50 Years of MCDA – Past Experience and Current Challenges

What: talk summarizing some of the results of his PhD thesis

When: Friday, July 29th, 2011, 15:00

Where : University of Fribourg, Bd de Pérolles 90, 1700 Fribourg, Room G514

Who: Dr. Gianluca Demartini, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Informatics of the University of Fribourg

Ensemble Predictions of beta-sheet Protein Structures and Folding Pathways, by Prof. Jérôme Waldispühl, Université de McGill, Canada

Abstract:
In this talk, I will describe my work in the area of protein structure prediction. I will introduce new ensemble modeling techniques which can analyze and predict an entire landscape of structural solutions, rather than simple single answer optimizations. This philosophy has a broad impact on our understanding of protein folding properties.
 

Lors de la fête de remise des diplômes de la Faculté des Sciences du 18 février 2011, la fondation pour la promotion de la recherche informatique du DIUF a remis le prix d’informatique.

Relational Cloud: A Database-as-a-Service for the Cloud

This talk introduces a new transactional “database-as-a-service” (DBaaS) called Relational Cloud. A DBaaS promises to move much of the operational burden of provisioning, configuration, scaling, performance tuning, backup, privacy, and access control from the database users to the service operator, offering lower overall costs to users. Early DBaaS efforts include Amazon RDS and Microsoft SQL Azure, which are promising in terms of establishing the market need for such a service, but which do not address three important challenges: efficient multi-tenancy, elastic scalability, and database privacy. We argue that these three challenges must be overcome before outsourcing database software and management becomes attractive to many users, and cost-effective for service providers. The key technical features of Relational Cloud

Marrying Models and Artists -- or how to make sure engineering and HCI get along

Model-based user interface development (MBUID) has been mainly an academic solution for engineering interactive computing systems.

Bachelor in Computer Science and Bachelor in  Business Informatics

• When: Wednesday, September 22th 2010, 15:15 - 16:15 (approx.)
• Where: University of Fribourg, Bd Pérolles 90 - G230
• Who:
  • Prof. Ulrich Ultes-Nitsch (Computer Science), presentation is in German with slides in French, discussion in English / French / German
  • Prof. Pius Hättenschwiler (Business Informatics), presentation is in German with slides in French, discussion in English / French / German
    

Master in  Business Informatics

• When: Monday, September 20th 2010, 13:15 - 14:15 (approx.)
• Where: University of Fribourg, Bd Pérolles 90 - A230
• Who: Prof. Pius Hättenschwiler, presentation is in German with slides in French, discussion in English / French / German
   

Info event: Joint Master in Computer Science of the Universities of Bern, Neuchâtel and Fribourg

• When: Friday, September 17th 2010, 13:15 - 15:00 (approx.)
• Where: University of Fribourg, Bd Pérolles 90 - G230
• Who: Prof. Béat Hirsbrunner, presentation is in Englisch, discussion in English / French / German

The website of the new
JOINT MASTER
is now online!

The Swiss Joint Master of Science in Computer Science is a brand new study program offered by the universities of Bern, Neuchâtel, and Fribourg, ideal for computer scientists who want to expand their horizons and open doors to future career opportunities.
We offer a selection of over 60 courses and seminars and a truly flexible and modular program: more …