Transportation

Studies of the European Union predict a growth of commercial transport by 50 percent and an increase in passenger transportation by 25 percent until the year 2020. New solutions for safety, environmental compatibility, and reduction of costs are therefore urgently needed. How can we continually assure or even raise the safety standards of trains, cars, and airplanes? Which intelligent assistance systems can reduce accidents or even help to prevent them? And how can we intelligently control the flow of goods and traffic in the future? ICT technologies deliver new approaches to these and further questions.

OFFIS as Designer

Since its foundation, OFFIS has acquired, through its permanent and close cooperation with the industry, a widely accepted competence in the application domain transportation. For example, we participated in the development of intelligent, mathematical methodologies to verify safety-critical electronics in cars, trains, and airplanes. Furthermore, we also include in this field the complete redefinition of the human-machine relationship, as well as the complete topic of development and manufacture of dependable, cooperative, and assistance systems in transportation. The interdisciplinary research and development activities of the division are in a leading position, internationally.