RISC Software GmbH is an established, nationally and internationally research and development company. The company is 80 % owned by the Johannes Kepler University Linz and 20 % by the Upper Austrian Research GmbH (Upper Austria). The employees of RISC Software GmbH combine mathematics, computer science and machine learning methods with practical experience and thus develop individual software solutions for companies, medicine and industry in interdisciplinary teams.

RISC Software GmbH was founded as an application-oriented part of the RISC Institute by Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c.mult. Bruno Buchberger in 1992 and is still accompanied by him as mentor and initiator. This duality of basic research (RISC Institute) and application (RISC Software GmbH) has been continued to this day and is continuously developed in the most diverse facets in close cooperation with the institute’s director Prof. Dr. Peter Paule.

Wolfgang Freiseisen

CEO RISC Software GmbH

Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c.mult. Bruno Buchberger

Founder RISC Institute and RISC Software GmbH

Prof. Dr. Peter Paule

Chairman RISC Institute

Facts

69 % male

80 Employees

• 81 % thereof in R&D
• from 10 countries

31 % female

7.1 Million EUR operating revenue*

25% thereof with funding
* estimated for 2023

approx. 25 Publications

70 Projects

thereof 29 % with funding,
42 in Upper Austria, 20 in Austria, 8 EU, 8 worldwide

52 Participations

in round tables,
platforms, opinion boards,
thereof 38 % international

131 Cooperation partners

• thereof 90 corporate partners and
• 41 scientific partners,
• 65 in Upper Austria,
• 25 Austria,
• 37 EU,
• 4 worldwide

Owner

RISC Software GmbH is owned by the Johannes Kepler University Linz and 20 % by Upper Austrian Research GmbH (state of Upper Austria). The Supervisory Board of RISC Software GmbH is composed as follows:

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Mag.^a Christiane Tusek

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Vice-rector for finances

Representative Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Paule

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Chairman RISC Insitute

Member of the Supervisory Board

Mag.^a Ingrid Rabmer

Upper Austrian Research GmbH
Chief Financial Officer

History

1989

Foundation of a Software Development Working Group as part of the RISC Software GmbH.

1992

Founding under the name “Gödel School” Softwareentwicklung & Systemtechnik Gesellschaft mbH by Bruno Buchberger.

1995

RISC Software GmbH specializes in software for logistics and production planning.

2000

Launch of the cooperation with DS Automotion in the field of driverless transport systems. RISC Software GmbH has 6 employees.

2001

DI Wolfgang Freiseisen becomes Managing Director.

2003

The cooperation between Airbus and RISC Software GmbH starts.

2004

RISC Software becomes a sub­sidiary of JKU Linz.

2006

RISC Software starts participation in the first EU project named PLATO-N.

2008

The Unit Logistics Informatics wins the multimedia & e-business STATEPRIZE 2008 in the category: e-commerce and customer loyalty for Post.Versandmanmanager.Pro. Integration of Research Unit Medical Informatics and the involvement of Upper Austrian Research GmbH with 20%.

2010

RISC Software GmbH is a founding member of the Austrian Center of Scientific Computing.

2012

Research Unit Medical Informatics wins MEDVIS 3D State Prize for Innovation for MEDVIS 3D. Start of the project ITS Austria West. RISC software has over 50 employees.

2013

The Unit Advanced Computing Technologies launches EU project: MrSymBioMath.

2015

The “food4all @ home” research project of the Unit Logistics Informatics wins Spring Award of bmvit.

2016

With Virtual Aneurysm, the Research Unit Medical Informatics wins the State Prize for Innovations of the State of Upper Austria for the most radical innovation.

2017

RISC Software GmbH is the lead developer of the AI strategy for the State of Upper Austria. RISC celebrates Anniversary: 30 Years RISC Institute and 25 Years RISC Software GmbH.

2021

Foundation of Unit Domain-specific Applications

2022

RISC Software GmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary during the Ars Electronica Festival at JKU Linz