Nachruf für Prof. Dr. Paul Müller
Am 06.06.2026 verstarb Prof. Dr. Paul Müller im Alter von 77 Jahren.

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.
Am 06.06.2026 verstarb Prof. Dr. Paul Müller im Alter von 77 Jahren.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the second funding phase for the research group “AI-FOR: Deep Learning on Sparsely Labelled Chemical Process Data”.
On 30 June 2026, at the general assembly of PhD students in the Department of Computer Science, elected the new members of the PhD Student Council.
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.
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.