Digital Economy

information management and archiving

This focus area covers the lifecycle of information from its creation to its preservation or disposal. The main goals are information authenticity, findability and usability even after long periods of time. The amount of digital data creates great challenges but also enables new possibilities and operation models, which this focus area develops and applies. Automation, datamining, visualization and sophisticated preservation solutions are key aspects in terms of successful information lifecycle management.

Digitalia – Research Center on Digital Information Management

Digital business

This focus area brings a creative and human-centered view into the development of products and services. We aim at improving products and services by understanding customers’ needs and user experiences. We week to use collaborative methods in the development of products and services. We learn to understand the requirements better by developing experiments and measuring their outcomes.

Entrepreneurship and innovation

The experts of the entrepreneurship and business development research group support the development and establishment of companies and conduct applied research related to the field. We offer support and wide-range coaching to entrepreneurs and those who aim to become entrepreneurs. Additionally, we develop the digital economy and the business-related capabilities of companies through different projects, which we conduct in cooperation with our regional, domestic and international partners.

Xentre – Research and Education Unit for Business and Innovations

Game technology and cybersecurity

Our experts develop, study, and apply game technologies concentrating on areas such as game programming, gamification, 3D graphics, virtual reality, and augmented reality. In addition, we support game companies in their business development and internationalization activities.

In a modern society all devices and services are digital, which means that information management forms a significant part of cyber security: who has access to information, how it is managed and what ecosystem is required to ensure the solution is manageable, safe and usable. We concentrate especially on the safe operation of datacenters and on the development of virtualization services.

Creative industries

The Creative Industries Research Unit serves developers, companies and the educational community in the region, regardless of industry. We produce solutions in multidisciplinary teams and networks nationally and internationally. Our research, development and innovation services bring together professionals from the creative economy and other fields. Our goal is to seek the competitiveness and well-being of the future through creativity and multidisciplinarity.

CIRU – Creative Industries Research Unit