1. Computer Science in Freiberg Konrad Froitzheim, TU Freiberg, Germany frz@tu-freiberg.de CS @ TUBAF Institut für Informatik Curriculae Research Highlights /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim

2. /University/Computer Science 'Embedded' Computer Science –Geoinformatics –Mechatronics and Process Automation –Business Adminstrations Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik –Numerik, Analysis, Stochastik –Discrete Mathematics => theoretical Computer Science –curriculum Applied Mathematics Institut für Informatik –4 professors, 10 assistants, … –applied and technical computer science –2 curriculae –associated with 2 interdisciplinary curriculae –support for other curriculae

3. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI/Curriculae Network Computing (Bachelor) –fundamentals and quick-start knowledge –45% Mathematics –35% Computer Science: software engineering, Internet technology –engineering, Geo, business Network Computing (Master) –scientific applications –multimedia, visualization, virtual reality new: Applied Computer Science (Bachelor) –CS foundations –complex information systems –communication systems –applications: Geo, Material, Energy, Environment –Master planned Appl. Mathematics, GeoInformatik, Engineering and Computing

4. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI/Research_Groups Virtual Reality (Bernhard Jung) –virtual workers: action capture, grasp recognition –embedding robots into VR –scientific visualization of high temperature processes Software Engineering (Bernd Steinbach) –high-dimensional Boolean problems –UML software engineering tools Database Systems and AI (Heinrich Jasper) –complex information systems Communication Technologies (Konrad Froitzheim) –Internet Multimedia –Virtual Presence, Virtual Instruments –extreme resolution displays and communication applications

5. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI/X-site A unique CAVE –24 HD Projectors –14.000*2800 Pixel –floor projection system: 1920*1080 –high precision tracking: 5mm @ 60Hz –3D active stereo –3D sound planned Research –extreme resolution visualization –present supercomputing simulations –immersive communications –interaction in immersive displays –zoomable interfaces

6. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI/Research_Examples/Webvideo WebCam –video camera –digitization –compression –stream construction Streaming in a heterogeneous Internet –fast connections and slow hookups –individual streams for each viewer –scaling difficult CESC [Wolf, Froitzheim, 1998] [Pranke, Froitzheim, 2008] –decomposition: compression and streaming –pre-compression of video components: once –stream construction per client: many –tailored stream

7. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI/Research_Examples/Robotics Problem: stand up –strategy –develop sequence of moves –fine control –hard to program, adjust Kinesthetik Bootstrapping –human shows move to robot –build model –transport to VR –genetic algorithm develops fine control –send back to robot [Ben Amor, Berger, Vogt 2009]

8. /TU Freiberg/Internet Multimedia/Konrad Froitzheim /IfI Curriculae –network computing –applied computer science Scientific focus –virtual reality –software engineering –complex systems –Internet multimedia –robotics X-Site: Highest resolution CAVE in Europe