Swedish Institute of Computer Science

Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Established 1985 (1985)
Focus Applied computer science
Head Ingrid Nordmark
Faculty 160 researchers
Staff 200 employees total
Location Kista district, Stockholm, Södermanland and Uppland, Sweden
Coordinates Coordinates: 59°24′18″N 17°56′59″E / 59.4049°N 17.9496°E / 59.4049; 17.9496
Address Box 1263,
SE-164 29 Kista,
Sweden
Website www.sics.se

RISE SICS (previously Swedish Institute of Computer Science) is a leading research institute for applied information and communication technology in Sweden, founded in 1985.

RISE SICS is a research institute in the most expansive area of industry this century: the total digitalization of products, services and businesses. SICS is in the midst of this revolution, boosting the competitive strength of Swedish industry and the quality and efficiency of Sweden’s public sector.

In January 2005, SICS had about 88 employees, of which 77 were researchers, 30 with PhD degrees. As of April 2016, SICS had about 200 employees, of which 160 were researchers, 83 with PhD degrees. The institute is headquartered in the Kista district of Stockholm, with the main office in the Electrum building.

Software

Several well-known software packages have been developed at SICS:

Academic output

The research at SICS results in approximately 100 refereed publications in academic journals, conferences and workshops per year. Around 2-4 SICS researchers receive higher academic degrees per year, and 1-3 persons move to academia for tenured positions.

SICS was ranked as the 15th most acknowledged computer science research institution in the world in an article in the December 2004 issue of the highly esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). SICS is the only Swedish institution included in the list, and is one of two European institutions (the other one is INRIA) alongside 13 well-known American institutions, several of them larger than SICS.[1]

Notable spin-off companies

  • Dynarc (1997)
  • Effnet (1997)
  • Virtutech (1998)
  • PipeBeach (1998)
  • Tacton Systems (1998) - knowledge based solutions for sales and product configuration
  • BotBox (1999)
  • Voxi (1999)
  • VerySolid (2004)
  • Axiomatics (2006) - security solutions for digital data assets
  • Asimus (2006) - search technology
  • Peerialism (2007) - scalable and flexible file storage and video streaming solutions
  • Gavagai (2008) - scalable and robust representation of semantics of linguistic data

Funding

SICS is owned jointly, 60% by the Swedish government, and 40% by Swedish industry. The government owners are the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Swedish ICT, and the Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). The industry owners are a consortium of Ericsson, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Saab Group, Green Cargo, Bombardier Transportation, and TeliaSonera.

SICS research is funded by the owners, by national funding sources, often Vinnova (the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems) and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), and by industrial collaboration partners. SICS also participates in several European research projects funded by the European Commission.

History

RISE SICS was formed in 1985 and is owned by the Swedish Government.

References

  1. ↑ Giles, C. L.; Councill, I. G. (December 15, 2004). "Who gets acknowledged: Measuring scientific contributions through automatic acknowledgment indexing" (PDF). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (51): 17599–17604. Bibcode:2004PNAS..10117599G. doi:10.1073/pnas.0407743101. PMC 539757.
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