Media Response

Special issue 1/11

The city that thinks with you

Researchers at a number Fraunhofer institutes are working on the city of the future together with policymakers and the private economy. Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker from Fraunhofer FOKUS answered the question as to what makes a city smart.

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15.02.2011

Smooth Operation at the Airport

Conquering complexity: Fraunhofer FOKUS’ “ModelBus Technology” supports the integration and development of sophisticated systems.

The larger, more heterogeneous, spread out and autonomous software systems are, the more intractable and error prone they become. At airports in particular, where immense amounts of data are processed, the connection between various application systems is necessary. When they seamlessly work together, we see an increase in both performance and security. Many more passengers can be processed in less time, with the utmost in service for each individual guest.

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