Softwarepark Hagenberg, Technology research complex in Hagenberg im Mühlkreis, Austria
The Softwarepark Hagenberg is a technology complex in the Mühlkreis region of Upper Austria that brings together research facilities, university buildings, and offices of technology companies under one shared architectural design. The grounds span several structures arranged so that paths between university departments, research labs, and company offices remain short.
The Softwarepark was founded in 1989 by Professor Bruno Buchberger as an extension of Johannes Kepler University Linz, beginning with the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation. It quickly evolved from a research base into a place where university and industry came together.
The park's name comes from its focus on software, and its campus is closely tied to the FH Oberösterreich faculty for computer science, communication and media, founded in 1993. Since 2002/03 the BORG Hagenberg upper secondary school, a branch of BORG Linz, has also taught here with a focus on communication. The founder, Bruno Buchberger, was named Austrian of the Year in 2010.
The site lies about 20 kilometres northeast of Linz in the Mühlviertel hills, at roughly 450 metres above sea level just northwest of Hagenberg's village centre. It comprises around 20 addresses, so allow time to move between buildings on foot. The RISC institute is housed in Schloss Hagenberg.
The park grew out of RISC, the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, which Bruno Buchberger founded and which is housed in Schloss Hagenberg. By 2013 the site counted 10 research institutes, 50 companies and 20 study programmes, with roughly 1,000 jobs created; 400 of them were held by people living within 15 kilometres.
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