Software Systems; Knowledge Technologies

Software systems are the innovation drivers in nearly all sec-tors of the economy. They play a crucial role in adding valueto products and production and business processes. Germa-ny's software market posted clear growth in 2006. TodayGerman companies have already attained a clear lead in theinternational markets with their innovative software solu-tions. This competitive advantage must be sustained, ex-panded and enhanced with new aspects in our knowledgesociety.

Swift, transparent and secure access to disseminatedknowledge plays a highly significant role in the knowledgesociety. Prodigious efforts are being made throughout theworld to shorten the cycles of scientific knowledge and inno-vation. Knowledge technologies play a key role in this effort,particularly when it comes to converting the World WideWeb into a semantic web. In contrast to today's applied in-formation technologies, innovative knowledge technologieswill let computers access data from the seemingly boundlessvolume of electronic information, interpreting their relevan-ce, ascertaining their meaning and presenting them to thehuman user in a meaningful way. These technologies linkitems of information together in a logical manner, storethem securely and make them available in various differentcontexts. In future the generation and distribution of know-ledge will assume prime significance in the process of addingvalue to products and play a key role in public awareness.
 

Strategy

Funding in the area of software systems has the objective of strengthening the scientific/technical foundation of the German informatics research and accelerating the transfer of new knowledge from the research community to industry. Funded research should make fundamental contributions to the further development and expansion of knowledge-intensive sectors and services - thereby contributing to the creation of new, high-tech jobs in Germany in the medium to long-term.

Funding measure KMU-innovativ

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  KMU-innovativ: IKT

  The KMU-Innovationsoffensive IKT funding programme run by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is aimed at strengthening the potential for innovation among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in world-class research
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Funding Areas

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  Software Engineering

  Especially in automotive engineering and plant construction and in new areas such as medical and healthcare technology, environmental protection and nanotechnology, the software share is growing in size and complexity, with increasing significance for the value adding process.
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  Embedded Systems

  Software-intensive embedded systems play a key role in many high-techproducts including cars, aircraft, robotic systems, domesticsystems and medical technology, as well as in many other areas of everyday life.
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  e-Science and Grid

  The addition of grid resources to the Internet in future will give everyone access to the computing capabilities of large computers and to international databases and knowledge banks.
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  Human-Technology Interaction

  
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  Security and Reliability

  The development of security and reliability standards is a basic prerequisite for the use and acceptance of increasing quantities of electronic features in daily life.
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  Virtual and Augmented Reality

  With suitable preparation and visualization of data, this technology enhances the user's view with computer-generated virtual objects so that product and process information can be used much more directly.
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  Internet of Things

  
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  Super Computing

  
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