Norwegian Computing Center (NR, in Norwegian:
Norsk Regnesentral) is a private, independent,
non-profit research foundation founded in 1952. NR carries out contract research and development in the areas of
computing and
quantitative methods for a broad range of
industrial,
commercial and
public service organisations in the national and international markets. NRs projects covers a large variety of applied and academic problems. NR has its offices near the university campus Blindern in Oslo, Norway, as part of what is known as Forskningsparken, Park of Research.