Zuse Institute Berlin
Zuse Institute Berlin | |
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Motto | Zuses Werk weiterdenken |
Established | 1984 |
President | Martin Grötschel |
Location | Dahlem, Berlin, Germany |
Website | http://www.zib.de |
The Zuse Institute Berlin (abbreviated ZIB, or Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin) is a research institute for applied mathematics and computer science on the campus of Freie Universität Berlin in Dahlem.
The ZIB was founded by law as a statutory establishment and as a non-university research institute of the State of Berlin in 1984. In close interdisciplinary cooperation with the Berlin universities and scientific institutions Zuse Institute implements research and development in the field of information technology with a particular focus on application-oriented algorithmic Mathematics and practical Computer science. ZIB also provides high-performance computer capacity as an accompanying service as part of the Network of high performance computers in Northern Germany (Norddeutscher Verbund von Hoch- und Höchstleistungsrechnern (HLRN)).
Konrad Zuse, born in Berlin in 1910, is the namesake of the ZIB.