Apps, online banking, operating systems, websites and computer games are all based on a complex programmeming language that is barely noticeable to users. Constant innovation is the basis for professional work in this area. That's why Prof. Dr. Uwe Meyer and his doctoral student Lukas Gail from the Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Science (MNI) at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) presented their research results at the two-day “International Conference on Reversible Computation 2024” in Toruń, Poland.

Meyer and Gail presented a joint paper on the topic: “Connecting Reversible and Classical Computing through Hybrid SSA”. The work demonstrates the possibility of a hybrid form of representation using a programmeming language newly developed by Gail. This innovation aims to combine the traditional “forward” oriented programmeming with the new “backward” oriented reversible programmeming through an innovative programmeming language. The aim of reversible programmeming is to develop an algorithm that can automatically work in the opposite direction, for example in the area of ​​encryption and decryption or compression and decompression.

In the final conference discussion with the experts from the USA, Europe and Japan, the possible uses associated with the work and further topics in this field were intensively discussed. The city of Toruń offered the ideal setting for the conference, not least because its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Nicholas Copernicus University is located on site. In addition to many valuable contacts, Meyer and Gail also received an invitation to do a research stay at the renowned University of Copenhagen.