Fraunhofer FOKUS-News

Opening of Cyber Security Demonstration Center

15 May 2012 10:29:00 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS and CSC open in Berlin in collaboration with HP, EMC / RSA, McAfee and Sourcefire the first Cyber Security Demonstration Center.

Senate passes resolution to integrate Berlin-based ICT institutes by July 1, 2012

10 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

At its meeting on May 8, 2012, the Senate of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft passed a resolution to integrate the Berlin-based Fraunhofer institutes FIRST, FOKUS and the Berlin site of ISST. The goal is to elevate the profile and expand the range of ICT research. This integration is scheduled for completion by July 1, 2012.

EuroITV 2012: Open Registration and Early Bird special

07 May 2012 12:50:00 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS is proud to host the 10th anniversary edition of EuroITV. The international Interactive TV Conference will take place in Berlin from 4th-6th July 2012. The three-day event under the slogan “Bridging People, Places & Platforms” includes tutorials, workshop and a conference

Fraunhofer FOKUS presents eHealthcare demonstrators at conhIT 2012

17 Apr 2012 10:02:00 GMT

From April 24 to 26, Fraunhofer FOKUS will be presenting concepts and developments for a better medical care at the trade show conhIT (Connected Healthcare IT).

2nd VSimRTI Workshop: Engineering Smart Mobility

04 Apr 2012 15:31:22 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS invites Smart Mobility developers, customers, and other interested persons to the 2nd VSimRTI Workshop on 27 April 2012 in Berlin.

Research to Participate – Girls' Day@FOKUS

04 Apr 2012 15:31:22 GMT

Staying with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel: Fraunhofer FOKUS is participating on April 25th at Girls' Day at the Chancellery.

Open Government Data Workshop at Fraunhofer FOKUS

21 Mar 2012 17:13:00 GMT

Another Workshop on the topic „Open Government Data“ was held at Fraunhofer FOKUS on march 20, 2012. About 20 participants took an active interest in the survey’s interims results that FOKUS draws up in cooperation with the Lorenz-von-Stein-Institute and the ÖPP Deutschland AG on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

High-level visitors at the FOKUS CeBIT booth

19 Mar 2012 17:13:00 GMT

At this year’s CeBIT, several high-level visitors from Federal and regional ministries showed up at the demo spaces of Fraunhofer FOKUS. Enjoy our image gallery.

The Fraunhofer Institute`s integration - new formation of ICT- Research and Development in Berlin

04 Jan 2012 10:51:00 GMT

Berlin-based Fraunhofer Institutes are about to merge to a new ICT Research Institute and collaborate on solutions for networked urban infrastructures in areas like Mobility, eHealth, Public Safety and Security, eGovernment and energy research.

Fraunhofer FOKUS hosts EuroITV 2012 - “Bridging People, Places and Platforms”

03 Dec 2011 12:29:00 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS is proud to host the 10th anniversary edition of EuroITV. The international Interactive TV Conference will take place in Berlin from 4th-6th July 2012.

Development partnership for software tools with Match Technologies

28 Nov 2011 11:44:00 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS and Match Technologies conclude a contract to tighten their partnership. Match Technologies, a FOKUS -Spin-Off, has become a well-established software developing, IT-providing and IT-engineering company.

2nd FOKUS Media Web Symposium 2011: International success!

17 Nov 2011 16:05:00 GMT

On November 10–11 with tremendous success Fraunhofer FOKUS attracted international future media innovators for the second time to the FOKUS Media Web Symposium.

Berthold Butscher has been appointed to the chair of honour of the special interest group “Communications and Distributed Systems” of the German “Gesellschaft fuer Informatik” (Computer Science Society).

02 Nov 2011 16:15:00 GMT

Berthold Butscher, deputy director at Fraunhofer FOKUS, has been appointed to the chair of honour of the special interest group “Communications and Distributed Systems” of the German “Gesellschaft für Informatik” (Computer Science Society).

Fraunhofer FOKUS receives the ITEA Exhibition Award with “Fredi, the Fox“

01 Nov 2011 13:49:00 GMT

The DIAMONDS project convinced visitors at ITEA & ARTEMIS Co-summit 2011 in Helsinki. Out of 42 ITEA-projects, it won the ITEA Exhibition Award.

UrbanTec 2011

23 Oct 2011 11:28:00 GMT

New technologies and trends for Smart Cities shows the UrbanTec 2011 from October 24 - 26 in Cologne. Fraunhofer FOKUS will present the new Berlin Open Data Portal and the project Open Cities.

Fraunhofer FOKUS & OBJEKTspektrum publish special „Testing“

12 Oct 2011 12:19:00 GMT

Under the aegis of Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker, Head of Competence Center MOTION at Fraunhofer FOKUS, the Institute edits the OBJEKTspektrum’s annual special issue on “Testing”.

1st ETSI MBT User Conference

27 Sep 2011 16:25:00 GMT

Fraunhofer FOKUS organisiert gemeinsam mit Fraunhofer FIRST die 1. ETSI MBT User Conference 2011, die vom 18. bis 20. Oktober in Berlin zum Wissensaustausch in den Bereichen Entwicklung und Anwendungsaspekte von modellbasiertem Testen stattfinden wird.

Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology - SIIT 2011

14 Sep 2011 15:46:00 GMT

In cooperation with TU Berlin and BITKOM Fraunhofer FOKUS organizes the 7. International conference “Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology - SIIT 2011“, 28 - 30 September 2011 in Berlin.

Another milestone achieved in research project sim^TD: Experiment control system approved

04 Jul 2011 12:44:00 GMT

The simTD research project is shaping tomorrow’s safe and intelligent mobility through researching and testing car-to-x communication and its applications in close-to-reality scenarios. Within the project, FOKUS develops software tools for logging and monitoring, designed to set up and oversee these test scenarios.

Fraunhofer FOKUS awarded at video contest of the European Commission

28 Jun 2011 11:36:00 GMT

FOKUS has been awarded at the video contest of the European Commission “Making the Digital Agenda Happen” for the Center for Interoperability’s contribution “Digital Agenda: Interoperable solutions need cooperation”.