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Max Planck Institute for Informatics

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Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Summary

Max Planck Institute for Informatics is a Max Planck Institute[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (max_planck_institute category, ranking #10 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's field of work was computer science[3].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics was a member of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[4].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's instance of is recorded as Max Planck Institute[6].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's instance of is recorded as An-Institut[7].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics is operated by Max Planck Society[8].
  • Max Planck is named after Max Planck Institute for Informatics[9].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's headquarters location is recorded as Saarbrücken[10].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics is part of Saarland Informatics Campus[11].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics is part of Kaiserslautern-Saarbrücken Computer Science Cluster[12].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's Commons category is recorded as Max Planck Institute for Informatics[13].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics comprises Campus Library for Informatic and Mathematics of the Max Planck Institute for Informatic[14].
  • November 1988 marks the founding of Max Planck Institute for Informatics[15].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.257777777778, 'lon': 7.0455555555556}[16].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's parent organization or unit is recorded as Max Planck Society[17].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's official website is recorded as https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/[18].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's official website is recorded as https://mpi-sb.mpg.de/[19].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Max Planck Institute for Informatics[20].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's director / manager is recorded as Kurt Mehlhorn[21].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik'}[22].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MPI-INF'}[23].
  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://idp.mpi-inf.mpg.de/mpii-idp/shibboleth[24].

Body

Founding

November 1988 marks the founding of Max Planck Institute for Informatics[15].

Identity

Max Planck Institute for Informatics's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik'}[22]. Part of include Saarland Informatics Campus[11], a business cluster[25], in Germany[26] and Kaiserslautern-Saarbrücken Computer Science Cluster[12], a research institute[27], in Germany[28]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MPI-INF'}[23].

Leadership

Max Planck Institute for Informatics's director / manager is recorded as Kurt Mehlhorn[21].

Operations

Max Planck Institute for Informatics's headquarters location is recorded as Saarbrücken[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Max Planck Society[17]. It is operated by Max Planck Society[8].

Industry

Max Planck Institute for Informatics's field of work was computer science[3].

Why It Matters

Max Planck Institute for Informatics draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (max_planck_institute category, ranking #10 of 66).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [12] ↑ . mpi-inf.mpg.de. Retrieved . mpi-inf.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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