
Our group focusses on the theory and algorithmics of the extraction
of information from data. In particular, the research concentrates on
the algorithmic questions in designing information systems that have to deal
with large, and ever more quickly growing, amounts of data. Such data may be stored
in many varieties, from neatly organised databases to unordered documents on the web.
The fundamental principles of fitting search methods, data mining and knowledge discovery
and the design of algorithmic technology for this form some of the major challenges
in the field. The research context consists of the many datarich environments in which
information systems for domain research and support have to be devised.
Important applications that drive our fundamental research aim at solving
problems encountered in, for example, the biomedical domain.