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Sirris

Sirris, Software Engineering and ICT (project coordinator)

Sirris, the joint research centre for the technology industry in Belgium, is a private collective research centre founded in 1949 by Agoria, the multi-sector federation for the Belgian technology industry. Sirris has about 2500 member companies, which range from small and medium-sized businesses to multinational companies (>95% SMEs), active in the sectors of Metals and Materials, Metal Products, Plastics, Automobile, Contracting and Maintenance, Mechanics & Mechatronics, Electrotecnics & Electronics, Aviation, Defense & Security, Industrial Automation, Information & Communication Technology. Its mission is to help companies in the implementation of technological innovations, enabling them to strengthen their competitive position over the long-term. Sirris has more than 120 technology experts focusing on knowledge acquisition (applied research) and knowledge transfer (industrial projects) in different technological domains, including software engineering and ICT.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

VUB-SOFT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Software Languages Lab

The Software Languages Lab is the result of a merger between the Programming Technology Lab (PROG) and the System and Software Engineering Lab (SSEL). It is a research lab within the Department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Broadly speaking, the lab is active in the domains of software engineering and programming language engineering. It is our mission to design and implement better languages to support the software engineering life cycle. This includes programming languages, design languages, meta languages, modeling languages, domain specific languages, etc.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

VUB-WISE, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Web & Information System Engineering Lab

The research group WISE (Web & Information Systems Engineering) was founded in 1998 by Prof. dr. Olga De Troyer and is one of the six research groups of the department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The activities of the WISE concentrate on innovative information systems, such as innovative web applications, cross-media solutions and multi-model interaction systems, and on engineering methodologies and tools for effectively and quickly realizing these kind of innovative applications. There is a strong emphasis on conceptual modeling and design, semantics, reasoning on designs, adaptation and personalization, localization and globalization, accessibility and usability in general. Important technologies used in this context are Semantic Web technologies, Web 2.0 technologies, ontologies, graphical design languages, and design patterns. Important application domains are virtual reality, games and serious games, e-learning, and e-shops.

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

ULB-CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Computer & Decision Engineering Department

The Department of Computer & Decision Engineering (CoDE) from Université Libre de Bruxelles was created on May 1st, 2006 from the association of three research units from the Faculty of Applied Sciences. Currently directed by Prof. Esteban Zimányi, it employs more than 50 researchers working on web technologies, geographical information systems, software engineering, multi-criteria decision making and collective intelligence.

Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

UCL-RELEASeD, Université Catholique de Louvain, Département d'ingénierie informatique

The RELEASeD research group, headed by Prof. Kim Mens is part of the Département d’Ingénierie Informatique of the Université catholique de Louvain. RELEASeD is the REsearch Laboratory on software Evolution And Software Development Technology, which focusses on a variety of research topics related to programming technology, languages and tool support for software development. The main research themes of this research group are the following.

  • Software Evolution: The study of advanced mechanisms, languages, formalisms, methodologies and tools to support software engineers during maintenance and evolution of a software system.
  • Software Development Technology: Advancing the state-of-the art in software development technology, mainly from a language-engineering angle.
  • Context-Oriented Programming: With their research on the Ambience programming language and its underlying Ambient Object System, the RELEASeD research group contributes to the emerging research area of context-oriented programming.