IMDEA Software
The importance of software is continuously increasing. It is the
enabling technology in many devices and services which are now an
essential part of our lives, and thus software failures can
imply high social and economic cost. Developing software of an
appropriate level of reliability, security, and performance, and doing
so in a cost-effective manner poses today very significant research
challenges. Because of the ubiquity of software, solutions to these
challenges can have a significant and pervasive expected impact on
productivity and on the general competitiveness of the economy.
The main focus of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Software Development Technologies (IMDEA Software) is to perform the research of excellence required to devise methods that will allow allow the cost-effective development of software products with sophisticated functionality and high quality, i.e., safe, reliable, and efficient. In order to achieve this goal the Institute is gathering a critical mass of world-wide, top class researchers and providing them with an ideal research environment.
The focus of the Institute includes all phases of the development cycle (analysis, design, implementations, validation and verification), including methods, languages, and mechanisms. Its distinguishing feature is the concentration on approaches that are rigorous and at the same time allow building practical tools.
IMDEA Software is part of IMDEA, the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies, a network of international research centers in the Madrid region for research of excellence in areas of high economic impact.
Current Location and New Building
IMDEA Software is temporarily located in a newly remodeled floor of
the School of Computer Science of the Technical University of Madrid
(UPM), in the Montegancedo Science and Technology Park. As the number
of faculty and students at the institute increases this facility is
expected to be outgrown by the end of 2010. Thus, fast progress is
being made towards making available a new, dedicated building. To
this end a 7,500 m2 plot was assigned early in 2008 to the Institute
within the Montegancedo park and a call for designs for the building
was issued in the Spring. Designs from six different renowned
architects received in response to this call and the winning design
chosen in late 2008. Construction of the new building will begin in 2009 and is
planned to be completed by early 2011.