An App Store for the Internet of Things

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Sponsors Computer Science Project at Freie Universität Berlin and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with 1. Million Euros ' 076/2017 from Apr 12, 2017 The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding a computer science project at Freie Universität Berlin and the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with roughly 1.8 million euros to set up an app store for the so-called Internet of Things. The term "Internet of Things" refers to the intelligent networking of devices and machines, which is an important technological trend. Business consultants predict that in 2020 in Germany, 23 billion euros will be spent in this branch. To be successful, however, open solutions are needed for the simple exchange of programs. So far, this is lacking, especially for microcomputers. At Freie Universität the grant will support the groups of two computer science professors, Dr. Jochen Schiller and Dr. Matthias Wählisch.