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Fraunhofer IESE
Kaiserslautern - Germany
The Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
(IESE) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, was founded in January 1996, and is
headed by Prof. Dr. Dieter Rombach and Prof. Peter Liggesmeyer. The
institute's focus lies on applied research, development and technology
transfer in the areas of innovative software development approaches,
quality and process engineering, continuous improvement, organizational
learning as well as continuing education and training.
To prepare industrial software developers and users for current and
future information technology challenges, new techniques, methods,
processes, and tools are being developed to base software development
on sound engineering principles.
The customers of Fraunhofer IESE come from domains where products are dominated by software: automotive and transportation systems, telecommunications, telematics and service providers, medical systems, as well as information systems and applications in the public sector. The institute provides support to companies of any size – from international corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises. The public sector also plays an important role as a project partner. Fraunhofer IESE, which was founded in 1996, is directed by Prof. Dieter Rombach and Prof. Peter Liggesmeyer. It is one of 58 institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, which, as the largest applied research organization in Europe, contributes to national and international competitiveness.
Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern currently has 180 employees who perform research in the areas of software development, software quality management, and software competence management. Together with its sister institute in the USA, Fraunhofer IESE offers processes, methods, and techniques for developing software-based systems according to engineering-style principles. In doing so, it follows an empirical approach: Through proven, innovative solutions, products based on software can be brought to the market with a measurably higher degree of efficiency.
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