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8 July 2025|Event

Public Lecture: The Human in AI: Ethical Perspectives on Chatbots and Deepfakes

In discussions about the regulation of AI, as well as in science and society, there is often talk of “human-centred” AI. Nevertheless, many people fear AI that is too human-like, with abilities and emotions similar to our own. In her talk on 8 July 2025, Prof. Dr. Jessica Heesen (University of Tübingen) will explore the...

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24 June 2025|Event

Cancelled! Public Lecture: Repairing AI for Environmental Justice

Cancelled! In her talk on June 24, 2025, Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe (Universität Bonn) will outline a definition of Sustainable AI as an umbrella term to cover two branches with different aims and methods: AI for sustainability vs the sustainability of AI.

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10 June 2025|Event

Cancelled: Public Lecture: Human Rights and the Surveillance State

Please note: the lecture had to be cancelled. Facial recognition technology has rapidly transitioned from the realm of science fiction to everyday life, monitoring our activities in public spaces, securing our devices, and being heralded by law enforcement as a crucial tool against crime. In his lecture on June 10,...

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3 June 2025|Event

Public Lecture: Misinformation

"Taming the Machines" public lecture series will kick off this summer semester on June 3, 2025 with a lecture on the paradox of misinformation and disinformation in our information-rich society. Prof. Dr. Gloria Origgi (CNRS, Paris) will define misinformation and disinformation, and explore how they relate to knowledge...

25 Jahre Girls‘ Day – Gemeinsam für mehr Frauen in Wissenschaft und Technik

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4 April 2025|Campus

A Day Full of Discoveries: Girls' Day 2025 at the University of Hamburg

On April 3, 2025, the nationwide Girls' Day celebrated its 25th anniversary. This special career orientation day provides girls and young women with insights into scientific, technical, and engineering professions. More than 580 schoolgirls from Hamburg and the surrounding area registered to participate in various...

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9 December 2024|Event

Public Lecture: AI and the Future of Work

Debates about the future of work and AI can easily swing between panic and optimism. In order to guide innovation towards the creation of a better future of work, we need to theorize around the fundamental values at stake in work, and how AI can help or hinder them. In her lecture on December 9, 2024, Prof. Dr. Kate...

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Welcome to the Department of Informatics

The Department of Informatics in the School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences at the Universität Hamburg is one of the largest Informatics departments in Germany, excelling in teaching and research by means of a broad and modern profile. We offer a variety of interesting Bachelor and Master programs. Our aim to provide high quality teaching is enhanced by a system of student evaluations and top-level research.

Our research activities cover a wide range of areas, cooperating with partners from science and industry both at national and international level. Our International Transregional Collaborative Research Centre (TRR) on “Crossmodal Learning (CML)” and our technology transfer organization “Hamburger Informatik Technologie-Center (HITeC) e.V.” are particularly noteworthy examples.

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Research

Each workgroup und professorship is assigned to one of three priority areas:

Human-Centered Computing (HCC) is especially dedicated to the obtainment of knowledge in semi-natural and technical systems, the design of adaptive, autodidactic systems and the design of Human-Computer Interaction.

Complex Systems Engineering (CSE) focuses on developing large software applications and infrastructures. The control of complexity and reliable operation are important aspects in this respect.

Computing in Science (CIS) comprises the activities of the department in such areas as High Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, and Big Data.

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Studying

At the Department of Informatics 26 professors do research and teach supported by approximately 230 employees in research, technology and management. More than 2550 students are educated in 5 Bachelor and 6 Master degree courses, including two English research-oriented Master courses “Intelligent Adaptive Systems” and “Data Science and Artificial Intelligence”.

The role of computer science is to support and assist people in dealing with increasingly complex tasks and processes. Systems should remain manageable and understandable: technology has to adapt to human beings, not vice versa.

Research and teaching at the Department of Informatics places human beings at the center of the three principal informatics tasks: analysis, design and construction.

Studying Information Systems

Studying information systems in Hamburg? In a short video, Larissa Gebken tells us how she came to information systems via her business studies and is now a doctoral student researching ways of using IT in order to help people (in German).

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