Kaiserslautern Site Saarbrücken Site Bremen Site Project Office Berlin German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Company Profile N Established 1988, non-profit organization (public-private partnership) N Executive Board ▷ Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO ▷ Dr. Walter Olthoff, CFO N Supervisory Board ▷ Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans-Albert Aukes, Chair ▷ Dr. Susanne Reichrath, Representative of Saarland's Minister President for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Vice Chair N Locations Kaiserslautern (registered office), Saarbrücken, Bremen, Berlin (project office). Further opera- ting sites in Osnabrück and St. Wendel N Shareholders Airbus Group, BMW AG, CLAAS KGaA mbH, Deutsche Messe AG, Deutsche Telekom AG, Empolis Information Management GmbH, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V., Google Inc., HARTING AG & Co. KG, Intel Corporation, John Deere GmbH & Co. KG, KIBG GmbH, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Nuance Communications Deutschland GmbH, RICOH Company Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH, SAP SE, Software AG, University of Kaiserslautern, Bremen University, Saarland University, Volkswagen AG, VSE AG N Equity Holding GraphicsMedia.net GmbH, Kaiserslautern – Ground Truth Robotics GmbH, Bremen – SemVox GmbH, Saarbrücken – Yocoy Technologies GmbH, Berlin N Key Figures 2016 ▷ Annual Budget 2016: € 44.1 million ▷ Total Assets 2016: € 124.5 million ▷ Professional staff: 512 ▷ Graduate student staff: 403 38 News 2_2017 I © DFKI Intelligent Solutions for the Knowledge Society N The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) was founded in 1988 as a non-profit public-private partnership. It has research facilities in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken and Bremen, a project office in Berlin, and branch offices in Osnabrück and St. Wendel. In the field of innovative commercial software technology using Artificial Intelligence, DFKI is the leading research center in Germany. Based on application oriented basic research, DFKI develops product functions, prototypes and patentable solutions in the field of information and communication technology. Research and development projects are conducted in eighteen research departments and research groups, nine competence centers and seven living labs. Funding is received from government agencies like the European Union, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the German Federal States and the German Research Foundation (DFG), as well as from cooperation with industrial partners. Twice a year, a committee of internationally renowned experts (Scien- tific Advisory Board) audits the progress and results of state-funded projects. In addition, BMBF evaluates DFKI regularly. The most recent assessment was again very successfully concluded in 2016. Apart from the state governments of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Bremen, numerous renowned German and international high-tech com- panies from a wide range of industrial sectors are represented on the DFKI supervisory board. The DFKI model of a non-profit public-private partnership (ppp) is nationally and internationally considered a blueprint for corporate structure in the field of top-level research. DFKI is actively involved in numerous organizations representing and continuously advancing Germany as an excellent location for cutting- edge research and technology. Far beyond the country’s borders DFKI enjoys an excellent reputation for its academic training of young scien- tists. At present, 512 highly qualified researchers, administrators and 403 graduate students from more than 60 countries are contributing to more than 295 DFKI research projects. DFKI serves as a stepping stone to leading positions in industry and successful careers as founders of spin- off companies. Over the years, 98 staff members have been appointed professors at universities in Germany and abroad. CONTACT Ü Reinhard Karger M.A. Corporate Spokesperson German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH Campus D3 2 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany 4 +49 681 85775 5253 3 +49 681 85775 5485 Ö uk@dfki.de Ħ www.dfki.de