ERCIM

ERCIM

Cooperating for Excellence in Research

ERCIM – the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics – aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry.

Scientific Fields of Competence

Scientific Fields of Competence


Hardware
Research Area Department Person

B.1 Control Structures and Microprogramming (D.3.2)

 

 

B.2 Arithmetic and Logic Structures

   

B.3 Memory Structures

IDI

Lasse Natvig

B.4 Input/Output and Data Communications

IIK

Norvald Stol,
Mohammad Derawi

B.6 Logic Design

 

 

B.7 Integrated Circuit

IES

Trond Ytterdal

B.8 Performance and Reliability (C.4)

IIK

Yuming Jiang

Computer Systems Organization
Research Area Department Person

C.1 Processor Architectures

IDI

Lasse Natvig

C.2 Computer Communication Networks

IIK

Norvald Stol

C.3 Special-Purpose and Application-Based Sys. (J.7)

 

Anne C. Elster

C.4 Performance of Systems

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg,
Lasse Natvig,
Anne C. Elster

C.5 Computer System Implementation

IDI

Lasse Natvig,
Anne C. Elster

Software
Research Area Department Person

D.1 Programming Techniques (E)

IDI

Anne C. Elster

D.2 Software Engineering (K.6.3)

IDI

Letizia Jaccheri

D.3 Programming Languages

IDI

 

D.4 Operating Systems (C)

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg,
Lasse Natvig

Data
Research Area Department Person

E.1 Data Structures

IDI

 

E.2 Data Storage Representations

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg,
Heri Ramampiaro,
Bian Yang

E.3 Data Encryption

IIK, IMF

Stig Frode Mjølsnes,
Danilo Gligoroski,
Kristian Gjøsteen

E.4 Coding and Information Theory (H.1.1)

IES

Lars Lundheim

E.5 Files (D.4.3, F.2.2, H.2)

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg

Theory of Computation
Research Area Department Person

F.1 Computation by Abstract Devices

IDI

 

F.2 Analysis of Algorithms and Problem Compl. (B.6, B.7, F.1.3)

IDI

 

F.3 Logics and Meaning of Programs

IDI

 

F.4 Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

IDI

 

Mathematics of Computing
Research Area Department Person

G.1 Numerical Analysis (MSC 65, 33-35)

IMF

Brynjulf Owren

G.3 Probability and Statistics (MSC 60, 62)

IMF

 

G.4 Mathematical Software

IMF, IDI

Einar Rønquist,
Anne C. Elster

Information Systems
Research Area Department Person

H.1 Models and Principals

IDI

 

H.2 Database Management (E.5)

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg

H.3 Information Storage and Retrieval

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg,
Jon Atle Gulla
Heri Ramampiaro,
Bian Yang

H.4 Information Systems Applications

IDI

 

H.5 Information Interfaces and Presentation (e.g., HCI) (I.7)

IDI

Ahmet Soylu

Computing Methodologies
Research Area Department Person

I.1 Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation

 

 

I.2 Artificial Intelligence

IDI

Sule Yildirim,
Ali Shariq Imran

I.3 Computer Graphics

IDI

 

I.4 Image Processing and Computer Vision

IES, IDI

Andrew Perkis,
Marius Pedersen,
Faouzi Alaya Cheikh, Raghavendra Ramachandra
Ali Shariq Imran

I.5 Pattern Recognition

IDI

Mohammad Derawi, Raghavendra Ramachandra,
Sule Yildirim
Ali Shariq Imran

I.6 Simulatin and Modeling (G.3)

IIK, IDI

Poul Heegaard;
Lasse Natvig;
Christopher Frantz

I.7 Document and Text Processing (H.4, H.5)

IDI

Kjetil Nørvåg,
Jon Atle Gulla
Heri Ramampiaro,
Sule Yildirim;
Christopher Frantz
Ali Shariq Imran

I.8 Biometrics IDI Raghavendra Ramachandra,
Bian Yang
Computer Applications
Research Area Department Person

J.1 Administrative Data Processing

IDI

 

J.2 Physical Sciences and Engineering

IDI, ITK, IES

Anne C. Elster,
Marta Molinas,
Peter Svensson

J.3 Life and Medical Science

IDI, IKM

Pål Sætrom,
Finn Drabløs,
Eivind Almaas

J.4 Social and Behavioral Science

IDI

Christopher Frantz

J.5 Arts and Humanities

IDI

Roger Midtstraum,
Letizia Jaccheri

J.6 Computer-Aided Engineering

IDI

 

J.7 Computers in other Systems (C.3)

IDI

Lasse Natvig

Computing Milieux
Research Area Department Person

K.1 Computer Industry

 

 

K.2 History of Computing

 

 

K.3 Computers and Education

IDI

Monica Divitini,
Ali Shariq Imran

K.4 Computers and Society

IDI

Letizia Jaccheri

K.5 Legal Aspects of Computing

 

Bian Yang

K.6 Management of Computing and IS.

 

 

K.7 The Computing Profession

 

 

K.8 Personal Computing

 

Bian Yang

Mathematics
Research Area Department Person

01 History and biography

 

 

03 Mathematical logic and foundations

 

 

05 Combinatorics

 

 

06 Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures

 

 

08 General algebraic systems

 

 

11 Number theory

 

 

12-22 Algebra

IMF

Markus Szymik

26 Real functions

IMF

 

28 Measures and Integration

IMF

 

30 Functions of a complex variable

IMF

Kristian Seip

31 Potential theory

IMF

Peter Lindqvist,
Eugenia Malinnikova

32 Several complex variables and analytic spaces

IMF

 

33 Special functions

IMF

Peter Lindqvist

34 Ordinary differential equations

IMF

Peter Lindqvist

35 Partial differential equations

IMF

Helge Holden

37 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory

IMF

 

39 Difference and functional equations

 

 

40 Sequences, series, summability

IMF

 

41 Approximations and expansions

IMF

 

42 Fourier analysis

IMF

Kristian Seip

43 Abstract harmonic analysis

IMF

 

44 Integral transforms, operational calculus

 

 

45 Integral equations

 

 

46 Functional analysis

IMF

 

47 Operator theory

IMF

 

49 Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization

IMF

 

51 Geometry

IMF

Helge Holden, Eldar Straume

52 Convex and discrete geometry

 

 

53 Differential geometry

IMF

Helge Holden

54 General topology

 

 

55 Algebraic topology

IMF

Markus Szymik

57 Manifolds and cell complexes

IMF

Markus Szymik

58 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds

IMF

 

60 Probability theory and stochastic processes

IMF

Helge Holden

62 Statistics

IMF

 

65 Numerical analysis

IMF

Brynjulf Owren

70-86 Mathematical Physics

IMF

Helge Holden

90 Operations research, mathematical programming

 

 

91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences

 

Christopher Frantz

92 Biology and other natural sciences

IMF, IKM

Steinar Engen,
Finn Drabløs

93 Systems theory; control

ITK

Morten Hovd

94 Information and communication, circuits

IES

Lars Lundheim, Mohammad Derawi

97 Mathematics education