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04.03.13

Computer scientists from Saarbrücken prevent data theft on smartphones and tablet computers

Some mobile applications on web-enabled mobile phones and tablet computers spy on personal data. Computer scientists from Saarbrücken prevent this through a new approach. Its chief attraction: For the protection to work, it is not necessary to identify the suspicious programs in advance, nor must the operating system be changed. Instead, the freely available app attacks the program code of the digital spies. The researchers present the app at Cebit 2013 in Hanover (Hall 9, booth F34).

Movie heroes are soon to be transferred to virtual worlds more easily and realistically

Hollywood devotes great effort to chasing monsters through realistic-looking environments. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken have now developed a technology that greatly simplifies the production of such scenes. Actors' movements are captured with a few cameras in a real scene and then transferred extremely realistically to virtual characters. This will not only simplify the work of cartoon makers, but also assist doctors and sportsmen with motion analysis. The new technology will soon be marketed by a newly-established business and presented at the computer trade show CeBIT in Hanover from March 5 to March 9 in Hall 9, Stand F34.

The promotion of young researchers as one of the Clusters' key objectives

The establishment of Independent Research Groups will allow us to attract new outstanding young talent to the cluster. Admission to the program will be governed by an external selection panel, composed of internationally renowned scientists. All positions will be advertised internationally in order to attract the best candidates.

We believe that the concept of Independent Research Groups will help us to further strengthen the international aspect of the cluster. In turn, we hope that a more international faculty will help us attract additional outstanding international students, which will further strengthen our PhD program.

Current Vacancies

Research Assistant (Postdoc)

The position is in Research Area (RA) 5 (PIs: Gerhard Weikum, Elke Teich, Hans Uszkoreit), One of the projects in RA5 is concerned with the linguistic analysis of specialized language (LSP) with a focus on the evolution of discipline-specific terminology and diachronic stylometry. Applications will be accepted until 15.02.2013. Details can be found in the official announcement.