What is "offis"

The Oldenburger Institut für Informatik (OFFIS-Institute for Information Technology) is a research institute located in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The institute was founded on July 6, 1991 and works closely together with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. OFFIS is an application oriented research and development institute and a centre of excellence for selected areas of information technology and its fields of application.