OFFIS

OFFIS premises in Oldenburg

The Oldenburger OFFIS - Institut für Informatik (OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology) is a research institute located in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The institute was founded on July 6, 1991 and works closely together with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. OFFIS is an application-oriented research and development institute and a centre of excellence for selected areas of information technology and its fields of application.

Organization[]

The institute is divided in four research divisions Energy, Health, Manufacturing and Transportation.
The Energy division focusses on energy management and the energy efficiency of digital systems.
In the Health division research focusses on enabling humans to live in a condition of full physical, mental, and social well-being.
The Manufacturing division transfers its ICT competences for industry 4.0 from practice-oriented research into the economy so that it can actively participate in shaping the digital transformation.
The Transportation division deals with research on current challenges and emerging topics in transportation.

Alongside the four application oriented departments the institute established six technology-focussed competence clusters:

• Architecture Frameworks (AF)
• Cyber Resilient Architectures and Security (CRAS)
• Deep Learning (DL)
• Embedded System Design (ESD)
• Human Machine Cooperation (HMC)
• Multi-Scale Multi-Rate Simulation (MS²)
• Safety Relevant Cyber Physical Systems (SRCPS)

Executive Board[]

The OFFIS executive board has five members:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Nebel (Chairman)
• Prof. Dr. Susanne Boll
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Hahn
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hein
• Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff

External links[]

• OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology