Prof. Dieter Rombach appointed to the scientific advisory group of the Australian research consortium NICTA

Dieter Rombach, executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE and professor in the department of computer science at the University of Kaiserslautern, was appointed to the International Scientific Advisory Group (ISAG) of the Australian research consortium "National Information and Communications Technologies Australia" NICTA in April 2006. The consortium was founded in 2002 by the Australian government to provide application-oriented research in the area of information and communications technology for the benefit of industry and society. Its objectives are thus similar to those of the German Fraunhofer model.

NICTA's scientific advisory group consists of six leading individuals from the international business (e.g., IBM) and research community (e.g., MIT, Stanford, Berkeley). The group's tasks include advising the board of directors on strategic planning issues, providing an overview of international research trends, and recruiting international top researchers.

Further information on the membership and leadership structure of NICTA can be found at: http://www.nicta.com.au/director/aboutnicta/our_organisation/structure_and_governance.cfm


The Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE

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.

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.

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