prof. Jens-Peter Redlich Theory of programming - Prof. Wolfgang Reisig Software engineering - Prof. Klaus Bothe Data bases and information systems - Prof. Johann Christoph Freytag Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics - Prof. Ulf Leser Artificial Intelligence - Prof. Hans-Dieter Burkhard Data Analysis - Prof. Egmar Rödel Computer Science in education and society - Prof. Wolfgang Coy Parallel and Distributed Systems - Prof. Alexander Reinefeld Specification, Verification and Test-Theorie - Prof. Holger Schlingloff Knowledge Management - Prof. Tobias Scheffer Information integration - Prof. Felix Naumann 7
Structure of the institute Technical Computer Science Computer Architecture and Communication - Prof. Miroslaw Malek Signal processing and pattern recognition - Prof. Beate Meffert Theoretical Computer Science Logic in Computer Science - Prof. Martin Grohe Algorithms and Complexity - Prof. Hans-Jürgen Prömel Complexity and Cryptography - Prof. Johannes Köbler Random Structures and Algorithms - Prof. Anusch Taraz The Robocup Project a paradigm for Autonomous Computing 8
Robocup World virtually: 1997 winner, 1998 second; Robocup German Open Robots: 2001 winner, 2002 second Robocup World Robots: 2004 second Agenda 1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests 9
Curricula at the institute Beginners Curricula 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 Informatics (Diploma) 254 392 194 188 131 Others (Teachers, ) 131 168 110 113 64 Sum 385 560 304 301 195 All students at the institute at WS 02/03 Informatics (Diploma) 988 Others (Teachers, ) 371 Sum 1359 Planned capacity: 595 Number of students at the institute First semester Total number of students 600 400 200 0 1992 1995 1998 2001 Informatics (Diploma) Others (Magister) Teachers Total 1500 1000 500 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1359 10
Structure of the diploma study Complete study Basic part (4 semester) Main part (5 semester) First phase of our curriculum Applied Informatics Technical Informatics Theoretical Informatics Mathematics others Sum Supplementary subject 1. Semester (WS) PI 1: Th 1: M 1: IG: 2 V 22 4 + 2 + 2 4 + 2 4 + 2 2. Semester (SS) PI 2: TI 1: M 2: 14 4 + 2 + 2 1 + 0 + 1 4 + 2 3. Semester (WS) PI 3: TI 1: Th 2: M 3: 18 4 + 0 + 2 2 + 0 + 1 3 + 1 3 + 1 4. Semester (SS) TI 2: 4 + 2 + 1 Th 3: 3 + 1 Seminar: 2 14 22 12 14 16 4 68 16 Compulsory courses 11
Courses offered at the second phase of the curriculum Databases Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Signal processing Reliable systems Complexity theory Digital Media Bio informatics Object oriented modeling and specification (SDL, UML) Optional courses Some problems Real length of the study: 9 20 semester Success rate: 25 35 % Reasons: not always eligible (qualified) students high requirements in theoretical CS offers by industry for side jobs 12
Our institute and the Bologna declaration 2003: introduction of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) Credit points Until 2009: diploma curriculum will be split to Bachelor and Master At HU and other German Universities Agenda 1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests 13
Own interests: curriculum vitae Study of Mathematics at HU 1970-1974 Dissertation 1979 Habilitation 1987 Full professor 1992 Own interests: research Algebraic specification of abstract data types (until 1982) Compiler construction (1982-1990) AI, logic programming (1987-1993) Software Engineering (Since 1993) 14
Own interests: Lectures / Courses Compiler Construction Logic Programming Functional Programming Object Oriented Programming with JAVA Software Engineering Reverse Engineering Project 15