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The Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dresden is one of the leading CS faculties in Germany. Computer Science at TUD has a long-standing, successful tradition. TU Dresden is one of only five universities in Germany where the first computer science study programs (formerly known as Information Processing) were established in 1969.[1] Today, the faculty is part of the School of Engineering Sciences.[2]

Overview

The Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dresden is a community of researchers, teachers, and learners who are aware of their scientific, societal, and ethical responsibility. The faculty is the home of six institutes,[3] more than 30 professors,[4] 340 employees, and 2.300 students.

The faculty offers international study programs such as the Master’s in Computer Science and the Master’s in Computational Modeling and Simulation.[5]

The institutes at the faculty comprises Applied Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software- and Multimedia-Technology, Systems Architecture, Computer Engineering, and Theoretical Computer Science.

The faculty makes significant contributions to the clusters of excellence and large collaborative projects at TU Dresden, is responsible for ScaDS.AI (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Dresden/Leipzig)[6], one of the five AI centers in Germany, heads its own Collaborative Research Center/Transregio on Comprehensible Software Systems with CPEC[7], supervises SECAI[8], one of the three DAAD Zuse Schools of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Germany[9], and is one of the nine NHR centers that coordinate national high-performance computing in Germany[10],[11].

In the DFG Funding Atlas 2024, the TUD Faculty of Computer Science is ranked fourth among all computer science faculties in Germany.[12] The faculty ranks among the top 10 computer science faculties in Germany according to CSrRankings.[13]

History

The establishment of the Department “Information Processing” was decided on October 22, 1968, as a result of the GDR’s third higher education reform. The name “Information Processing” was deliberately chosen instead of “Informatics” and was a reference to the international computer science organization International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). By establishing this department at TU Dresden, the field of computer science became institutionalized at an university-level, including education and research, in the GDR for the first time. The focus on “cybernetics” also laid the foundation for early AI experiments in Dresden in 1967.[14]

The department was founded ad hoc (“from scratch”), primarily with engineers, which resulted in the early classification of computer science in the GDR as part of the technical sciences. A study program had to be developed within a very short time, which was then standardized for the GDR by the study program group at the Computer Science Advisory Board of the Ministry of Higher Education and Technical Education. In contrast to many universities in the former West German states, the department did not grow out of an existing degree program (e.g., mathematics), but was a newly established independent institution.

Preliminary work on computers has been conducted at TU Dresden among experts around the mathematician Nikolaus Joachim Lehmann, who laid the foundations for an institute of mathematical computation.[15] He developed the D1, en early small computer based on vacuum tubes finished in 1956.[16], [17]

Notable people

Honorary doctors[18]

2008 Lutz Heuser
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, in particular as a bridge builder between science and business, as well as his long-standing and fruitful collaboration with the Faculty of Computer Science in supporting graduates and research projects.
2021 Torben Bach Pedersen
In recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of ‘Big Multidimensional Data.
2024 Richard Socher
In recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, in particular for groundbreaking work on language processing using artificial neural networks and their practical application in socially relevant areas.

Faculty

Alumni

  • Dr. Michael Ameling – President of SAP BTP and Member of the Extended Board SAP SE
  • Dr. Philipp Herzig — Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Extended Board SAP SE
  • Dr. Loic A. Royer – Director of Imaging AI and Senior Group Leader at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
  • Daniel Woithe – Chief Technology Officer (CTO) DB Systel

References

  1. ^ Demuth, Birgit; Rohde, Frank; Aßmann, Uwe (June 2022). “50 Jahre universitärer Informatik-Studiengang an der TU Dresden aus der Sicht von Zeitzeugen in einem Zeitstrahl”. Informatik Spektrum. 45 (3): 183–191. doi:10.1007/s00287-022-01457-0.
  2. ^ “School of Engineering Sciences — TU Dresden”. TU Dresden. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  3. ^ “Institutes and Chairs — Faculty of Computer Science — TU Dresden”. TU Dresden, Faculty of Computer Science. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. ^ “Professors A-Z — Faculty of Computer Science — TU Dresden”. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. ^ “Computer Science – International Programmes”. https://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/10354/#tab_overview. German Academic Exchange Service. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  6. ^ “Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence”. ScaDS.AI (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  7. ^ “Perspicuous Computing | Collaborative Research Center 248”. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. ^ “School of Embedded Composite Artificial Intelligence – SECAI”. secai.org. SECAI. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  9. ^ “Deep tech needs deep thinking”. deutschland.de. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. ^ “NHR Centers”. National High-Performance Computing. NHR Association. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  11. ^ “New AI Supercomputer at Technische Universität Dresden Provided by NEC”. NEC. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  12. ^ “German Research Funding Atlas 2024”. DFG. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  13. ^ “CSRankings: Computer Science Rankings”. CSRankings. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  14. ^ Schmitt, Martin (1 July 2023). “Socialist AI? Societal Use, Economic Implementation, and the Tensions of Applied Computer Science in Late Socialist GDR”. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 45 (3): 66–79. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2023.3298694.
  15. ^ Donig, Simon (April 2010). “Appropriating American Technology in the 1960s: Cold War Politics and the GDR Computer Industry”. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 32 (2): 32–45. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2010.6.
  16. ^ Cortada, James W. (February 2012). “Information Technologies in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), 1949–1989”. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 34 (2): 34–48. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2012.27.
  17. ^ Computer Development in East Germany (PDF) (Information Report). CIA. 27 May 1955.
  18. ^ “Honorary graduates of the TH/TU Dresden”. TU Dresden. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  19. ^ “Excellence and Impact Recognized by World’s Preeminent Computing Society. Association for Computing Machinery Selects 71 Professionals for Outstanding Achievements”. ACM. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

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