IWi – Institute for Information Systems at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

IWi – Facts & Figures Establishment: Chair of Business Administration, esp. for Information Systems at the Saarland University in 1975. Foundation of the „Institute for Information Systems (IWi)“ in 1979. Research Unit of DFKI since 2002. Staff: Approx. 80 Employees (incl. Researchers, PhD Students & Student Researchers). Expertise: IWi carried out over 200 Research Projects in its core- research fields „Lifelong learning“; „Business Process Management“ & „Business Integration“. Outreach/Sustainability: 18 Spin-off/Start-Up Companies Over 20 former IWi Researchers are Professors. Das Finanzvolumen kommt zu Stande, da das IWi durchschnittlich 10 Drittelmittelprojekte gleichzeitig bearbeitet.

IWi – Research Fields eGovernment eLearning & Corporate University eCommerce Business Process Management Business Process Modeling Supply Chain Management & collaborative Business Knowledge Management & Organizational Memory Service Engineering

IWi – Business Mission & Core Competencies Business Process Management Lifelong Learning Business Integration Educational Networks Enterprise Modeling : Architectures and Methods BI Enterprise-Architectures Electronic Learning Collaborative Business Methodolgies for IT (supported) Consulting Services Integrated Business Process Management : Strategies and Tools Electronic Business Electronic Government Organizational Memory Modeling, development, realization and provision of innovative solutions for industry-, service- and public administration sectors