German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Company Profile

Standort Kaiserslautern Standort Saarbrücken Standort Projektbüro

Intelligent Solutions for the Knowledge Society ▶▶ Established 1988, non-profit organization The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) was founded (public-private partnership) in 1988 as a non-profit public-private partnership. It has research facilities in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken and Bremen, a project office in Berlin, and branch ▶▶ Executive Board offices in Osnabrück and St. Wendel. In the field of innovative commercial soft- ▷▷ Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. , ware technology using Artificial Intelligence, DFKI is the leading research cen- CEO ter in . ▷▷ Dr. Walter Olthoff, CFO Based on application oriented basic research, DFKI develops product func- ▶▶ Supervisory Board tions, prototypes and patentable solutions in the field of information and com- ▷▷ Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans-Albert Aukes, Chair munication technology. Research and development projects are conducted in ▷▷ Dr. Susanne Reichrath, Representative eighteen research departments and research groups, eight competence cen- of 's Minister President ters and eight living labs. Funding is received from government agencies like for Higher Education, Science and the European Union, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Technology, Vice Chair the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the German Fed- ▶▶ Locations eral States and the German Research Foundation (DFG), as well as from co- Kaiserslautern (registered office), Saar- operation with industrial partners. Twice a year, a committee of internationally brücken, Bremen, Berlin (project office). renowned experts (Scientific Advisory Board) audits the progress and results Further operating sites in Osnabrück and of state-funded projects. In addition, BMBF evaluates DFKI regularly. The most St. Wendel recent assessment was again very successfully concluded in 2016.

▶▶ Shareholders Apart from the state governments of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Bre- Accenture, Airbus Group, BMW AG, men, numerous renowned German and international high-tech companies from CLAAS KGaA mbH, Deutsche Messe AG, a wide range of industrial sectors are represented on the DFKI supervisory Deutsche Telekom AG, Empolis Informa- board. The DFKI model of a non-profit public-private partnership (ppp) is na- tion Management GmbH, Fraunhofer Ge- tionally and internationally considered a blueprint for corporate structure in the sellschaft e.V., Google Inc., HARTING AG field of top-level research. & Co. KG, Intel Corporation, John Deere GmbH & Co. KG, KIBG GmbH, Microsoft DFKI is actively involved in numerous organizations representing and contin- Deutschland GmbH, Nuance Communica- uously advancing Germany as an excellent location for cutting-edge research tions Deutschland GmbH, RICOH Com- and technology. Far beyond the country’s borders DFKI enjoys an excellent rep- pany Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH, SAP SE, utation for its academic training of young scientists. At present, 561 highly qual- Software AG, University of Kaiserslautern, ified researchers, administrators and 431 graduate students from more than 65 Bremen University, , countries are contributing to more than 250 DFKI research projects. DFKI serves Volkswagen AG, VSE AG as a stepping stone to leading positions in industry and successful careers as founders of spin-off companies. Over the years, more than 130 staff members ▶▶ Equity Holding have been appointed professors at universities in Germany and abroad. GraphicsMedia.net GmbH, Kaiserslautern – Ground Truth Robotics GmbH, Bremen

▶▶ Key Figures Contact ▷▷ Annual Budget 2017: € 45.9 million Reinhard Karger M.A. ▷▷ Total Assets 2017: € 130.2 million Corporate Spokesperson ▷▷ Professional staff: 561 German Research Center for Phone: +49 681 85775 5253 ▷▷ Graduate student staff: 431 Artificial Intelligence GmbH Fax: +49 681 85775 5485 Campus D3 2 E-Mail: [email protected] 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany www.dfki.de ▶ ▶ ▶ Research &Development ▶ ▶ ▶ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ Berlin: Office Project ▷ ▷ ▷ Bremen Site: ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ Site: Saarbrücken ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ Kaiserslautern Site: Research DepartmentsandGroups gies, Wearable AI Wearable gies, Technolo Agriculture Smart Systems, Secure and Safe Management, Recovery and Response Emergency ning, Deep Lear Driving, Living, Assisted Autonomous Ambient areas: particular in activities research of Coordination Centers Competence space office smart Lab, City Living Lab, Smart Factory, Exploration Smart Robotics Lab, Retail Lab (IQL), Innovative Learning fied ImmersiveQuanti Lab, Living Assisted Ambient men Bre Lab, Living Systems Assistance Driver Advanced scenarios: application comprehensive in technologies innovative of demonstration and evaluation, Testing, Living Labs ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ ▷ Language TechnologyLanguage Möller: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Data Massive for Analytics Intelligent Prof. Dr. Volker Markl: Textiles Interactive Joost: Prof. Dr. Gesche Lab Technology Educational Igel: Prof. Dr. Christoph Osnabrück Office Branch RIC Control, Robot Plan-Based Hertzberg: Prof. Dr. Joachim (RIC) Center Innovation Robotics Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank h.c. Kirchner: Systems Cyber-Physical Prof. Dr. Drechsler: Rolf Assistants Cognitive Prof. Dr. Wahlster: Dr. Wolfgang mult. h.c. Reality Simulated and Agents Prof. Dr. Slusallek: Philipp Engineering Service Smart Prof. Dr. Maaß: Wolfgang Systems Information for Institute Prof. Dr. Peter Loos: Wendel St. Laboratory, Retail Innovative Prof. Krüger: Dr. Antonio TechnologiesMultilingual Prof. Dr. van Genabith: Josef Vision Augmented Prof. Stricker: Dr. Didier Networks Intelligent Prof. Dr. Schotten: Hans Systems Factory Innovative Ruskowski: Prof. Dr. Martin Embedded Intelligence Prof. Dr. Lukowicz: Paul Services &Knowledge Data Smart Prof. Dengel: Dr. Prof. Andreas h.c.

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