Menu: Latest News:Santiago Zanella
wins EAPLS Best Dissertation Award.
IMDEA Software Institute security research
in MIT's
Technology Review.
2010 Annual Report
published.
Alexey Gotsman gets EAPLS Best
Dissertation Award.
Lucía
Figar, Counselor for Education, visits Institute's new building
construction site. Press release. Pictures. 
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The IMDEA Software Institute
The main focus of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Software Development Technologies (IMDEA Software Institute) is to perform the research of excellence required to devise methods that will allow the cost-effective development of software products with sophisticated functionality and high quality, i.e., safe, reliable, and efficient. In order to achieve this goal the Institute is gathering a critical mass of world-wide, top class researchers and providing them with an ideal research environment. The focus of the Institute includes all phases of the development cycle (analysis, design, implementations, validation and verification), including methods, languages, and mechanisms. Its distinguishing feature is the concentration on approaches that are rigorous and at the same time allow building practical tools. The IMDEA Software Institute is part of IMDEA, the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies, a network of international research centers in the Madrid region for research of excellence in areas of high economic impact. 
Current Location and New BuildingThe IMDEA Software Institute is temporarily located in a newly remodeled floor of the School of Computer Science of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), in the Montegancedo Science and Technology Park (International Campus of Excellence). The Institute has already outgrown its current temporary premises and it will thus move shortly to a new building, (see photo), entirely devoted to IMDEA Software, which is close to completion in a 7,500 m2 plot also in the Montegancedo Science and Technology Park. In response to a call, building designs from six renowned architects were received in early 2009, and a committee including members of the IMDEA Software Institute, the Regional Government of Madrid, and external experts chose the winning proposal by Estudio Lamela. The design of the final building evolved in close consultation with current the IMDEA Software Institute researchers, and is aimed at addressing the scientific needs of the Institute. |
The importance of software is continuously increasing. It is the
enabling technology in many devices and services which are now an
essential part of our lives, and thus software failures can
imply high social and economic cost. Developing software of an
appropriate level of reliability, security, and performance, and doing
so in a cost-effective manner poses today very significant research
challenges. Because of the ubiquity of software, solutions to these
challenges can have a significant and pervasive expected impact on
productivity and on the general competitiveness of the economy.
