Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing
| Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing |
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 Fraunhofer Institute Center Schloss Birlinghoven |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Fraunhofer Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Saint Augustine |
| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Mathematics , engineering , numerics and computer science |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (90%), states (10%) |
| Management: | Michael Griebel |
| Employee: | about 140 |
| Homepage: | www.scai.fraunhofer.de |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI, Scientific Computing and Algorithms Institute) is an institution of the Fraunhofer Society . The institute is based in Sankt Augustin on the Schloss Birlinghoven campus , and its activities are related to applied research in the fields of applied mathematics , numerics and computer science . SCAI develops innovative methods in the field of computational science and implements them in industrial practice. SCAI combines mathematical and computer science knowledge with a focus on algorithms.
history
SCAI emerged in 1992 from the Institute for Methodological Basics of Information Technology of the then Society for Mathematics and Data Processing (GMD). The contents of the institute in information technology are strongly influenced by the theory and practice of Petri nets , which are named after Carl Adam Petri (one of the head of the institute until 1990), and in numerical mathematics by the development and application of multi-grid methods . The research activities of the GMD included basic research and application development. Since the merger of GMD and FhG in July 2001, SCAI has been an institute of the Fraunhofer Society and a member of the Fraunhofer IuK group.
Research priorities
The institute is divided into ten business areas:
- Multiphysics , the focus here is on coupled simulations in which effects from different physical disciplines have to be taken into account, e.g. B. the simultaneous calculation of flow processes and the resulting loads and deformations of structures such as pipes and tanks.
- Fast solvers , topic is the development of highly efficient mathematical processes and software products for solving large systems of equations.
- Bioinformatics , here the research activities focus on three problem-solving fields in the modern life sciences : modeling of neurodegenerative diseases, information and knowledge extraction in the life sciences, and text and big data analytics in the life sciences.
- Optimization , the goal is the development of software products for the resource-saving use of personnel and material, for the optimal utilization of production facilities and for the minimization of transport costs.
- High performance computing , work content is the development of efficient methods, tools and software for highly parallel multi and many core systems as well as heterogeneous systems with accelerator cards.
- High performance analytics , topics are network analysis, simulation and optimization and graph mining, for example for circuits, gas, water, oil and energy transport, as well as robust design for statistical analysis and optimization of parameter-dependent tasks.
- Virtual material design , with the help of modern multiscale methods and large parallel computers, innovative materials with interesting properties are developed and investigated before such substances are actually synthesized in the laboratory.
- Computational Finance , the goal is the development of highly efficient and robust numerical procedures that determine the risks of financial products with high accuracy while at the same time substantially reducing the computing times.
- Numerical data-based prediction , efficient numerical methods are developed that analyze existing and (semi-) automatically collected data promptly and generate predictions about future behavior.
- Meshfree Multiscale Methods , efficient new multiscale methods are being developed with the help of which material failure can be predicted or the fracture behavior of large components can be calculated.
The underlying technology in the business areas is generally based on efficient algorithms and innovative software solutions that enable improved solutions in industrial practice. Most of the customers come from the automotive, shipbuilding, tool and mechanical engineering, electrical, textile and pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The focus is on the competent development of specialized, research-intensive software products and their marketing. These include the successful software products SAMG (fast algorithms for sparsely populated systems of equations), AutoNester and PackAssistant (the solution of packaging and cutting problems) and MpCCI (multidisciplinary simulation).
Cooperations
There is a contractual cooperation in bioinformatics with the " Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology " (B-IT), a joint facility of the University of Bonn , RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute in Sankt Augustin .
Fraunhofer SCAI is a member of the Fraunhofer alliances “Numerical Simulation of Products and Processes” and “Cloud Computing”. The alliance of "Numerical Simulation" consists of twenty Fraunhofer Institutes that deal with the development and improvement of simulation processes. Eight institutes cooperate in the field of cloud IT and software-as-a-service in the Fraunhofer “Cloud Computing” alliance. Depending on the application requirements, the partners work together in industrial or scientific research collaborations. This enables interdisciplinary solutions from a single source. In addition, the Fraunhofer SCAI works together with its partners on numerous research projects. The projects are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), the European Commission or internally by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.
Fraunhofer SCAI is part of the Fraunhofer group “Information and Communication Technology” (IuK), to which a total of 17 Fraunhofer institutes belong.
Infrastructure
Around 140 employees work at the institute, the scientific staff belong to the fields of mathematics , computer science , engineering , physics , biology and chemistry .
The operating budget in the 2014 financial year was 10 million euros, around 25% of which comes from basic funding, 90% of which is financed from federal funds. The third-party funding quota was around 75% that year. These come from contract research for the economy, software licenses and project funds from the federal government and the European Commission.
The institute is headed by Michael Griebel , who was also managing director of the Institute for Numerical Simulation (INS) at the University of Bonn until 2016.
Awards
The Fraunhofer SCAI was honored with the Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment (IKU) 2010 in the category "Environmentally friendly products and services" for the AutoPacker-Suite, a software for optimizing 2D material blanks and 3D object packaging that saves up to 20% of resources enables.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.scai.fraunhofer.de/de/ueber-uns/institutsleitung.html
- ↑ 2010 award winner in category 4: Environmentally friendly products and services. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 57.3 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 9.9" E