Interdisciplinary. Application-oriented. Forward-thinking.
The Institute of Computer Engineering (ZITI) dedicates its research and teaching activities to the understanding and implementation of complex systems in information technology. One research aspect is to analyze how new results in mathematics and fundamental physics may lead to innovative and intelligent computer systems. Another research focus is the application of new technologies and methods in computer engineering to sensing and instrumentation in physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and other natural and life sciences.
Three main features characterize the profile of computer engineering in Heidelberg: multidisciplinarity, application-orientation, and orientation towards the future. Due to their broad competences, our chairs are able to bring together their diverse knowledge and their different methodological approaches in order to jointly develop integrated hardware and software solutions. This synergistic combination distinguishes ZITI from classical departments of computer science at many other universities. Thus, research and teaching contents can be aligned constantly with current, as well as with future requirements. From the beginning, ZITI has always put an emphasis on market-oriented education for our graduate students, to enable them to meet their future responsibilities in industry and in research.
The result is an innovative orientation towards current and future developments, an internationally leading position in several research areas, lively spin-off activities and an academic education, tailored to meet market demands.
Latest news
ZITI is very happy to announce the talk “Efficient Hardware for Neural Networks” by Prof. Dr. Grace Li Zhang (TU Darmstadt) on July 29 2024. The talk will be given at 4 pm in room U014 of OMZ (INF 350, floor -1)
ZITI is very happy to announce the talks “Design Space Exploration for Analog Spiking Neural Networks” and “28nm Embedded RRAM for Consumer and Industrial Products: Enabling, Design, and Reliability” by Dr. Moamen El-Masry und Dr. Jan Otterstedt (Infineon) on July 22 2024. The talks will be given at 4:15 pm in room U014 of OMZ (INF 350, floor -1)
Prof. Dr. Peter Fischer, scientist at the Institute of Computer Engineering at Heidelberg University, explains in a lecture why modern microchip development would be inconceivable without the rules for electrical networks founded by Gustav Kirchhoff. His contribution is part of the Ruperto Carola lecture series entitled “200 Years of Gustav Kirchhoff - Freethinker. Pioneer. Visionary.”, which the university is hosting in the summer semester. The series provides insights into various areas of modern research on which the physicist’s work has had an influence to this day. The event “Not without Kirchhoff’s rules - from transistor to microchip” with Peter Fischer will take place on July 8, 2024 in the auditorium of the Old University and starts at 6.15 pm
We are happy to welcome Prof. Jan Stallkamp for his talk on “Automatisierung in der Medizin: Leicht gesagt, schwer getan” on July 8, 2024.
ZITI is very happy to announce the talk Federated Learning for Wearable Healthcare by ZITI Fellow Dr. Amin Aminifar on July 1 2024. The talk will be given at 4 pm in room U014 of OMZ (INF 350, floor -1)