The Institute for Applied Informatics e. V. (InfAI) was founded in 2006 for the purpose of promoting science and research in the fields of informatics and business informatics. Since 2008, the institute has been a recognized affiliated institute of the University of Leipzig and has since developed into one of the largest and most third-funded research institutes at the University. The institute’s more than 170 employees work on national and international innovative research and industry projects, with a focus on big data, knowledge management, artificial intelligence, deep learning and service research.