1. 1 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology Tore Dybå

2. 2 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group SINTEF Business concept: The objective of the SINTEF Group is to supply research-based knowledge and related services to its Norwegian and international clients, in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Oslo (UiO). We aim to support the development of new companies and existing industries with growth potential. The vision: Technology for a better society Social perspective: The SINTEF Group aims to support the process of formation of values throughout society. Locations: The SINTEF Group has 1800 employees, 400 in Oslo and 1400 in Trondheim.

3. 3 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group Our partners  The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU: 20 000 full-time students 1 000 professors and academic staff  The University of Oslo, UiO, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 5 250 full-time students 395 scientific man-years NTNU / SINTEF Group collaboration in R & D Joint use of laboratories and instruments SINTEF employees teach at NTNU NTNU personnel work on SINTEF projects NTNU personnel work on SINTEF projects

4. 4 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group SINTEF Telecom and Informatics SINTEF Applied Mathematics SINTEF Civil and Environmental Eng. SINTEF Applied Chemistry SINTEF Petroleum Research MARINTEK Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute SINTEF Energy SINTEF Fishery and Sea Farming SINTEF Electronics and Cybernetics SINTEF Materials Technology SINTEF Industrial Management SINTEF UNIMED SINTEF Telecom and Informatics President/ Vice President A Research institute in the SINTEF Group

5. 5 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group 1/4 of the Annual Turnover is coming from R&D Contracts in Co-operation with International Partners  15 % from R&D Contracts within: - EU Framework Programmes - ESA and NASA - EUCLID (NATO) - NORDTEST - ERCIM  12 % from R&D Contracts for International Industry  International Standardisation International R&D Co-operation

6. 6 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group Work in Empirical Software Engineering  REBOOT and SER: Case studies on reuse (ESPRIT).  PROTEUS: Case studies on product modeling (ESPRIT).  PERFECT: Case studies on measurement-based SPI (ESPRIT).  MAGMA: Case studies on object orientation, reuse, and modular architectures (National program).  SPIQ: Case studies, field experiments, and surveys on SPI (National program).  ESSI: Case studies and field experiments on SPI (ESPRIT).  ESSI PIE NODE: Co-ordination of ESSI Process Improvement Experiments in Scandinavia.  DAIM: Case studies on SW architectures, mobility, scalability, and reuse (National program).  PROFIT: Case studies, PMAs, and field experiments on SPI (National program).  Inter-PROFIT: Extension of PROFIT - part of ESERNET.  KUNNE: Case studies on Knowledge Management in knowledge intensive services (National program)  Living Knowledge: Long tem strategic program focusing on innovation and collective knowledge (Internal SINTEF program).  Learning SW Organisation: Strategic program combining knowledge management and software process improvement (Internal SINTEF program).

7. 7 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group Contributions to ISERN  Collaboration on joint projects  NTNU (Reidar Conradi)  UiO (Dag Sjøberg)  SIMULA Research Laboratory  ESERNET  Contribute with own experience and results from conducting industry-oriented ESE research.  Contribute with insights in Knowledge Management and organizational issues in SPI.  Contribute with insights on the special needs of SMEs and downscaling of SPI frameworks.

8. 8 - 26/10/2015 The SINTEF Group Benefits from ISERN  International collaboration with the leaders in ESE research.  Viewpoints from experienced ISERN people on experimental designs and how to deal with threats to validity.  Collaboration with guest researchers from the ISERN community at NTNU, UiO, and SIMULA.  Collaboration on existing projects (e.g. ESERNET).  Form alliances for future R&D projects.