As part of the research project “Qualifica Digitalis” Fraunhofer FOKUS has published the meta-study “Competencies, perspectives and learning methods in the digitized public sector”.

In the three-year EU project INFRAMIX, simulations and real field tests on motorways in Austria, Spain and Germany have shown that digitalization and communication form an efficient bridge between conventional and automated vehicles, thus enabling mixed traffic. Fraunhofer FOKUS used its simulation environment Eclipse MOSAIC (formerly VSimRTI) in the project and developed it further.

Around 30 project partners are developing digital mobility solutions in a common ecosystem for the Hanseatic City of Hamburg by the end of 2021. Fraunhofer FOKUS is participating in an app for particularly vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and users of e-scooters.

As one of nine consortia, the NFDI4Cat consortium will receive funding for the establishment of a National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) for the period October 2020 to September 2025. NFDI4Cat will focus on the field of catalysis.

Press release - Since a few days laboratories now have the possibility to report pathogen detection of SARS-CoV-2 electronically to the responsible health authorities. The electronic notification means that the information on SARS-CoV-2 infections is faster and more completely available to the public health authorities and that infection control measures can be initiated promptly to prevent further infections. Fraunhofer FOKUS, in coordination with the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), is supporting the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in implementing the project.

The Fraunhofer Initiative Morgenstadt presents a strategy for implementing sustainable urban development in its strategy paper "Sustainable Cities and Regions". Researchers from FOKUS contribute their expertise on quality assurance and standardization of information and communication technologies in the Smart City to the strategy paper.