Professorships
The Department of Computer Science currently consists of more than 20 professorships with a wide variety of research and teaching focuses.
Theoretical computer science
Practical computer science
![Photo by Mario Botsch](/storages/cs/_processed_/2/c/csm_botsch_7913a37c65.png)
Prof. Dr. Mario Botsch
![Photo by Peter Buchholz](/storages/cs/_processed_/0/9/csm_buchholz_dc745fdb69.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Peter Buchholz
![Photo by Mr. Förster](/storages/cs/_processed_/f/5/csm_foerster_e0ff3a15f0.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus-Tycho Förster
![Photo by Mr. Harmeling](/storages/cs/_processed_/0/c/csm_harmeling_577c211e5d.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Harmeling
![Photo by Ben Hermann](/storages/cs/_processed_/9/f/csm_hermann_a0e728ca4f.jpg)
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ben Hermann
![Photo by Mr. Liebig](/storages/cs/_processed_/8/4/csm_liebig_7ce4e7eacc.png)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Liebig
![Photo by Mr. Müller](/storages/cs/_processed_/6/e/csm_mueller_5eb38d9aea.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Müller
![Photo by Erich Schubert](/storages/cs/_processed_/9/d/csm_schubert_bf7c68e0fb.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Erich Schubert
![Photo by Mr. Steffen](/storages/cs/_processed_/6/e/csm_steffen_c8a1ca9a37.png)
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Steffen
![Photo by Jens Teubner](/storages/cs/_processed_/f/2/csm_teubner_b951730fbe.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Jens Teubner
Applied computer science
![Photo by Kevin Buchin](/storages/cs/_processed_/4/e/csm_buchin_0d62d05cd4.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Kevin Buchin
![Photo by Mr. Chen](/storages/cs/_processed_/b/2/csm_chen_bcadc64628.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Jian-Jia Chen
![Photo by Gernot Fink](/storages/cs/_processed_/c/a/csm_fink_67ffe389c5.jpg)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gernot A. Fink
![Photo by Johannes Fischer](/storages/cs/_processed_/0/d/csm_fischer_43a2b780c4.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Johannes Fischer
![Photo by Falk Howar](/storages/cs/_processed_/4/f/csm_howar_cce7427cf2.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Falk Howar
![Photo by Christian Janiesch](/storages/cs/_processed_/f/6/csm_janiesch_faf7617443.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Christian Janiesch
![Photo by Jakob Rehof](/storages/cs/_processed_/1/9/csm_rehof_e90ad7c1b6.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof
![Photo by Günter Rudolph](/storages/cs/_processed_/1/8/csm_rudolph_fea82ae434.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Günter Rudolph
![Photo by Mr. Ulbrich](/storages/cs/_processed_/5/c/csm_ulbrich_9348db31bb.jpg)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Ulbrich
![Photo by Mrs. Wiederkehr](/storages/cs/_processed_/2/5/csm_wiederkehr_536574ce6e.png)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petra Wiederkehr
Cooptations
Honorary Professors
Retired and emeritus university teachers
- Prof. em. Dr. Heinz Beilner (Practical Computer Science and Quantitative Methods)
- Prof. Dr. Joachim Biskup (Information Systems and Security)
- Prof. Dr. Gisbert Dittrich (Automata and Systems Theory) † 2019
- Prof. Dr. Ernst-Erich Doberkat (Software Technology)
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kern-Isberner (Information Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Heiko Krumm (Computer Networks and Distributed Systems)
- Prof. Dr. Peter Marwedel (Computer Engineering and Embedded Systems)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Claudio Moraga (Automata Theory)
- Prof. Dr. Heinrich Müller (Graphical Systems)
- Prof. Dr. Peter Padawitz (Theory of Data Types)
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Reusch (Automata and Switching Theory) † 2017
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sc. h.c. Hans-Paul Schwefel (System Analysis)
- Prof. Dr. Horst F. Wedde (Operating Systems and Computer Architecture) † 2018
- Prof. Dr. Ingo Wegener (Efficient Algorithms and Complexity Theory) † 2008