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

Prof. Dr. Mario Botsch

Prof. Dr. Peter Buchholz

Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus-Tycho Förster

Prof. Dr. Stefan Harmeling

Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ben Hermann

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Liebig

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Müller

Prof. Dr. Erich Schubert

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Steffen

Prof. Dr. Jens Teubner
Applied computer science

Prof. Dr. Kevin Buchin

Prof. Dr. Jian-Jia Chen

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gernot A. Fink

Prof. Dr. Johannes Fischer

Prof. Dr. Falk Howar

Prof. Dr. Christian Janiesch

Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Prof. Dr. Günter Rudolph

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Ulbrich

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