The International Open Data Dialog (ODD) seeks to target the industry, civil society, government as well as research to discuss the status, needs and challenges in opening data to the public. With this year’s motto “THINK OPEN, THINK BUSINESS” the ODD emphasizes the great potentials of Open Data for businesses, that are yet to be realized. We will review and discuss new business cases and businesses being established on open data as well as review and discuss organizational, legal and regulatory settings for open data.

2nd Workshop on Systems Quality and Smart Cities When: Oktober 15, 2013 Where: Fraunhofer FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589 Berlin Registration: s.fhg.de/sqsc13

8th Workshop on Model Based Software, Data, Process and Tool Integration July 1 or 2, 2013 (tba), Montpellier, France - in conjunction with ECMFA 2013 and ECSA 2013 -

The 4th Eclipse IDD will take place at May 27, 2013 at Fraunhofer FOKUS: Eclipse Integrated Development Day in Berlin is a day-long event for technical developers, architects and managers interested in tool and process integration as well as automation in development processes. Attendees will have the chance to hear speakers from leading organizations and experts from the Eclipse community.

Testing is one of the most important methods for the quality assurance of software and hardware systems. Especially in the industrial practice it takes a prominent position. However, the consequent implementation of quality assurance measures is often a controversial subject of debate. The discovery of flaws at an early stage, their cost-efficient rectification and generally a better quality are pitted against the costs of testing, which on average comprise 30 to 50 percent of the entire development budget.

ICST 2013 Tutorial: Security testing techniques - Applications to industrial case studies  Presentation of the tutorial - Ina Schieferdecker and Fraunhofer Fokus (March 21, 2013)

From December 5-6, 2012, Fraunhofer FOKUS will host the “1st International Open Data Dialog – Potentials for Urban Innovation and New Businesses (ODD 2012)” in Berlin. The ODD seeks to target industry, civil society, government and research and aims to discuss about the status, needs and challenges in opening data to the public.

Software security testing is an area which has for decades been the focus of many research efforts. Yet, due to new challenges resulting from new development processes, such as SCRUM used in agile development and new aspects of large scale system integration, the need for efficient testing has been seeing much resent research. That is why this workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in software security testing. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for presenting and discussing work in progress, or ideas for future research in response to future trends. Associated event of the 24th ICSSEA, Paris

Software security testing is an area which has for decades been the focus of many research efforts. Yet, due to new challenges resulting from new development processes, such as SCRUM used in agile development and new aspects of large scale system integration, the need for efficient testing has been seeing much resent research. That is why this workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in software security testing. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for presenting and discussing work in progress, or ideas for future research in response to future trends. Associated event of the ISCTCS 2013, Beijing, China

The third ATAMI-Workshop supports the exchange of knowledge about software testing between industry and research. This year the focus is on the automation industry.

Visit us from 18 to 21 September 2012 at the InnoTrans in Hall 4.1, Stand 225. We will be demonstrating how deductive verification methods can be used to prove that the software of such safety-critical systems works faultlessly.

Visit us from 11th to 16th September at ILA 2012 in Berlin (Hall 3.E, Booth 3221) and experience a precise landing of a satellite on the moon.