Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOS, or ISCAS, simplified Chinese: 中国科学院软件研究所; pinyin
: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Ruǎnjiàn Yánjiūsuǒ) is one of institutes that Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS) established. It was established on March 1, 1985. It's on the 4th Zhongguancun
South Fourth Street, Haidian District, Beijing
, China
. There are branches in Wuxi
, Chongqing
and Harbin
. Its research areas are computer science
theory and application, basic software technology and system structure, information security
theory and application, key technologies and application, the Internet information processing
theory, methods and technology, as well as the integrated information system technology. There are five departments in it, such as the department of the general software, department of basic software research, department of the high-tech software research, department of software applications and department of software development. There are also state key libraries and state engineer research centers. They are State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, State Key Laboratory of Information Security (SKLOIS), State Key Laboratory of Integrated Information System Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Information Security. Software academic journals hosted by ISCAS are Journal of Software, Journal of Chinese Information Processing and Computer Systems Applications.
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Ruǎnjiàn Yánjiūsuǒ) is one of institutes that Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
(CAS) established. It was established on March 1, 1985. It's on the 4th Zhongguancun
Zhongguancun
Zhongguancun , or Zhong Guan Cun, is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China.It is geographically situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city, in a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road...
South Fourth Street, Haidian District, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. There are branches in Wuxi
Wuxi
Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south...
, Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
and Harbin
Harbin
Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...
. Its research areas are computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
theory and application, basic software technology and system structure, information security
Information security
Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....
theory and application, key technologies and application, the Internet information processing
Information processing
Information processing is the change of information in any manner detectable by an observer. As such, it is a process which describes everything which happens in the universe, from the falling of a rock to the printing of a text file from a digital computer system...
theory, methods and technology, as well as the integrated information system technology. There are five departments in it, such as the department of the general software, department of basic software research, department of the high-tech software research, department of software applications and department of software development. There are also state key libraries and state engineer research centers. They are State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, State Key Laboratory of Information Security (SKLOIS), State Key Laboratory of Integrated Information System Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Information Security. Software academic journals hosted by ISCAS are Journal of Software, Journal of Chinese Information Processing and Computer Systems Applications.