Company
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
Univ. Prof. Dr. Carsten Schneider
Chairman RISC Institute
Facts
80 Employees
- 31 % female
- 69 % male
- 81 % thereof in R&D
- from 10 countries
7.4 Million EUR operating revenue*
~25% thereof with funding
* 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 80% 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
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mag. Philipp Kienbauer
Upper Austrian Research GmbH
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Supervisory Board
Univ. Prof. Dr. Carsten Schneider
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Chairman RISC Institute
RISC Institut
History
Foundation of a Software Development Working Group as part of the RISC Software GmbH.
Founding under the name “Gödel School” Softwareentwicklung & Systemtechnik Gesellschaft mbH by Bruno Buchberger.
RISC Software GmbH specializes in software for logistics and production planning.
Launch of the cooperation with DS Automotion in the field of driverless transport systems. RISC Software GmbH has 6 employees.
DI Wolfgang Freiseisen becomes Managing Director.
The cooperation between Airbus and RISC Software GmbH starts.
RISC Software becomes a subsidiary of JKU Linz.
RISC Software wins the 3rd place at the Leonardo Award with the project “Crash Guard”, developed for WFL Millturn Technologies.
RISC Software starts participation in the first EU project named PLATO-N.
RISC Software wins the ebiz egovernment award OÖ 2006 with the project “PISA” (IT System for Winter Services).
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%.
The Unit Medical Informatics wins the Dr. Wolfgang Houska Prize with the project “SEE-KID”.
RISC Software wins the Genderaward from the BMVIT with the project “iWAVE” (Integrated Waggon Shipping Planning and Control).
RISC Software GmbH is a founding member of the Austrian Center of Scientific Computing.
The Unit Medical Informatics wins the GC Genius Award in the category of Research & Development with the project “YAMM”.
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.
The Unit Logistics Informatics wins the 2012 Best of Initiative Mittelstand Award with the product “easy2sim”.
The Unit Advanced Computing Technologies launches EU project: MrSymBioMath.
The Unit Logistics Informatics wins the elogistics Award with the project “Magna Logistics Planning Tool”.
The “food4all @ home” research project of the Unit Logistics Informatics wins Spring Award of bmvit.
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.
The Unit Logistics Informatics wins the Austrian Logistics Prize from the Network Logistics Association (VNL) with the project “Food4all@home”.
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.
Foundation of Unit Domain-specific Applications
RISC Software GmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary during the Ars Electronica Festival at JKU Linz and wins the ALC Award (Austria’s Leading Companies).
The research department of Medical Informatics achieves second place in the State Prize for Innovations in the category of Research Institutions with the project “MEDUSA”.