Research and development activities at the Chair of Computer Science are oriented towards improving computer based problem solving capabilities by optimizing simulations, improving data handling capabilities and speeding up elements of the process chain and integrating process steps into consistent problem solving environments.

Visualization and virtual reality tools are a special focus as they accelerate and improve the understanding of complex data and models in a wide variety of disciplines and application fields.

Prof. Lang's chair is co-located with the Computing Center at the University of Cologne (RRZK).