Research

As a research & development company, RISE actively supports research at several universities dealing with all aspects of large complex systems in real IT and industrial environments.

Research meets industry

RISE supports several inter-university research groups dealing with the planning, architecture, construction, operation, maintenance and evolution of (software) systems in large, real IT and industrial environments. The methodological emphasis is "traditional": the focus is on the appropriate technologies and architectures required, on the structure of relevant successful and effective projects, on suitable or unsuitable processes in certain scenarios, on effective or unsuitable products for successful implementation. RISE research thus stands for research on the construction of very complex, very large IT systems and core systems of large (industrial) institutions. These include: global platforms, national government systems, comprehensive mobility solutions, global IT infrastructures, highly secure and high-performance systems, industrial plant engineering and its digitalisation.

As an "engineering research group", the "empiricism of the entire, concrete structure" is considered as the methodological primacy in RISE (as opposed to the subsystem, which is not representative or not even close to considering the overall complexity, or, for example, the overly lightweight pilot system, which has completely different system properties under load). In terms of methodology, RISE research is in line with the state of the art: Interactive Systems, Usability, IT Security, Software Engineering, Test Engineering, Security Engineering, Mobility Research, Digital Money Research, Health-Tech, Gov-Tech, Sport-Tech and many more. This has resulted in a broad and deep history of research projects, including the ability to assess what research can and cannot achieve in a topic.

RISE Research is actively involved in global industry best practice, helping computer science curate the proverbial methodological mountain under the hard empiricism and revision of large IT projects. In football parlance, this means "getting the science of computing closer to the ball".

Academy

As well as collaborating with the Academy on a wide range of scientific and R&D projects, many RISE employees teach and supervise academic work at several of the leading universities in the DACH region. This exchange has proved fruitful, as RISE's own experience has taught it to recognise and respect the needs of academic institutions. Over the last 10 years, several hundred scientific publications have been produced with RISE participation and co-authorship.

Industry

RISE has an in-depth understanding of the industry and what the major IT research labs can and cannot do.

...and the bridge in between

RISE understands, identifies and supports the long bridge between the early foundations and the final system/product. We tell you where the pillars need to be built, where you need to rest and reflect to avoid going nowhere or missing your targets.

Pragmatic, focused and product driven

We use relevant research only where appropriate and economical.

Coming from scientific research, we know where basic research can contribute and where it is just unnecessary ballast. Industrial research must always be more pragmatic, more focused and closer to the product than academic R&D. RISE knows and masters this segmentation and can therefore manage your investment more honestly and effectively.

In IT, experience is gold, implementation is platinum. Research beside or behind the problem is nothing. But good research is silver, which, with seriousness and sustainability, mutates into gold and platinum.

Scientific exchange

RISE specifically supports research at several universities and various institutes, and its staff regularly publish articles in scientific media. The exchange of results "from research to industry" and "from industrial experience to research" creates valuable synergies, especially on innovative topics, and leads to top performance in those industrial tasks where innovative strength is a critical factor. Several patents and the activities of the RISE patent department bear witness to this approach.