Kaiserslautern is one of the largest IT locations in Germany with the Department of Computer Science forming its core.
Since the department was founded in 1974 three renowned research institutes have evolved from its successful international work. With 30 professors the department covers all areas of computer science and can embrace the importance of computer science as a key skill for virtually all sciences at the TU. The department can also take on the central role of computer science research and development in Kaiserslautern in the future.
The Department of Computer Science and the institutes in Kaiserslautern carry out basic and application research in many modern subject areas of computer science. The main focus is the engineering-based construction of informatics systems.>
Kaiserslautern is one of the largest IT locations in Germany with the Department of Computer Science forming its core.
Since the department was founded in 1974 three renowned research institutes have evolved from its successful international work.
With 30 professors the department covers all areas of computer science and can embrace the importance of computer science as a key skill for virtually all sciences at the TU. The department can also take on the central role of computer science research and development in Kaiserslautern in the future.
Prof. Dr Anthony W. Lin has received an ‘Outstanding Paper’ award from ICLR for his work on the paper ‘Transformers are Inherently Succinct’. The paper is one of two to have received this award.
The RPTU Machine Learning Group has successfully secured acceptance for six papers at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026.
On 1 April 2026, Dr. Franca Alexandra Rupprecht will take over as Managing Director of the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Rupprecht succeeds Dr. Schürmann, who is retiring after 20 years of service to the department.
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Prof. Dr. Annette Bieniusa has been admitted to the Academy of Excellent University Teaching e.V. She teaches software technology at RPTU and wants to use her academy membership for exchange with other lecturers.
says student Sarah Jung: “We learn to familiarize ourselves with complex topics.”In addition, surveys of graduates show that the program is the perfect preparation for their future careers.
