FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

The three institutes Fraunhofer FOKUS, Fraunhofer HHI and Fraunhofer IIS have launched the project Virtual LiVe. The aim of the project is to digitally complement or even replace classic event formats by using new immersive media formats when physical presence is not possible. The new media formats, include for example 3D audio, 360° videos, light fields and volumetric videos. Virtual LiVe is hosted at the 3IT Innovation Center and funded under the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's “KMU-akut” program “Forschung für den Mittelstand (Research for SMEs)”.

The Competence Center Public Information Technology (ÖFIT) at the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS examined the question: “How digital is Germany? What is the current state of digitization in Germany at the federal level?“ On May 6th, the German digitization index will be published for the third time.

The new Open Data platform combines the European Data Portal and the Open Data Portal of the European Union and creates a central source for high-quality data within Europe. As part of the project consortium, FOKUS is responsible for the technical migration of the data as well as the core components of the portal and supports the further development of Data.Europa.EU with its many years of experience in the design and implementation of national and international data portals. The platform is officially activated for users as of today.

Digital contact tracking such as the Corona warning app is an everyday companion in the pandemic. With the Corona Warning App Detector, the Competence Center Public IT (ÖFIT) offers interested citizens a practical discussion of the much-discussed technology and thus enables a better assessment of the effectiveness and the consequences of use of digital everyday companions.

OW2 is an independent, global, open-source software community. The mission of OW2 is to promote the development of open-source enterprise software, generic business applications, cloud computing platforms and foster a vibrant community and business ecosystem. Dr. Yury Glikman, deputy head of the Digital Public Services department at Fraunhofer FOKUS, was reelected as a member of the OW2 Directors Board.

Since the end of 2016, 70 partners from business, research, and civil society have been working together in the SINTEG project “WindNODE - The Showcase for Intelligent Energy from the Northeast of Germany” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Prior to the project's official end on March 31, 2021, a virtual closing event took place on March 16. In the project, Fraunhofer FOKUS worked on a marketplace for energy data.