Concentration: Information Systems (IS)
Description
Research in the field of information systems (IS) focuses on the representation, processing, and storage of large amounts of various types of data, often in distributed systems. Communication plays a very important role in information systems. A special field of application for information systems is bioinformatics, which is a key field of research at the University of Freiburg.
Participating groups and persons
Mainly the following chairs and groups are involved in the research of these fields:
- Algorithms and Complexity (Prof. Dr. Fabian Kuhn)
- Algorithms and Data Structures (Prof. Dr. Hannah Bast)
- Bioinformatics (Prof. Dr. Rolf Backofen)
- Communication Systems (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider)
- Databases and Information Systems (Prof. Dr. Georg Lausen)
- Networks and Telematics (Prof. Dr. Christian Schindelhauer)
Studying Information Systems
This is one of three fields in which students of the Master of Science in Computer Science can specialize. The following is a sample curriculum for this field of specialization.
Type of course | Winter semester | Summer semester |
Key course (offered each year) | Algorithm Theory Databases and Information Systems |
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Core course (offered each year) | Information Retrieval | Distributed Systems |
Further specialization courses (gernerally every 1 or 2 years) | Algorithmic Foundations of Bioinformatics Bioinformatics II Knowledge Representation System Infrastructure for Data Science Distributed Storage Peer-to-Peer Networks Software Design, Modeling and Analysis in UML | Data Models and Query Languages Security in Business Process Management Machine Learning Efficient Route Planning Bioinformatics I Game Theory Telecommunication Systems |
Additional seminars, lab courses and specialization courses are offered for one term or at irregular intervals. For more information on these courses, please consult the module handbook of the Master of Science in Computer Science.