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Research Area 1: Media Informatics and Advanced Human-Computer Interaction

Media Informatics studies the new software architectures, algorithms and data structures, tools, and user interfaces required and enabled by the use of multiple media, in particular time-based media such as audio and video, in computer systems and applications.
Within Media Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) may harbor one of the biggest upcoming challenges: Inventing and studying new and appropriate user interface devices, techniques, and metaphors for the deployment of new technologies in a world beyond the single-user desktop. Another current key challenge in HCI is the successful collaborative use of interactive systems. People still use email for collaboration because more advanced tools are not interoperational, multipoint- and team-centered yet, or assume very structured, static work environments. Integrated Collaborative Environments (CEs) are the solution—but they pose challenging research questions.

Bold letters indicate the professor currently in charge of this research area.

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Symposium in honour of Professor von zur Gathen 60th Birthday - "Professor von zur Gathen: A Modern Computer Algebraist"
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B-IT Life Science Informatics Lecture Series 2010
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B-IT hosts Informatiktage 2010
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