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The Hasso Plattner Institute offers degree programs in “IT Systems Engineering” that are unique Germany-wide. It is a practical form of computer science study that places special emphasis on the conception and development of complex software systems. The education at Hasso Plattner Institute is tuition free.

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Research in HPI’s topic areas is carried out in Potsdam and internationally at the Hasso Plattner Institute Research School. It is distinguished by its high scientific standard, practical approach and close cooperation with industry. The primary focus of HPI’s research is on highly complex IT systems.

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Hasso Plattner Institute holds an unique position on the landscape of German universities. Research and teaching are concentrated in the area of IT systems engineering. The highly ranked Bachelor, Master and PhD degree programs have a high practical and innovation orientation. Design Thinking spans a bridge between Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design in Stanford.

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The Hasso Plattner Institute has educational programs for both high school students and working professionals. It operates its own IT learning platform - openHPI - which provides free online courses. The Youth Academy organizes computer science camps and events for high school students. Professionals can take advantage of educational opportunities in the field of Design Thinking at the HPI Academy.

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The research at the chair of Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel focuses on investigation of scientific principles, methodes and technologies to design and implement novel Internet technologies and innovative Internet-based IT-systems and applications [more]. Hereby we concentrate on efficient, secure, and trustworthy treatment of big data und revealing potentials of Cloud computing and In-Memory technology. Our research work is mainly fokused on the following fields:

Prof. Christoph Meinel and his team is hooked on the innovative MOOCs - Massive Open Online Course. They have designed and implemented the first European MOOC plattform which is used by openHPI, openSAP and MOOC.house.

Former research interests from Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel and his team were focused on the 

Samples of Our Research Work

The results of the academic research of the team of Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel as well as the results of their contract research work are scientifically published, and tested for usability at hand of self designed pilot systems. Later they are delivered to public, business and society.

Here are some samples of the chair's design and implementation work:  

  • Schul-Cloud, a cloud structure project to modernize school education in Germany,
  • HPI Identity Leak Checker and the vulnerability data base HPI-VDB,
  • cloudRAID is a system that enhances the overall security of public cloud storage,
  • HPI platform openHPI for providing massive open online courses (MOOCs),
  • mobile tele-TASK system for recording and broadcasting university lectures and presentations, and the Internet portal www.tele-task.de for the (personalized) presentation of currently more than 5.000 tele-lectures, 
  • blog search engine www.blog-intelligence.de for exploring the blogosphere,
  • virtual Internet labs Tele-Lab IT-Security and SOA-Lab, or
  • Tele-Board system for supporting interactive cooperation of distributed teams of designers and developers.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel

President and CEO
Internet Technologies and Systems

Room: H-1.05
Tel.:  +49 (0)331 5509-222
Fax: +49 (0)331 5509-325
Mobile: +49 (0)176 10010727
E-Mail: meinel'at'hpi.de

 

Michaela Schmitz

Executive Assistant

Room: H-1.06
Tel.:  +49 (0)331 5509-222
Fax: +49 (0)331 5509-325
E-Mail: office-meinel'at'hpi.de

Address: P.O. Box 90 04 60, D-14440 Potsdam

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Future SOC Lab

The “HPI Future SOC Lab” is a cooperation of the Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI) and industrial partners. Its mission is to enable and promote exchange and interaction between the research community and the industrial partners.

Research School

The HPI Research School for "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" is the HPI graduate school, founded in 2005. The branches of the graduate school are in Cape Town, Haifa and Nanjing.

Digital Health Center

The Digital Health Center of the Hasso Plattner Institut (HPI) brings together individuals from health sciences, human sciences, data sciences, digital engineering and society with a shared goal to improve health and wellbeing.

Design Thinking Research Program

The HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program strives to apply rigorous academic methods to understand how and why Design Thinking innovation works and fails.