- Information Retrieval (Prof. Norbert Fuhr): Queen Mary University of London, IEI-CNR in Pisa, University of Padua, University of Basel and other European partners
- Software Engineering (Prof. Maritta Heisel): Prof. Dr. J. Souquières/LORIA – University of Nancy 2, France
- Theoretical Computer Science (Prof. Barbara König): Prof. Andrea Corradini (University of Pisa) and Prof. Paolo Baldan (University of Padua)
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Prof. Annette Kluge): Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA, Department for Risk Engineering of the Technical University of Tsukuba, Japan, University of St. Gallen and University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
- Media Psychology (Prof. Nicole Krämer): Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California (Dr. Jonathan Gratch), Culture Lab, University of Newcastle (Dr. Patrick Olivier)
- Interactive Systems (Prof. Ziegler): cooperation with Prof. Lukosch, University of Delft, on adaptive user interfaces
