Networks

Software-Cluster "Softwareinnovationen für das Digitale Unternehmen"

Many globally renowned manufacturers of business software are located in Germany, which is one of the particular strengths of the German economy. However, a considerable amount of competition exists with, for example, powerful software companies and countries with large and strong IT economies, such as India. A strengthening of the important position held by the Germany economy in the business software sector, which includes the safeguarding of jobs in this area, is therefore one of the primary objectives. In view of these challenges, various companies and research institutes from this sector in Southwest Germany have joined forces to form the Software Cluster.

Science and Innovation Alliance Kaiserslautern

Im Frühjahr 2007 haben sich acht renommierte Forschungsinstitute und die TU Kaiserslautern zur Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V. zusammengeschlossen. Durch eine gemeinsame Öffentlichkeitsarbeit soll das vorhandene wissenschaftliche Know-how am Standort Kaiserslautern präsentiert werden.

ISERN

ISERN (International Software Engineering Research Network) is a research initiative funded in 1992. It is dedicated to improving methods for empirical research. ISERN is a community that believes software engineering research needs to be performed in an experimental context. By doing this we will be able to observe and experiment with the technologies in use, understand their weaknesses and strengths,tailor the technologies for the goals and characteristics of particular projects and package them together with empirically gained experience to enhance their reuse potential in future projects.

The founding ISERN members chose the Quality Improvement Paradigm as the reference model to provide a common terminology for their cooperation.

The ISERN Experiment Family: A joint research project with contributions from many ISERN members