Salzburg Research (Coordinator)

Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft is the non-profit research organisation of the State of Salzburg, Austria. It conducts applied research in the areas of information and communication technologies with a focus on creating and managing digital content.

Salzburg Research presently employs 55 researchers across the application areas of Digital Media, eCulture, eTourism and EduMedia. Salzburg Research has participated in many local, national, and European projects, and a particular strength in interdisciplinary research, investigating not only technology, but also its socio-economic impacts. Relevant EU projects coordinated or carried out by Salzburg Research are e.g. the EP2010 study on the future of electronic publishing, and the LIVE (Live Staging of Media Events), METOKIS (Methodology and Tools Infrastructure for the Creation of Knowledge Units), and CULTOS (Cultural Units of Learning - Tools and Services) projects. Salzburg Research co-operates with private companies in pre-competitive research & development projects. Partners include Austrian Television (ORF), Telekom Austria, Software AG and Sun Microsystems. http://www.salzburgresearch.at