Simula Research Laboratory
Simula Research Laboratory (also known as Simula) is a Norwegian non-profit research organisation[2] located in Oslo, Norway. Simula was founded in 2001 by the Norwegian government to conduct fundamental, long-term research within information and communication technology (ICT).[3] Simula's research is concentrated on five areas: communication systems, scientific computing, software engineering, cyber security, and artificial intelligence.[4] In addition to conducting research at a high international level, Simula works to apply research in both industry and the public sector, and to educate students at the masters, graduate, and postdoctoral levels in collaboration with Norwegian and international partner universities. The organisation includes four subsidiaries, employing over 185 employees from more than 41 countries as of 2024. OrganizationOwnershipSimula Research Laboratory is registered as a limited company owned by the state and managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. It is governed by a board of directors appointed by the owner.[5] The board appoints a managing director (CEO), who, in turn, decides how Simula should operate daily. Dr. Lillian Røstad has been the managing director since 2023. Professor Aslak Tveito led Simula from 2002 to 2022. Simula companiesSince the establishment of Simula Research Laboratory in 2001, several subsidiaries have been created to organise Simula's activities in research, education and innovation. The group currently comprises of daughter companies, spread over three locations in Norway. These companies are:
FundingSimula is funded from several different sources. There is allocated, basic funding and long-term projects from the Norwegian government. The remaining funding is secured from external sources, mainly research grants from the European Union and the Research Council of Norway. NameSimula Research Laboratory is named after the programming language Simula, which was developed by the Norwegian scientists Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl. Both men received the A. M. Turing Award in 2001 and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal in 2002 for their contribution to the development of object-oriented programming. Simula was named after the language to honour the outstanding scientific achievement of Nygaard and Dahl, and to encourage research that meets the highest standards of quality. ActivitiesSimula's main objective is to conduct basic and applied research and provide education in select areas of information and communications technology (ICT), thereby contributing to innovation in society. ResearchSimula conducts long-term, fundamental research in the following five fields: Communication Systems, Cyber Security, Scientific Computing, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. The research is focused on core challenges that combine technological development, with utility for industry and society overall. Simula is host for the national infrastructure Experimental Infrastructure for Exploration of Exascale Computing (eX3), a national research infrastructure funded by the Research Council of Norway. The eX3 allows high-performance computing (HPC) researchers throughout Norway and their collaborators abroad to experiment hands-on with emerging HPC technologies: hardware and software. Simula hosts one of the national AI research centres, SURE-AI (The Norwegian Centre for Sustainable, Risk-averse and Ethical AI). And is a partner in a K.G. Jebsen Centre on Brain Fluid Research. Simula has hosted prior centres of excellence and innovation including the Centre for Biomedical Computing (a Center of Excellence; SFF) and Certus (a Center for Research-based Innovation; SFI), and been a partner in the Center for Cardiological Innovation and SIRIUS HPC. Currently Simula is a partner in ProCardio (Precision Health Center for optimised cardiac care; SFI). InnovationSimula Innovation manages Simula's investment portfolio that, as of 2024, includes 32 companies. Applied research occurs in each research group, while R&D consulting services to organisations is offered through the Department of Applied AI. EducationThrough the Simula Academy and in collaboration with national and international degree-awarding institutions, Simula supervises master students, PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows. As of 2024, Simula had supervised 203 PhD candidates and 635 Master’s students to the completion of their degree. Major international collaborationsSimula and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) collaborate on educating master- and PhD-students through the PhD program SUURPh, and through the joint Summer School in Computational Physiology (SSCP). Inria (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) and Simula have a long-standing collaboration with a wide scientific footprint. Currently, several departments at Simula are also connected with Inria through associated teams. Inria is France’s leading research institute within computer science and applied mathematics. With a headcount of around 3500 researchers and engineers, Inria is a European research institute with a strong track record of excellence in basic research and applied industrial research. Simula is one of the founding partners of NORA (Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium), which aims to strengthen Norwegian research, education and innovation within artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics, as well as other relevant research that supports the development of artificial intelligence applications. Continuing education offersIn addition to research education, Simula offers training to research fellows and scientists to prepare them for careers in academia or industry, as well as professional development courses. See alsoReferences
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