BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH & EURECOM. Intelligent information and communication technologies for future vehicles.

Sophia Antipolis, France. Cooperation between business and science is beneficial to both sides. Companies are seeking new ideas from young academics and can recruit them more easily at the start of their professional careers. On the other side, students and postgraduates can gain experience in the field and establish contacts with potential employers. Since 2006, the BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH has been collaborating with the institute EURECOM on the fast and efficient development of intelligent information and communication technologies for use in the automotive sectors. Operating since 1991, this institute is headquartered in the high tech location of Sophia Antipolis, near Nice in the south of France. With the objective of integrating intelligent information and communication technologies quickly and efficiently in the car of the future, BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH and EURECOM join forces on interdisciplinary teams as soon as new developments emerge in networking technologies, broadband wireless networks, mobility, and security – true to the conviction that vehicle IT is the enabler for innovative functions that customers value in their cars, e.g. for entertainment or driver assistance systems.