SOFTWARE CENTER

Software Center is operated in close collaboration between academia and industry. The Software Center opened officially in 2012 and is led by the director Professor Jan Bosch. The Software Center is hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, which is joint between Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg. The initiative in software engineering – where the Software Center is a part – has about 30 employees and is one of the largest research and deve... lopment environments within the software area in Sweden, with the aim of becoming one of the largest groups in Europe. The research within Software Center is driven by the needs from the industry and is largely funded by the participating companies. The continuous exchange of knowledge is the basis of the interaction model Software Center uses. Which projects that should be invested in are determined by researchers and companies jointly and there is a frequent communication throughout the whole project. The estimated life of a research project is between three and five years, but the projects are run in so-called "sprints" where each interval is six months and ends with discussions and feedback from the industry partner.More