The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems is a German engineering research institute in Magdeburg, focusing on dynamics.[1] The institute was founded in 1996 and belongs to the Max Planck Society.[1] The founding director was Ernst Dieter Gilles. Currently, the institute has four research department along with several research groups and is housed in a building designed by Henn GmbH.[2]
The institute currently consists of the following four departments: