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Max Planck Institute for Informatics
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<p>The Max Planck Institute for Informatics (German: <i>Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik</i>, abbreviated <i>MPI-INF</i> or <i>MPII</i>) is a research institute in <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> with a focus on algorithms and their applications in a broad sense. It hosts fundamental research (<a href="/facts/Algorithms/fnl5NmRt">algorithms</a> and <a href="/facts/Complexity/KjgY905l">complexity</a>, <a href="/facts/Computational_logic/9dEaShLh">programming logics</a>) as well a research for various application domains (<a href="/facts/Computer_graphics/lapBE8wv">computer graphics</a>, <a href="/facts/Geometric_computation/eeaotQtl">geometric computation</a>, <a href="/facts/Constraint_solving/oKCeIV2L">constraint solving</a>, <a href="/facts/Computational_biology/GxgNfwcX">computational biology</a>). </p><p>Founded November 1988 by the <a href="/facts/Max_Planck_Society/lVNb39aD">Max Planck Society</a>, Germany's largest publicly funded body for foundation research, MPII is located on the campus of <a href="/facts/Saarland_University/qe3Qc6z4">Saarland University</a>. </p>