Currently, the chair for Algorithm Engineering consists of three research groups:

Prof. Dr. Kevin Buchin: Algorithm Engineering (Chair)

• algorithm engineering
• computational geometry
• spatial networks
• algorithms for GIS
• algorithms for motion planning

Prof. Dr. Günter Rudolph: Computational Intelligence

• Multi-objective Optimization and Industrial Optimization
• Evolutionary Computation
• Digital Entertainment Technologies
• Music Data Analysis
• Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems

Prof. Dr. Johannes Fischer: Algorithmic Foundations and Education in Computer Science

• algorithm engineering
• text indexing
• succinct data structures
• (lower) secondary computer science education
• algorithms for Big Data
• parallel algorithms

The chair for Algorithm Engineering was founded in 1985. Professor Hans-Paul Schwefel was head of the chair (called Systemanalyse) until his retirement in 2006, and then by Professor Petra Mutzel until 2019.