The focus of the research activities of the IPVS is the following:
- Databases and Transaction Management for Open Systems, Data Warehouse and Data Mining,Geographic Information Systems and Spatially Aware Information Systems, Component Technology and Middleware, Federated Information Systems
- Machine Learning (active learning & exploration, Reinforcement Learning, relational (PO)MDPs, graphical models, probabilistic inference, planning as inference), Robotics (learning methods for manipulation, symbol learning, exploration, sequential planning, stochastic optimal control)
- Computer Aided Software Architecture, Object Oriented Technologies, Embedded Systems
- Fluid Flow in Complicated and Varying Geometries, Efficient Numerical Algorithms, Data Structures for Distributed Applications, Parallel Algorithms, Parallelization, Virtual Teaching, Graphics and Visualization
- Mobile Computing, Distributed multimedia systems, Telecooperation, Security and Privacy, System Performance Evaluation