OFFIS
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 three research divisions Energy, Health 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 Transportation division deals with research on current challenges and emerging topics in transportation.
Alongside the three application oriented departments the institute established six technology-focussed competence centers:
- Ambient Health Technologies
- Analytical Information Systems
- Dependable Systems
- Embedded Systems Design Automation
- Human-Machine Interaction
- ICT for Smart Grids
Executive Board
The OFFIS executive board has six members:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Nebel (Chairman)
- Prof. Dr. Werner Damm
- * Prof. Dr. Susanne Boll
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Hahn
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hein
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff