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The focus is on research in technical and operational systems with software as a significant system component.
The institute is divided into three complementary research groups:
- Software and Systems Engineering
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Information Systems
fortiss cooperates with many well-known companies and institutions – primarily located in Bavaria, Germany – in R&D projects related to the automotive industry, to aerospace, automation technology – in particular production control and robotics – medical technology, communication technology, information systems with a focus on financial services, IT-based services, public administration, and healthcare.
Research
Cyber-Physical Systems
The term cyber-physical system relates to computer systems that directly interact with and influence the environment. Typical fields of application are automation/production systems and transport systems.
In contrast to conventional IT systems, in particular non-functional characteristics (safety, reliability, distributed execution, energy efficiency) and the time behavior are of special importance in cyber-physical systems.
Software & Systems Engineering
Embedded software-intensive systems are – to an even larger extent than "classic" software systems – basically characterized by the properties of the software and hardware system components but also by the requirements and conditions of the controlled – technical or operational – process.
Their development, therefore, requires a software and system engineering approach considering all specifics of involved disciplines (including mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer science) as well as domains (including automotive, avionics, automation, energy, health) throughout all stages from requirements engineering to integration and acceptance.
Information Systems
Today, information technologies are of vital importance for cross-linking market partners in value-added chain networks, for developing innovative business models through new technological paradigms such as cloud computing or SOA, and because products, software, and services become increasingly interlocked. As a reaction to this development, a specialized service industry and, accordingly, a trend towards an optimum level of vertical integration (make-or-buy decision) for providing IT services have evolved.
The IT Sourcing & Service Management project group focuses on the analysis of post-contractual management of outsourcing projects and the development of a successful customer-supplier relation. In particular governance approaches for an optimum control of outsourcing projects and the general management of IT services relating to sourcing decisions are of importance.
The aim of the ITBenchmarkinggroup is the development of suitable tools for supporting IT management with economic questions. These tools serve for the continuing revolution of IT towards optimized internal services and as a basis for deciding on the sourcing of IT services.
The Performance & Virtualization group focuses on technology concepts for determining and assessing the performance of complex and distributed applications. In addition to common operation models, alternatives such as operation in a virtual environment and, for comparison, measurement before and after changes to the configuration are examined. This way, the basic information for planning reliability and tools for quality inspection during operation for respective architectures are provided.
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