German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

DFKI building in Saarbrücken

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (German: Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, DFKI) is one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes for software technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) methods. DFKI was founded in 1988, and has facilities in the German cities of Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen and Berlin.

DFKI shareholders include Google,[1] Microsoft, SAP, BMW and Daimler.[2] The directors are Wolfgang Wahlster (CEO) and Walter G. Olthoff (CFO).

Research

DFKI conducts contract research in virtually all fields of modern AI, including image and pattern recognition, knowledge management, intelligent visualization and simulation, deduction and multi-agent systems, speech- and language technology, intelligent user interfaces, business informatics and robotics. DFKI led the national project Verbmobil, a project with the aim to translate spontaneous speech robustly and bidirectionally for German/English and German/Japanese.

Branches

There are different research departments.[3]

Kaiserslautern

Saarbrücken

Bremen

Berlin

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Google partners with DFKI
  2. ↑ DFKI: Shareholders DFKI: Shareholders
  3. ↑ Research at DFKI Research at DFKI

Coordinates: 49°25′46″N 7°45′7″E / 49.42944°N 7.75194°E / 49.42944; 7.75194

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