The main objectives of the Institute are:

• To perform research of excellence at the highest international level.
• To collaborate with similar institutions worldwide.
• To create critical mass and attract worldwide top class researchers.
• To collaborate with industry interested in its activities.

The research area of the Institute will be software development technologies and their foundations and in particular, technologies which allow the cost-effective development of software products with sophisticated functionality and high quality, i.e., which are safe, reliable and efficient.