Humboldt University Berlin
Institute of Informatics
Klaus Bothe
Tempus Management Meeting, Novi Sad, 25-29 Oct. 2004
Agenda
1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute – an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests
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1 Berlin: three universities
Humboldt Technical University University
Free University
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Universities: complete offer of subjects – and particular strengths Strength: Engineering Strength: disciplines Medicine Humboldt Technical University University
Free University
Strength: Social and Political siences Informatics Mathematics Physics Other natural sciences Tempus Management Meeting, Novi Sad, 25-29 Oct. 2004
2 Locations of Humboldt University
CampusCentral CampusMitte
Konrad Campus Adlershof Zuse (Natural sciences) Center
S- Bahn
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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3 Historical Background
• unity of research and teaching • scientific autonomy
W i l h e l m
• pioneering new disciplines • 29 Nobel Prize winners
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4 Humboldt-University Today
Students: 38.141
Professors: 560
State-Budget: 389,45 million EUR
Third party funding 2001: 92,9 million EUR
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Campus Adlershof
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5 Agenda
1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute – an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests
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Computer Science and Mathematics
Johann von Neumann-Haus
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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
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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
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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
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The Robocup Project a paradigm for Autonomous Computing
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8 Robocup World virtually: 1997 winner , 1998 second; Robocup German Open Robots: 2001 winner, 2002 second Robocup World Robots: 2004 second
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Agenda
1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute – an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests
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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
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Number of students at the institute
• First semester Total number of students
600 1500 1359 400 1000
200 500
0 0 1992 1995 1998 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Informatics (Diploma) Others (Magister) Teachers Total
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10 Structure of the diploma study
Complete study
Basic part Main part (4 semester) (5 semester)
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First phase of our curriculum
Applied Technical Theoretical Mathematics others Sum Supplement- Informatics Informatics Informatics ary subject 1. Semester PI 1: Th 1: M 1: IG: 2 V 22 (WS) 4 + 2 + 2 4 + 2 4 + 2
2. Semester PI 2: TI 1: M 2: 14 (SS) 4 + 2 + 2 1 + 0 + 1 4 + 2
3. Semester PI 3: TI 1: Th 2: M 3: 18 (WS) 4 + 0 + 2 2 + 0 + 1 3 + 1 3 + 1
4. Semester TI 2: Th 3: Seminar: 14 (SS) 2 4 + 2 + 1 3 + 1
22 12 14 16 4 68 16
Compulsory courses
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11 Courses offered at the second phase of the curriculum • Databases • Artificial Intelligence Optional • Software Engineering courses • Signal processing • Reliable systems • Complexity theory • Digital Media • Bio informatics • Object oriented modeling and specification (SDL, UML) •… Tempus Management Meeting, Novi Sad, 25-29 Oct. 2004
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
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12 Our institute and the Bologna declaration
2003: introduction of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) ÆCredit points
Until 2009: diploma curriculum will be split to Bachelor and Master
Æ At HU and other German Universities
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Agenda
1. Humboldt University and its place in Berlin 2. Our Institute – an overview 3. Curriculum, SE, Bologna declaration 4. Own interests
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13 Own interests: curriculum vitae
• Study of Mathematics at HU 1970-1974 • Dissertation 1979 • Habilitation 1987 • Full professor 1992
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Own interests: research
• Algebraic specification of abstract data types (until 1982) • Compiler construction (1982-1990) • AI, logic programming (1987-1993) • Software Engineering (Since 1993)
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14 Own interests: Lectures / Courses
• Compiler Construction • Logic Programming • Functional Programming • Object Oriented Programming with JAVA • Software Engineering • Reverse Engineering Project
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