Intelligent and Distributed Systems

IslandViz: A Tool for Visualizing Modular Software Systems in Virtual Reality

The Intelligent and Distributed Systems department does research in applied software technologies for distributed and decentralized software systems, intelligent and knowledge-based software systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and software engneering and software analytics. Across all research domains, the departments works on reproducibility, provenance, graph visualization, and information visualization.

Research Groups

Research Topics

Distributed and Decentralized Software Systems

Distributed Computing
Peer-to-peer Systems
Workflow Systems
Blockchains
Mobile Systems
Reproducibility
Provenance

Software Engineering and Software Analytics

Automated Software Testing
Software Repository Mining
Methods and Tools
Software Integration
Restructuring of Legacy Applications
Licensing and Open Source

Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent and Knowledge-based Software Systems

Explainable AI
Intelligent User Interfaces
Maschine Learning
Metadata Management
Knowledge Management
Usability

Visual Computing

Software Visualization
Graph Visualization
Visual Data Analytics

Contact

Andreas Schreiber
Head of Department
German Aerospace Center
Institute for Software Technology, Intelligent and Distributed Systems
Köln
Tel.: +49 2203 601-2485
Fax: +49 2203 601-3070

Carina Haupt
Team Lead Software Engineering
German Aerospace Center
Institute for Software Technology, Intelligent and Distributed Systems
Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 67055-248
Fax: +49 30 67055-202

Caroline Mahlow
German Aerospace Center
Institute for Software Technology, Intelligent and Distributed Systems
Köln
Tel.: +49 2203 601 5153
Fax: +49 2203 601-3070