RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Department of Computer Science

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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.

Research

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.>

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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.

Spotlights[more News]

Nachruf für Prof. Dr. Paul Müller

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


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AI for safe chemical processes: Second funding phase approved

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”.


Election results for the PhD Student Council elections

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.


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Mehr Informatiklehrkräfte durch Weiterbildung gewinnen

Ab dem Wintersemester 2026 bietet die RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau den Zertifikatsstudiengang an. Lehrerinnen und Lehrer können berufsbegleitend entweder für Informatik an Realschulen oder für Informatik an Gymnasien qualifiziert werden.

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"Outstanding Paper" award for Prof. Dr. Anthony W. Lin at the ICLR

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.


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6 ICML papers for the ML Group at RPTU in Kaiserslautern – 10 for the Department of Computer Science in total

The RPTU Machine Learning Group has successfully secured acceptance for six papers at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026.


Annette Bieniusa admitted to the Academy of Excellent University Teaching

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.


Studying computer science at RPTU: “It's a lot of fun”

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.