Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems

On June 21 and 22, 2017 Fraunhofer FOKUS business unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) attended the »Screenforce Days 2017« at the Coloneum in Cologne. The new marketing event for TV and moving images with about 2500 participants informed about the highlights of the TV season 2017/2018, including their moving images and marketing strategies.

Prof. Dr. Holger Schlingloff, Chief Scientist at the business unit Quality Engineering (SQC), has been elected as the Chairman of the Board at the general meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Applied Computer Science (GFaI).

On June 7, 2017, the IoT-Testware technology project was formally adopted by the Eclipse Foundation after a Creation Review. In the project, devices and services of the Internet of Things (IoT) are tested for compliance, interoperability, robustness and security.

On May 16 and 17, about 200 participants from 22 countries met at the 6th FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) at the Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS in Berlin. International experts presented and discussed current trends in the fields of Internet delivered Media, 360° video/ Virtual Reality, Multiscreen Solutions, HbbTV, Smart Media, standardization and market developments.

On March 29, the transfer center "Internet of Things" at Fraunhofer FOKUS was inaugurated with around 120 guests from industry, politics and research. In an extensive lab tour, the varied potential IoT applications und their technical basis were demonstrated. 

Within the scope of a nationwide contest, both Berlin and Brandenburg jointly submitted their application with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for a future German Internet Institute. On the project website of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center one can inform oneself about the application.

From January 23 to February 3, 40 commercial and open-source-implementations of the second version of the ETSI NFV (Network Function Virtualization) standard that was released in autumn 2016 were tested in Madrid. The business unit NGNI provided the framework Open Baton.

Berlin's regional broadcaster rbb launched "Band Camp Berlin" series. It will be shown on German TV channel KIKA with additional HbbTV based material. Fraunhofer FOKUS provides the technical basis and developes an editor toolkit for the HbbTV App within the project MPAT. As a worldwide first, the series offers the opportunity to watch 360°video on common HbbTV devices.