Through the ubiquitous use of software, complex requirements are placed on software development. Our teams work on innovative design methods and software solutions for the construction of software systems, which can be produced and operated economically and are at the same time permanently safe, secure, trustworthy and controllable. An engineering-based software development that also integrates the performance prediction and quality assurance into the design, is considered as a prerequisite.

Through the use of the latest findings and technologies in information technology and computer science as well as the opportunities of international collaborations, which arise from the worldwide networking through web technologies, computer scientists, software engineers, economists and data security specialists develop pioneering methods for the software development at the FZI. Their starting point is a holistic approach on software. This starts at the business process analysis and goes on with the consideration of the economic necessity for software design and production processes that are efficient and suitable for industrial use. It also uses the latest technologies, such as multi-core processing, virtualisation, cloud computing, web and social media collaboration and extends to cryptographic solutions for  the protection of data from attackers, whether on own servers or outsourced in clouds.

In the application area Software Engineering, the FZI bundles its activities in software engineering research. The focus is on researching and developing innovative approaches in software engineering as well as the integration of software technology and innovations in interdisciplinary research projects at the FZI.

Further research focuses can be found here.