Best bachelor thesis at the Institute of Computer Science
The association “Informatic Forum Rostock” (INFO.RO), residing at the Institute of Computer Science, supports junior computer scientists in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and practice-related research activities of computer science students. From 2012 on, the INFO.RO Advancement Prize has been awarded for the best bachelor thesis elaborated at the Institute of Computer Science once a year. The choice is made by a commission appointed by the association which evaluates the submitted proposals.
The Advancement Prize 2016 was awarded to Pia Wilsdorf for her thesis „Approximation of discrete events in hybrid MR rules simulations” in the bachelor study course computer science. ML rules is a multi level modelling language for biochemical systems. So far, it had not been possible to simulate systems with discrete reactions with enough efficiency. Pia Wilsdorf developed a new algorithm with the potential to close this gap. Bachelor theses compare existing approaches and comprehensively deduct a new approach. The presented prototype implementation and extensive tests were already able to verify improvements in the processing of an increasing number of species.