The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) is a research and service institution affiliated to the University of Stuttgart (USTUTT). Founded in 1829, the foremost aim of the University of Stuttgart lies in the fields of engineering and natural sciences, which nowadays is represented by 150 institutions distributed over 10 faculties, 5.000 employees, and about 26.000 students.
DIALOGIK, founded in June 2003, is a non-profit research institute organised in the legal form of a limited company. The institute is located in Stuttgart, Germany, and has 22 staff. As a non-profit research institute, DIALOGIK provides knowledge and expertise to all interested parties and makes its research results public.
Brunel University London (BUL) is a dynamic institution with over 15,000 students and over 1,000 academic staff operating in a vibrant culture of research excellence. Brunel plays a significant role in the higher education scene nationally and has numerous national and international links and partnerships with both academia and industry.
The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was founded in 1992. It was founded with the ‘charta’ to support the performance of top-quality research, development activities and the provision of scientific service to private and public bodies.
The University of Salzburg is a modern university with over 18,000 students and more than 2,500 employees. The University of Salzburg is one of the main universities in Austria with close collaborations to different higher educational institutions worldwide as well as industrial partners. The university consists of five faculties, and a few inter-faculty departments. The University of Salzburg is one of the 7 universities in Austria that offers Bachelor-, Masters- and PhD-programs in Computer Science.
ARH is a global leader in developing and distributing recognition software, ANPR cameras and passport readers. Capitalizing on its broad expertise − and always with an absolute commitment to quality - ARH drives innovation in intelligent traffic systems, access control and identity document management. ARH is an independent, owner managed corporation playing a key role in the evolution of automatic license plate reading and ID authentication.
The main campus of the Széchenyi István University (SZE) is situated in Győr, Hungary on the halfway, cca. 100 kilometers along the highway between the capitols and industrial centres of Budapest and Vienna providing excellent location for national and international industry. Actually, among other parties of several industry sectors the largest engine factory of the world, the Audi Hungaria Ltd. and hundreds of automotive suppliers have been operating here.
MOONSTAR is a global network service provider and has access to several industry Associations such as Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), which represents 800 Mobile Operators and 200 leading Companies in the Mobile Sector. With its headquarter in Germany, MoonStar employs 12 staff members, the average turnover of MoonStarStar is 6 million euros per year. MoonStar´s core business is terminating voice traffic to all destinations of the world.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent international organisation supported by 34 Member and Cooperating States, recognised as a world-leading centre for global numerical weather prediction (NWP). ECMWF is both a research institute and a 24/7 operational centre, producing and disseminating medium- and extended-range weather forecasts to its member states, worldwide commercial customers and international organisations (including the UN/WFP and IAEA).
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with pro forma annual revenue of circa € 12 billion and circa 100,000 employees in 72 countries.
