Softwarepark Hagenberg
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The Softwarepark Hagenberg is the Austrian technology park for software, located in Hagenberg im Mühlkreis
, Austria
, founded in 1989 by Professor Bruno Buchberger
. The Softwarepark Hagenberg is a unique collaboration where research, business and education are intensively cooperating. Because of its success, the park has been called the "Wunder von Hagenberg" (miracle from Hagenberg).
(RISC) with then 25 students and employees.
Today Softwarepark is increasing its international activities, e.g. with ISI - International Studies in Informatics Hagenberg or the recently launched International Incubator Hagenberg.
Within the twenty years of its existence, 100 million € were invested into developing the park.
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Additionally, the park houses a social project for people with disabilities to provide computer support in cooperation with the Diakonisches Werk
Gallneukirchen
and the Fachhochschule Hagenberg.
as well as a hotel, sport arenas and an international student union building. An additional 50 million € are planned to be invested until 2014 for the expansion of the companies and research institutes in the park.
Hagenberg im Mühlkreis
Hagenberg im Mühlkreis is a town in the district of Freistadt in Upper Austria in Austria, 20 km from Linz. Hagenberg became known for Softwarepark Hagenberg a major technology park focusing on IT, with research, education and business....
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, founded in 1989 by Professor Bruno Buchberger
Bruno Buchberger
Bruno Buchberger is Professor of Computer Mathematics at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. In his 1965 Ph.D. thesis, he created the theory of Gröbner bases, and has developed this theory throughout his career. He named these objects after his advisor Wolfgang Gröbner...
. The Softwarepark Hagenberg is a unique collaboration where research, business and education are intensively cooperating. Because of its success, the park has been called the "Wunder von Hagenberg" (miracle from Hagenberg).
History
Buchberger devised the concept for the park in 1989. It was created to balance both economic needs and desire for research and as such, the concept focused one third on economic production, one third on research and one third on academic education in the field of IT and related sciences. These three components drive a synergetic "spirale of innovation". Softwarepark has four main partners: The Province of Upper Austria, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the Community of Hagenberg, and Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich, a major local bank. The first institute to be established in the park was Buchberger's Research Institute for Symbolic ComputationResearch Institute for Symbolic Computation
The Research Institute for Symbolic Computation is a leading research institute in the area of symbolic computation, including automated theorem proving and computer algebra. It is located in Schloß Hagenberg in Hagenberg near Linz in Austria. RISC was founded in 1987 under Bruno Buchberger and...
(RISC) with then 25 students and employees.
Today Softwarepark is increasing its international activities, e.g. with ISI - International Studies in Informatics Hagenberg or the recently launched International Incubator Hagenberg.
Within the twenty years of its existence, 100 million € were invested into developing the park.
Composition
The park currently houses 50 companies with more than 1000 employees as well as more than 1400 students of a number of universities and colleges, amongst them the Research Institute for Symbolic ComputationResearch Institute for Symbolic Computation
The Research Institute for Symbolic Computation is a leading research institute in the area of symbolic computation, including automated theorem proving and computer algebra. It is located in Schloß Hagenberg in Hagenberg near Linz in Austria. RISC was founded in 1987 under Bruno Buchberger and...
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Additionally, the park houses a social project for people with disabilities to provide computer support in cooperation with the Diakonisches Werk
Diakonisches Werk
The Diakonisches Werk is a charitable organization of Protestant churches in Germany , Austria as well as numerous free churches. Its Roman Catholic equivalent is the Caritas....
Gallneukirchen
Gallneukirchen
Gallneukirchen is a small city in Upper Austria, Austria and is part of the district "Urfahr-Umgebung" with an official population of 6281.- History :...
and the Fachhochschule Hagenberg.
Expansion
The current expansion schedule plans to expand the park with 20 million € in funds until 2012, with the expansion of the Research Institute for Symbolic ComputationResearch Institute for Symbolic Computation
The Research Institute for Symbolic Computation is a leading research institute in the area of symbolic computation, including automated theorem proving and computer algebra. It is located in Schloß Hagenberg in Hagenberg near Linz in Austria. RISC was founded in 1987 under Bruno Buchberger and...
as well as a hotel, sport arenas and an international student union building. An additional 50 million € are planned to be invested until 2014 for the expansion of the companies and research institutes in the park.